Climbing - Sport & Fun

The Dolomites with their famous rock faces are among the most suggestive and attractive areas for climbers. The immediate surroundings of San Vigilio, though, don’t feature any classical climbing routes but offer lots of climbing possibilities as alternative to the famous and crowded Dolomitic climbing routes.

Shortly before Rifugio Pederü, in the Nature Park Fanes Senes Braies, just some hundred metres from the main road, two climbing areas have been tooled up with ground anchors. They offer different practice routes with one or two lenghts of rope and degrees of difficulty that vary from III° to VI+. The second possibility to put ones climbing abilites to the proof is to be found in Pederü, between the first and the third bend of the street heading for Fodara Vedla. Here, nearly all routes are no longer than one pitch and feature grades of difficulty that range from III° to VII°. For enthusiasts of the classical climbing routes, San Vigilio offers some very unique bonbons, convenient only for expert climbers who love extreme challenges and don’t discourage from trying to climb by the view of steepest rock faces. The huge flagstones of Cima Nove (about 3000 metres) are described as the most peculiar climbing routes of the Dolomites. We are talking about routes some hundred metres long, on smooth flagstones, to be climbed as closely as possible to the rock face. The difficulty varies from the IV° to the VII° degree. The most famous routes are the Direttissima Messner and the Heidi.

The most expert climbers may also venture on the routes of Col Bechei starting on the side of Fanes Grande. There is a series of alpine routes with high degree of difficulty (VI°-IX°) which are suitable only for qualified and trained climbers. We advice climbers to consult the alpine guides of San Vigilio and to get professional assistance because climbing is fun only if done in complete security.