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Piz Ciavazes, mountain guide route

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  • Route course and part of the descent over the Gamsband
    Route course and part of the descent over the Gamsband
    Photo: Oliver Knorre, DAV Sektion Duisburg

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    Nice route in the middle part of Piz Ciavazes with solid rock. Noticeably harder from the 5th pitch onwards.
    moderate
    Distance 0.9 km
    5:00 h
    735 m
    672 m
    2,500 m
    2,080 m

    1st pitch: From the start of the large gorge first go right over grass to the belay at a slab (25m, II)

    2nd pitch: Climb the slab (IV) then significantly easier over grassy rock (III) to the belay at a yellow niche (20m, IV)

    3rd pitch: First left, then up and again left to the left of two cracks, climb this. Finally slightly right over grass to the belay below the vertical wall, see photo (35m, IV-, 1 bolt)

    4th pitch: From the belay go left past the vertical wall (25m, III+)

    5th pitch: Climb the grassy crack to the clearly visible dihedral (photo 5) (Note: abseil station here, 2 bolts with chain), continue up the dihedral to the belay right of it on a sort of little summit (35m, V, 6 bolts).

    6th pitch: First left (grass-covered), then to the dihedral (2 bolts), climb approximately 5-6 meters and then right to the belay (Note: Do not continue up the next dihedral!) (25m, VI-, 3 bolts)

    7th pitch: First right (pitons), then slightly right over a slab to the belay under a yellow roof, see photo 6 (15m, IV+, 2 bolts, 2 pitons)

    8th pitch: Traverse right under the roof and at the end of the roof (piton) climb up the crack and the following gully. The fixed piton is located about 5m above the exit (40m, IV+, 1 bolt, piton)

    Difficulty
    VI- moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Experience
    Landscape
    Highest point
    Gamsband, 2,500 m
    Lowest point
    Parking lot Piz Ciavazes, 2,080 m
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    Cardinal direction
    NESW
    Approach
    220 m, 0:30 h
    Wall height
    200 m
    Climbing length
    220 m, 3:30 h
    Descent
    317 m, 1:00 h
    Belay stations
    with bolts
    Protection
    pitons, trad gear
    Rope length
    2 x 55 m
    Number of quickdraws
    8
    First ascent
    A. and T. Gross, 1963

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    Approach:

    From the parking lot (road running parallel to the south face of Piz Ciavazes) at Piz Ciavazes, follow trails to the middle lower part of the south face of Piz Ciavazes. The start is located at the right side of the large gorge. 

    Descent:

    Follow the path at Gamsband towards the west (Sellajoch). Crawl through a narrow rock tunnel with a wire rope for a short distance in the gorge. After the gorge, continue a little along the Gamsband. Where you go uphill for a short section, descend the gully to the left and down a rock wall (II-III) or rappel 20m at that point. Continue down the clear traces until you are about 20m above the clearly visible scree field. Rappel 20m here and follow paths diagonally down to the left back to the parking lot.

    Alternative:

    Rappel 4 times along the route (45m, 40m, 50m, 50m) then downclimb about 15m on the route (II), approximately 45 minutes

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    Ciavazes Parkplatz

    Parking

    Free parking at the parking lot on the road below the south faces of Piz Ciavazes (road between Sellajoch and Rifugio Monte Pallidi).

    Coordinates

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    46.506530, 11.784424
    DMS
    46°30'23.5"N 11°47'03.9"E
    UTM
    32T 713624 5154096
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    Book recommendation by the author

    Climbing in Gröden, Dolomites, the most beautiful routes in the Dolomites, by Mauro Bernardi, Athesia Verlag

    AVF Sella - Langkofel extreme, by Richard Goedeke, Bergverlag Rother

    Author’s map recommendations

    Topographic map 1:25000, sheet no.: 05, Val Val Gardena, Alpe di Siusi/Gröden, Seiseralm, Tabacco Verlag

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    Equipment

    NAA and some Camelots 

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    Parts of this content were machine translated from German.

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    Difficulty
    VI- moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    0.9 km
    Duration
    5:00 h
    Ascent
    735 m
    Descent
    672 m
    Highest point
    2,500 m
    Lowest point
    2,080 m
    Wall Abseil Descending on foot

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