Cevedale, 5-10 August 2024
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Day 5. Cima Cevedale.
We climbed up the Vedretta della Forcola glacier to the ridge above Forcola pass and split up - part of the group climbed Cima Cevedale and the rest went down. We agreed to camp in the same place as two days ago, where we knew there was a good place to pitch our tents. The climb to the summit is not difficult, mostly walking with a couple of sections of easy climbing.
The read line shows our track. Shift-click on the track link will open it in nakarte.me.
Sunrise.
Cima Cevedale lit by the rising sun. This mountain in almost every photo.
We climbed it later in the day following the ridge on the left.
We crossed the stream but had to turn back as the rocks were too steep.
The glacier at last!
A narrow bridge to get on the glacier.
Vedretta della Forcola.
Crevasses can easily be jumped over.
Easy walking on the dry glacier. On the left we could see ‘anthills’, formed by the melting glacier.
We are gradually getting higher and higher.
A short break.
We roped up on the wet glacier.
There was a trodden path on the snow. Looking at the glacier from below, we thought that large "steps" on the left was the path, but when we got closer, we realised they were left by a large boulder that had rolled down from the loose rock.
We got to the edge of the glacier and climbed onto the ridge. From here we could see the long lake we passed the day before yesterday, and above it the blue reservoir Lago del Careser. We would walk past it the next day. On the ridge we split up. Lova helped one group to get down the ridge to the pass, and the second group went up. We agreed to meet at the camp site where we a stayed the night before.
Climbing the ridge to the summit. The path followed the ridge occasionally crossing snowdrifts. The steepest section was at the very end, only about 100 metres.
We are on the summit of Cima Chevedale. There isn't much room here, so we got down a bit to make way for the next group. This is a popular route, on the way up we saw a few people.
Cevedale has two summits: one rocky (Cima Cevedale)) and one snow-covered (Monte Cevedale). There is a short path along the glacier connecting the peaks, which is not. We decided in advance not to go there so that we could meet with the other group as soon as possible. We didn't even bring our crampons.
Rifugio Pizzini down in the valley.
Lunch by the summit.
CLimbing down. It looks steep, but it was actually easy climbing.
If you look closely, you will spot the Guido Larcher al Cevedale shelter perched on a ledge on the right side of the picture.
We found our backpacks, followed the ridge to the pass, and then started descending into the valley along a well-trodden path. Suddenly, a helicopter began circling above the ridge we had just crossed. We remembered that there was another group climbing down behind us. One man overtook us and ran ahead, while two others were descending much more slowly. Maybe something happened to them on the way down? We could see someone being lifted into the helicopter.
Near the Guido Larcher al Cevedale refuge, a magnificent Alpine cow stood and looked down at us from above. We did not linger at the refuge and hurried on toward our previous campsite.
Here is our camp by the small lake. We ended up doing a two-day loop.
Sunset in the mountains.
