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Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines

palček plezalček24. 09. 2020 16:08:38

L'Ciaval/Sas dla Crusc and Piza dales Diesc

Nice weather needs to be taken advantage of, so I decided not to climb just two peaks from the currently heavily advertised quartet (https://www.4peaks.it/en/), but to circle them too.
From La Crusc chapel, I head across scree systems and then up towards Ju dla Crusc saddle, where the path turns sharply in the opposite direction (to the saddle I go towards south, from it towards north). If before I walked under mighty vertical walls, from here on the opposite side I spotted a wonderful mountain with an exceptional slab. When on a pleasantly cool autumn day you suddenly melt like ice cream in strong summer sun, that's a sign of love at first sight. If someone looking at Sas dles Nü (picture 7) has similar feelings, there are some routes here (https://www.rifugiofanes.com/en/climbing-dolomites.htm). Of course I was all pleased that the path led towards that beauty.
First I climbed Piz di Zuber, the first indistinct peak along the path. Then I branched off the path under L'Ciaval/Sas dla Crusc summit and after a few dozen meters of elevation found myself under the big cross. I descended freely Prešern-style and continued to under the summit head of Piza dales Diesc. Here I put on my helmet and in a few minutes gazed from the summit at unusually barren karst fields, seductive Sas dles Nü and other peaks. When I heard voices behind my back, it was time to descend. Slowly and with enjoyment I returned to Ju dla Crusc and took path CAI 7, which joins CAI 13 a bit above Fanes and Lavarella huts. A little after the junction I took a longer break, during which I pricked up my ears upon realizing that I would have to climb more than 300 m to St. Anton saddle; already descended 900 m, but going back uphill is not very motivating. I asked passers-by about the timing from here to the morning starting point, where I was supposed to catch the gondola (Crusc cable cars run from 27.6 to 27.9 between 8.30 and 17.15). They incredulously shook their heads, so I had to considerably speed up my pace. At the saddle, it made me smile looking at the screes down which I had to descend. I shifted into an even higher gear and without a bad conscience towards the poor shoes, which fare badly when running on scree, rushed towards the valley. Although I went as fast as my legs could carry me, there seemed to be no end or edge to the path. Finally, I reached the junction with path CAI 15B, where the sign says 1h 50min to the chapel. Hmm, I have a bit more than an hour. A real battle with time began. For the icing on the cake, the path itself started rising again and continued so all the way to the cable car, which I boarded 2 minutes before the official closing time. It was more luck than brains, and so much will to complete the loop and arrive in Badia by gondola, that I didn't even feel the big red blister that appeared on the inner side of my ankle, which revealed its painful nature the next morning when, instead of going to the hills, I had to go shopping in the hope of finding the desired low shoes.

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines Above the chapel La Crusc/S. Croce

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines Traversing scree ridges - Marmolada and Piz Boè in the background

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines The terrain becomes a bit steeper

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines Then again along ledges with beautiful views to the south and west

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines In the wild world, ingenuity has discovered beautiful passages

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines To Ju dla Crusc - saddle at 2612 m - secured with cables in places

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines When you look to the other side you have to fall in love with Sas dles Nü

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines Beautiful world of karst plateaus

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines L'Ciaval/Sas dla Crusc

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines On the top of the first of 4 peaks (three three-thousanders and one missing 97 m to the magic limit)

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines Piza dales Diesc from L'Ciaval.

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines interesting landscape

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines To reach the summit one must climb a very short via ferrata.

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines a little more...

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines On the summit of the second of the quartet above San Cassiano.

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines On CAI 7 path towards Lech Vert.

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines View of L'Ciaval and Piza dales Diesc from J.

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines Col Bechei Dessora above the lakes and the Fanes and Lavarella huts.

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines Col Bechei from the Ju de Sant Antone pass.

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines From the same pass to the other side.

