Route Spigolo Alpini, Dolomites 2020 — the spur of the Piramide di Col dei Bòs, a short way from Passo Falzarego. Ten pitches. That is all I wrote down about the day.

Piramide di Col dei Bòs, 2559 m / Spigolo degli Alpini

IV / 10 pitches / ~345 m / dolomite limestone

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The line follows the rocky spur of the Col dei Bòs, though it only touches the crest directly for a short stretch and otherwise stays just off it. Ten pitches, mostly II to IV-, around 345 m of climbing, with ring belays cemented in place except the second, which is two pitons. The rock is good, better the higher you get.

Descent is down the Ferrata Brigata Alpina, back through the gully and the meadows to the approach path. We had done the same route in the summer of 2019, where I wrote down rather more about it.

Logistics

Approach

Large parking by the Ristorante Strobel, about 1.5 km east of Passo Falzarego on the SR48. Roughly 15 minutes to the clearing under the Falzarego towers, then a short way to the start.

Spigolo degli Alpini, Piramide di Col dei Bòs — again

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