The via ferrata (iron road-way) is a route that leads the mountaineer on rock faces, ridges and high ledges, protectively equipped with ropes and ladders, without which, significant climbing would be required. It requires adequate preparation and a suitable equipment is compulsory: helmet, harness, lanyard with energy absorber, iron road-way gloves and hiking boots.
Access to and use of this route is free, as long as one respects the rules, established by these regulations for use. The limitations contained in this document, have as their exclusive objective enjoyment and safety on this route via ferrata and protection of the surrounding environment.
To reach the path:
BY CAR: from motorway A26 take exit Baveno-Stresa, then take the second road on your right and at the roundabout take the first exit, follow the road for about 1 km. Once reached locality Tranquilla take the narrow road in front of the old wash house.
BY PUBLIC MEANS OF TRANSPORT: once you are in Baveno, reach hamlet Oltrefiume and locality Tranquilla, from there take the narrow road in front of the old wash house.
VIA FERRATA DEI PICASASS difficulty level EEA -PD
Crossing Time about 2 hours, gradient 320 m, lenght 600 m, exposure North/East, difficulty level: little difficult; return from Monte Camoscio following the M3 path towards Baveno. Descent time about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Inaugurated in July 2016 by the Sezione CAI Baveno, the name “Picasass” was chosen in honour of all those people, the “picasass” (stonecutters), who have worked on the extraction and processing of the famous pink granite from the Baveno quarries since the 19th century.
VIA FERRATA LA MICCIA difficulty level EEA-MD
Crossing time about 1 hour and 30 minutes, gradient 167 m, lenght 250 m, exposure North/East, difficulty level: very difficult; return from Monte Camoscio following the M3 path towards Baveno. Descent time about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Inaugurated in the spring of 2020 and realized by the Comune di Baveno in association with Sezione CAI Baveno, the name “la miccia” comes from the explosive material that the stonecutters used for the extraction of the famous pink granite of the Baveno quarries.