Sas dla Crusc, Piza dales Diesc, Lavarela and Conturines

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bagi24. 09. 2020 18:10:50

He, he Palček, obviously we were almost at the same time in this range of contrasts nasmeh

. We two were there on 19 September on a slightly different variant; impressions are the same.

Best ... Emil

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palček plezalček24. 09. 2020 18:17:23

I saw you two from afar in La Villa nasmeh

Best also to your neck of the woods.

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bagi24. 09. 2020 18:26:09

Wow Palček, really is nasmeh

. We two were there a few days in a row in a nice restaurant with tapas and good coffee, only on this tour did we arrive in La Villa with backpacks too. Next time join us, you're invited in advance.

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palček plezalček24. 09. 2020 18:31:57

Thanks.

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palček plezalček24. 09. 2020 19:45:10

Conturines and Lavarela

Conturines has been gnawing at me since last year, so it had to come.
I started at Capan Alpina (Parking 5 EUR/day. If doing 4 peaks/4 peaks path and descend here, you can order a taxi. Big signs with taxi numbers at parking and by the hut.). The path to Col de Locia viewpoint didn't attract me much and there were too many people for my taste, although on the whole section they could be counted on the fingers of both hands. At the viewpoint the world balanced out. From there the path even goes slightly downhill, silence broken only by the babbling of the stream. When I turned towards Büsc da Stlü, the surroundings became more and more attractive. Conturines lake is usually visible only in early summer and this autumn too only the dry lake bed was visible. The end of the cirque with its amphitheatral closure is artistically inspired.
In the time of the cave bear, whose dwelling was discovered in 1987 on the other, i.e. south side of Conturines at 2800 m, this cirque was vegetated too. 50,000 to 35,000 years ago, during the warming period, the treeline was ca. 600 m higher than today and the junipers and larches growing there gave shelter and food to the shaggies called Ursus Ladinus. Today cave tour possible with guide. In it they found not only bear bones from all age periods but also stalactites. Conturines cave is the highest such rich cave in the Alpine world. In San Cassiano there is also a small museum dedicated to the bear (https://www.museumladin.it/en/the-museum-ursus.asp).
Above the cirque I turned left and first headed to Conturines. The summit head is equipped with cables and a few ladders. After returning, I tackled the steep scree to Lavarela (name spellings vary: La Varela, La Varella, Lavarela and Lavarella), along the ridge to the easier accessible main summit, then to the lower one. To the latter over a few meters of exposed path. True, the exposed part is very short, but still uncomfortable enough that most decide only for the main summit (10 meters of rope in the backpack would probably help many to decide to go to it too). I descended towards Medesc saddle, where the path is uninsured. Often described online as very demanding, so those who choose it mostly do it as ascent. When I descended to Medesc saddle, only scree descent to first bushes and then among larches to Rüdiferie or to the main road between San Cassiano and La Villa followed.

PS: If someone decides to do similar ascents by chance, note that the first one accumulated more elevation than doing all four peaks at once.

First views of the summit dome of Conturines

At the peaks you can punch the card, which can also be purchased at the La Crusc cable car station

I don't know the meaning of the archer on top. I'd be grateful for clarification.

Both Lavarela peaks, Piza dales Diesc and Sas dles Nü

I also had to jump at Piza dles Duee Forceles

And one spot for those who stamp/punch cards

On the SW summit there are even two crosses. This summit is visible from San Cassiano.

Along ledges and over two or three steps; perhaps more recommended for ascent.

From the Medesc saddle towards the valley.

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Dr.ejči26. 09. 2020 07:27:30

Nice... for fast and light velik nasmeh

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bagi2. 10. 2020 14:59:30

Subtitle ... from home to home

Evening flash ... above our apartment looms the mighty Fanes group, why not go there tomorrow? No car, on foot door to door. We've done it before, it always has special charm. We were right about it nasmeh

. We knew the tour would be long, but not that it would be so interesting.

