Technical data
- Entrance: 1000mt
- Exit:530mt
- Gap: 470mt
- Development: 1000mt
- Tallest slope: 42mt
- Shuttle: No
- Approach: 1 hour, 30 minutes / 30 minutes (lower part only)
- Progression: 4 hours / 2 hours, 30 minutes (lower part only)
- Return 10 minutes
- Anchoring: excellent (upper part) / sufficient (lower part)
- Difficulty: v4 a1 IV
- Recommended ropes: 2 x 50mt + emergency rope
- Period: May through October
- Escape routes: at a certain point, the trail crosses the creek.
- Gear: Wetsuit, pocket rig
- Cartography: Tabacco chart 1:25000 sheet #018 – Eastern Carnic Alps Canal del Ferro, or #027 - Canin Val Resia
Description
Lower part access point coordinates
46.3962, 13.3598
CAI 633 trail abandonment point coordinates
46.393303, 13.3621
Downstream access
From Chiusaforte, take County Road 75 that leads to Nevea Pass and drive it for about 5Km, then turn right toward Pezzeit. At Pezzeit, park in a lot with a bench before the houses.
Downstream parking lot coordinates
46.4005, 13.3571
Upstream access
From behind the bench, proceed toward the creek until you walk across the CAI 633 trail. This climbs gently up to the brook, before becoming steep with metal cable-equipped pitches. At about 1000mt above sea level, the incline decreases. Shortly later, you can glimpse the creek bed. Abandon the trail (elevation 1050mt) and walk down the wood (steep and slippery) until you reach the bed at about 1000mt above sea level.
Short progression in open environment to the first series of slopes.
01 - C 5 Sx
02 - C 14 Dx
Short sub-horizontal progression
03 - C 9 Dx / DIS 9
Cliffs you can downclimb
04 - C 18 Dx
05 - C 5 Sx
06 - C 5 Sx
07 - C 15 Dx
08 - C 15 Dx
09 - C 20 Sx
Crossing trail #633
10 - C 10 Sx
11 - C 6 + DEV Dx
12 - C 20 + DEV Dx
13 - C 25 Sx
14 - C 5 Dx
15 - C 30 Sx
16 - C 10 Sx
17 - C 35 Sx (brittle!)
Confluence
18 - C 42 Center
19 - C 5 Dx
Exit
Shortly after the last jump, a narrow trail to the left leads un quickly back to the car.
How to read the data sheet
C = slope equipped point
AN = natural ancorage
MC = handrail
PI = halfway point
DEV = Deviation
DIS = downclimb
TB = toboga
TF = leap
The notation Dx (right) and Sx (left), relative to the slope points, the handrail, deviations, etc., always indicate the creek orographic bank, where they are positioned. For instance, DEV Sx indicates that the deviation lays on the left bank, and not to the left of the canyoner that will face the deviation.
