Difficulty: MSA – medium skier alpinist / last part – BSA good skier alpinist
Period: From the first part of March till half May
Start Altitude: 2178 rifugio Forni
Finish Altitude: 3769 m Altitude gap: 1591 m
Exposition: S-W-NW-N
Help point: the Forni mountain hut can be reached from Santa Caterina Valfurva through the Forni Valley street, and it is open from the first part of March
Uphill time: 3/5h according to the general snow conditions and its own training.
Cartography: Kompass 072 Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio 1:50 000 – Tabacco 08 Ortles-Cevedale 1:25.000
To consult: Snow and avalanche by ARPA Lombardia – – www.arpalombardia.it/meteo – 8488.37077
Snow and weather bulletin AINEVA – – www.aineva.it – 0461.230030
Material: ski-mountaineering base + ARTVA (avalanche detector), snow shovel and snow probe
It is important to remember that the itineraries are in part on ice or difficult flat, therefore it is important and likely to have the whole mountaineering material for the progression and self-help.