In the morning the backpacks jumped on our shoulders from joy by themselves, we locked the door and we were off. In the next street we found the first path marks and steadily climbed above San Cassiano. We followed the marks to the Forcella de Medesc saddle, where the valley breaks into the high mountains. We were alone, nobody around. That's why the autumn Dolomites rule velik nasmeh

.

From the saddle onwards it was like another world. Wide areas of gentle hills opened before us, it looks nothing like high alpine at all. Fanes are really mountains of contrasts. The outside is typically Dolomitic, the inside more tamer. We continued left towards the peaks of Le Ciaval and Piza dales Diesc, our goals for today. The first is an easy near-3000er, the second a more demanding 3000er. The path to them is pure pleasure, the landscape something special.

To the highest peak Piza dales Diesc, or Cima Dieci, leads the short and sweet ferrata Zehner. Here everything is trilingual ... Ladin, German and Italian. On the summit there is a huge cross and a direct view of a very special mountain. That's Piza dales Nü, a monolith that is hard to fit into this landscape even with a lot of imagination.

Since we did a loop, we returned via ferrata Kreuzkofel. It quickly shows that these are Dolomites after all. Technically undemanding, it offers an abundance of ledges and narrow passages. It brought us to the Santa Croce hut with illustrious neighbours. This ambience with the hut, little church and mighty backdrop in the background is not easily forgotten.

The descent to the valley was along nice paths. Here tourism is written with a capital letter. We descended to La Villa, where there is excellent cappuccino at home and even better beer. We also got free tapas with it, probably someone pitied us to the bottom of their soul after the long hike nasmeh

. We returned home via the nicely arranged bike path and the loop was closed. More in the photostory ...

Strap on the backpack, lock it and let's go. The car has a day off.

Soon we find the markers that unfailingly lead us forward.

The morning is still hesitating, La Villa sleeps below.

The paths are well-groomed, almost touristy. We are alone.

The marker that leads us towards the saddle.

The paths are widely trimmed, even the larch tree has received cosmetic repairs.

We are already almost at the Forcella de Medesc saddle.

Instead of peaks, the sun and an almost flat plain greet us.

Everything is gently sloping and grassy.

In the opposite direction either it is not much different.

Only the outer edges offer attractive views.

First up there … Cima Dieci, or Piza dales Diesc in the local dialect.

A short and sweet via ferrata Zehner leads to it.

Our neighbor, an oddball ... Piza dales Nü, also Sas dles Nü

A bit lower, easier and more frequented: Le Ciaval

Railway variant. Instead of a stamp you collect holes of different shapes

We head towards the saddle Ju da Crusc (Kreuzkofelscharte). There we will turn

Gondola operators. They reach the hut and save some elevation gain

Kreuzkofel via ferrata, technically undemanding, mentally a bit more

The path is also marked this way where no other way goes

Not long ago we were still hiking these peaks

Rifugio Santa Croce with the same-named church. Both are centuries old

The ambience is exceptionally beautiful, it's hard to capture it all in the lens

Some sort of autumn boletus, at least I think so :)

Almost every farm also has tourist accommodations

Something similar would also be useful with us

Towards San Cassiano we return along the cycle path

The cycle path is arranged in every detail. The bench with a heart is just one of them

Homestead, of which there are full here. Again everything is nicely arranged without junk

So there is no mistake … YES, they are still the Dolomites and NO, it is not plush :)

GPS track of the walked path. It showed 27 km and 1900 elevation meters

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bagi5. 10. 2021 11:21:24

Fanes group above Alto Badia has special charm. Peaks mostly on its edge, core calm, gently wavy and full of geological features. Few huts around too. All criss-crossed with nice paths for tourists and more ambitious projects. To peaks over 3000 m without special effort, experience still needed.

Explored this area last year, this year continuation. Made circular variant starting from its eastern part visiting 3000ers Piz dles Conturines, Lavarela de Fora and Lavarela. From the latter down narrow exposed path to central Fanes, continued to Rif. Lavarella hut and from there another path back to start. Came to 27 km and 2000 elevation gain. Whole path hard to describe, more in photostory ...

