Piz Pisciadù - Pisciadù-Spitze - Cima Pisciadù
Peak · 2985 m · Dolomites
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Piz Pisciadù reaches 2985 metres in the Sella Group, climbed from the nearby Pisciadù refuge in about 90 minutes. The refuge sits at 2587 metres above Lake Pisciadù and is reached by the Brigata Tridentina via ferrata, one of the most popular routes in the Dolomites for its short approach and a suspension bridge crossing near the top. Piz Boè, the Sella's highest peak, is visible from the summit area.
From the summit the view reaches past Piz Boè to the Central Alps and, on clear days, into Austria's Hohe Tauern. The path forks just above the refuge: left for the Pisciadù summit, right toward the base of Piz Boè. Rifugio Cavazza started life in 1903 as the Bamberger Hütte, built by the Bamberg section of the German-Austrian Alpine Club, before Bologna's CAI section bought it in 1942. The Brigata Tridentina via ferrata itself dates to 1960, cut into the Torre Exner by mountain guide Germano Kostner with soldiers of the Alpini's Tridentina brigade; the suspension bridge crossing was added seven years later.
What you see
Lago di Pisciadù, a turquoise tarn cupped in bare rock, sits just below the refuge beneath the Sella group's cliffs.
Practical
Rifugio Cavazza operates seasonally, roughly late June to the end of September.
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