Start: Kölner Hut(also Rosengarten Hut) via the Laurin II lift
Parking: Laurin II valley station (Niger Pass) - chargeable
Distance: 8 km
Duration: 6-7 hours
Altitude difference: 940m
Highest point: 2745m
Difficulty: B/C, Climbing I-II
Character:
Round tour, via ferrata only in the upper part with typical rope insurance (mostly A-B, one B/C point), sure-footedness and mountain experience also absolutely necessary on other sections
Marking: good, cairns, red dots, red "S"
Time: July - September, before that often snow and ice in some sections (e.g. "ice channel")
The Santner Pass in the Rosengarten is a classic in the Dolomites, but the via ferrata is more characterized by climbing in the I to II level than by classic wire ropes, which then only follow in the last section just before the Santner Pass Hut.
The start is immediately behind the Kölner Hut, first it ascends up to a plateau with many scrambling spots, then the access path to the roped part follows, also with smaller climbing units again and again.
From the Santnerpass hut it goes past the imposing Vajolet towers to the Gartl hut and then again partially secured (no via ferrata) down to the Vajolet hut. From here on path 541, initially gently uphill, then steeply uphill to the Tschager Joch (Pas da le Coronele) and from here steeply down again in well-maintained serpentines back to the gondola station.
Music:
Scott Buckley - Affirmations - www.scottbuckley.com.au
Scott Buckley - Chasing Daylight - www.scottbuckley.com.au
Ryan Moore - Out of the Dust - Light between the Trees (Audiio License)