Start coordinates ( Capanna Alpina ) : 46.559655, 11.980352

We park at Capanna Alpina and set off along path 11

I have really never encountered such a warning in the mountains :)

We encounter the year 2020 everywhere, probably due to the abundance of time in the Covid era.

We are already past the break that separates the valley from the high mountains and continue on L´Gran Pian.

The first sun greets the peaks to which we are heading.

*Tru Dolomieu Conturines* from 1788. Unknown marking to me.

The beautiful Piz Taibun as the first in the eastern chain above the valley.

Soon we turn left onto the marked transverse path.

The walking is extremely pleasant, views excellent, weather too :)

Grassy and sandy patches alternate. No loose scree anywhere.

Our direction. On the left side of the valley there is another path, but unmarked.

At the saddle we first turn left towards Piz dles Conturines.

After crossing a small initial scree field, we are already under the wall.

A narrow ledge on compact slabs leads around the edge.

Despite the exposure, the ascent is easy thanks to the fixed protections.

No other way. The wall is too steep and poorly structured.

At the summit a surprise, at 3064 m stands a little black figure with a bow and arrows :)

Our next goal on the opposite side of the saddle. We tackle the switchbacks.

From above it turns out they are much longer than they appear from below.

Another easily accessible three-thousander, Lavarela de Fora.

We are already on Piz de Lavarella, the 3055 m high summit.

View back on the traversed path. The highest is Piz dles Conturines.

We descend along the transverse path 12B, marked as *experts only*.

We have no trouble, but more tourist hikers do due to the exposure.

Along the path, peaks stacked like layers of puff pastry.

At Forcella de Medesc we turn right onto path 12.

This area is full of unusual geological formations.

The path is pleasant, without major ascents and descents.

Our intermediate goal is Rif. Lavarella hut and soon we begin to descend.

Care for path marking, new task of the fallen giant.

Rif. Lavarella with friendly staff and live music featuring Avsenik tunes :)

The valley is really beautiful. It has numerous water inlets filling several small lakes.

Shepherd's shelter. Cows are everywhere and every one has its own bell.

Over 100 m higher is another large lake, Le de Limo.

Our loop is slowly turning around. This time the path marker is 11.

Gran Fanes pasture. It is of the closed type and does not accept hikers.

Memorial to the First War. The front line actually ran on the nearby Pizes de Furcia Rossa.

Stream in the middle of the plateau, the source is just a few dozen meters away.

In this valley we meet the most people so far. The path is easy and suitable for all kinds of hikers.

Here we spike the sausage. The circular path is completed, only the tail remains :)

View back. We walked the left side, the right side we did years ago.

Descent towards the starting point. Everything is overly protected, especially because of tourists.

This is what it looks like, a highway with a fence :)

Conclusion at Capanna Alpina. There is a large paid parking lot nearby.

GPS track of the hiked trail. It shows 27 km and 2000 m of ascent.

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turbo8. 08. 2022 13:14:51

Wednesday, 27.7.2022

Piz de Lavarela, Lavarela de Fora, Piz dles Does Forceles and Piz dles Conturines

In not the best weather on these four peaks. Great trip, lots of solitude and peace, friendly cows... And impaired views. From Capanna Alpina to pass Ju'dal Ega, from there to Lech de Conturines lake, continuation to main and lesser main Lavarela summit, then to Piz dles Does Forceles, because it was right there above the path, and for grand finale Conturines. Return same path, except descent from under Conturines to lake, there I slid through scree and lower took a shortcut. At Ju'dal Ega the sun shone, closer to the hut the hotter it got. Cows suffered from heat too, one just lay down from all the misery... Except the weather, top trip, no doubt, reprise with addition maybe this autumn velik nasmeh

http://tubojan.blogspot.com/2022/07/piz-de-lavarela-lavarela-de-fora-piz.html

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drago406. 09. 2022 16:44:13

2.9.2022 Sas dla Crusc 2907m
PD Šmarje group - under Matej's leadership experienced a wonderful day.

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turbo29. 09. 2022 16:13:24

Monday, 19.9.2022 Sas dla Crusc

The tour was done in the style "fast is too fast" and "slowly one gets far". Chairlift, gondola, on foot. On the ascent I didn't enter the church with a plea that everything would go smoothly, on the descent yes, for thanks that the whole tour went splendidly for me. I lit a candle too, I regularly do that in the mountains or villages that are my starting points. The path is classified as a ferrata but no real difficulties on it, I didn't find any either. Ledge, sometimes air under the feet, some secured spots where for example you step up to a higher ledge, some pegs and some scramble. To the Ju dla Crusc saddle in the shadow of the huge wall, from there wonderful panoramic journey over giant plateau like huge amphitheater circled by beautiful peaks. To the saddle some little snow and ice here and there, not worth mentioning, further to the summit almost continuous snow cover from a few mm to max two fingers deep. The whole tour quite cold, north wind fairly strong, from saddle to summit sun helped a bit to nicer feeling. Crowd about fingers of two hands, somewhere there, so quite solitary for dolomitic summit. During break on top eyed both Lavarel summits visited end July, and some peaks other direction planned next days. For start as first of four planned, quite decent and pleasant. nasmeh

https://tubojan.blogspot.com/2022/09/sas-dla-crusc.html

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bagi5. 10. 2022 10:14:34

Sas dla Crusc ( Kreuzkofel ) and Piza dles Diesc ( Zehnerspitze )

We've done this before and now repeated nasmeh

. Into the wonderful Fanes world directly from home. Just locked doors, shouldered packs and took the path under feet. Reason was forecast worsening weather and possibility to combine different length paths. In the end we did all on the list and weather cooperated excellently with us velik nasmeh

.

Over steep wall of the group we climbed via its weak point to the Forcella de Medesc saddle. To here we followed pleasant path mark 12. It in upper part under saddle pulled left right under walls and now well marked. Years ago we obviously missed it and struggled up one of the other two trodden variants.

From saddle onward all as before. World changes completely, hard to believe same group. We got used to it and Fanes like us more each year. From saddle turned left to path 12B, which we followed to next saddle … Ju dla Crusc, also Kreuzkofelscharte in German. Here joins ascent from Santa Croce chapel, towards which we returned later. Continued on path 7B and due to still good weather decided for visit of highest in ridge, three-thousander Piza dles Diesc. To it leads short and sweet ferrata, views from summit height-appropriate nasmeh

. Here stand out especially really huge cross and view on nearby mountain-monolith Piza dales Nü, also called Neunerspitze.

On descent visited even more crowded Sas dla Crusc and wayside Piz Züber. To valley we returned via interesting ferrata Kreuzkofel. Its difficulty relatively small and turns in frame of A/B category, has some unsecured and exposed passages over precipitous walls. Weather still cooperated, so we took time for break at hut Rif. Santa Croce. It was once shelter for pilgrims and in ownership of same family for some generations. From hut we continued descent on pilgrim path mark 15 and in dry weather happily arrived home. Day promised rather little, but we got huge nasmeh

. More in photostory …

Days are getting shorter. We are not that early, but it is still dark.

We walk along path no. 12. It leads to the Forcella de Medesc saddle.

The sun greets the peaks of the Sella group, but we are unfortunately on the shady side.

It is cold, so we put on our winter clothes.

Forcella de Medesc is already visible. It looks close, but it is still quite far.

The towers above us are eagerly turning to the sun - we are a bit jealous of them :)

We are already over the edge. Surprisingly, Piz de Lavarella is already in the clouds. This weather does not look too good...

Mists are also appearing elsewhere. The sun barely penetrates through the dark clouds.

Whatever will be, will be. If the weather holds, we go towards the summit, otherwise we descend to Kreuzkofelscharte.

Look at that... we spot what we both wished for quietly and aloud - heavenly blue :)

Our legs speed up on their own from joy. We go to the highest one :)

We are already close. Yippee... the tower is also in the sun :)

Its neighbor Neunerspitze also appeared from the fog for a moment.

The cables are taut, the rock is excellent, we are jumping with joy :)

All too soon the via ferrata pleasures end...

The monolithic mountain from the top as well. Sas dles Nü, Cima Nove, Neunerspitze... all the same.

Piza dales Diesc. On this summit is one of the largest crosses we have ever seen.

We descend the same path, because there is no other.

The weather is in complete contrast to the forecast, so we also visit Sas dla Crusc.

Its other name is Le Ciaval. Peaks in these areas usually have names in three languages.

The cross below the summit is smaller than on the nearby neighbor, but still large.

At the top. In the background, fog is already covering our previous summit. We were there just in time.

Incredible Fanes landscape. Photos unfortunately cannot show the actual live appearance.

We also visit the side summit Piz Züber. Right below it runs the via ferrata by which we will descend.

Its beginning is right there at the saddle Ju dla Crusc.

The continuation runs under these walls. In many places there is no protection.

Just above the path there is a small chapel built into the rock.

The snowy path is clearly visible. With some caution it goes without problems.

The via ferrata must live up to its name, so there are steel cables in many places :)

We are already almost down. The weather is slowly but steadily deteriorating.

Santa Croce church, with the hut of the same name next to it. A very pleasant place.

View of the vertical wall of the Fanes. We were just up there.

We return along the ancient pilgrimage path. Now it has mark 15.

The trail is exceptionally well maintained and walking on it is a real pleasure.

Quickly descending. In the distance the first rain curtains are already there …

We cover the backpacks and prepare umbrellas. The rain is inexorably approaching …

We are already almost home. Not a single drop reached us, but we had a wonderful day :)

GPS track of the hiked path. Recorded 22 km and 1700 m of ascent.

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Trobec29. 08. 2023 22:46:58

Last weekend in these parts with PD Vitanje. Well, officially PD Vitanje and PD Slivnica, actually we were supposedly from 5 clubs cool

Sunny days, heat wave, "barbecue" in the sun and nice views.

Since we slept in the valley, group not small, this time "sneak up" with cable car. Continuation to saddle Ju dla Crusc and on to Ciavala and "Deseterca". Descent to the other side, through notch Medesc.

https://trobec.blogspot.com/2023/08/dolomiti-2023.html

pohodnik33329. 08. 2023 23:28:52

Tour from Saturday 19.8.2023.

Piza dales Diesc(3023m):

Ascent from Badia, cable car possible from 1400m to around 2000m and to hut(Heiligkreuz). Then fairly short ferrata Ferata dla Crusc - Heiligkreuzkofelsteig. Difficulty there A-B, nothing special. At 2611m signpost and then head north towards Le Ciaval (2907m). I haven't been up there, but probably easy-difficult. Then towards Piza dales Diesc(3023m) easy path to difficult. Harder only at the end, last 30m to summit. Officially B, but I think it's quite B-C short section.

Of these 4 three-thousanders this was the most beautiful to me. Ridge rises, on one side sheer drop, on the other more gentle.

Piz de Lavarela(3055m):

From north side ahead to saddle
Forcella de Medesc(2533m) and then up. Not so many people from this direction. Mostly come from east. A couple sections a bit more exposed, if I remember right, nothing special. No fixed gear here. Difficult- very difficult.

Lavarela de Fora(3034m):

Very close to the previously mentioned three-thousander to the west. A bit harder, all exposed and unprotected those 30-50m at top, no problem for experienced mountaineer.

Piz dles Cunturines(3064m):

From mentioned summits towards south, SE. This is the hardest of the marked ones on these 4 three-thousanders. There B-C range somewhere, not quite short, but not long.

In short fairly easy 4 three-thousanders, close together and accessible.

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