Brenta: Via delle Bocchette
Six days on the Via delle Bocchette, the network of ledges, cables and ladders across the Brenta Dolomites, with a mountain guide throughout. From Madonna di Campiglio to Molveno and its lake.
Day by day, ledge by ledge
Each point is where you sleep. Pick a day to see the time out, the climb and the hut at the end of it.
Arrive in Madonna di Campiglio
Transfer from Verona, kit check with your guide and dinner at the hotel.
- Out
- 1 h
- Distance
- 3 km
- Up
- 50 m
- Down
- 50 m
Up to Rifugio Tuckett
From Vallesinella past Rifugio Casinei to Tuckett, with a short cable section on the way so the guide can check your technique.
- Out
- 3½ h
- Distance
- 7 km
- Up
- 800 m
- Down
- 50 m
Sentiero Benini
The northern section of the Bocchette, a long ledge walk with views over the Adamello glaciers, and back to Tuckett for a second night.
- Out
- 6 h
- Distance
- 10 km
- Up
- 700 m
- Down
- 700 m
Sentiero Sosat to Rifugio Alimonta
The route with the longest iron ladders of the week, to a hut set among the central towers.
- Out
- 5 h
- Distance
- 8 km
- Up
- 600 m
- Down
- 290 m
Bocchette Centrali to Rifugio Pedrotti
The best-known stretch: ledges cut along the walls past the Campanile Basso, ending at the Bocca di Brenta.
- Out
- 5½ h
- Distance
- 6 km
- Up
- 450 m
- Down
- 540 m
Down to Molveno and home
Down the Val delle Seghe to Molveno and its lake, where your transfer waits for the drive back to Verona.
- Out
- 4 h
- Distance
- 13 km
- Up
- 50 m
- Down
- 1,680 m
Why this route, and why with us
The Via delle Bocchette is less steep than many Dolomites via ferratas but far longer and more exposed: hours on ledges a meter wide, with drops of several hundred meters beside you. It suits people who have done a few ferratas and enjoyed them.
An IFMGA mountain guide leads every day, with four climbers at most. Two nights at Tuckett give you a short first day and a full day on the Benini before the move south.
When the weather turns
Snow can linger in the gullies into July, and storms build fast in August. The guide may change the order of the sections or wait a day at a hut; we keep one spare night in hand for that.
Included
- Mountain guide for five days, four climbers at most
- Harness, helmet and via ferrata lanyards
- 4 nights in huts with dinner and breakfast
- First night in a hotel in Madonna di Campiglio
- Transfers from Verona and back
Not included
Flights, lunches and drinks at huts (budget €30 a day), the guide’s tip if you want to give one, travel insurance with mountain rescue cover, tourist tax paid locally.
Where you sleep
Tuckett and Pedrotti are large huts with private rooms we book where they exist. Alimonta is smaller, with bunk rooms of six to eight and a terrace facing the central towers.
2027 dates and prices
Prices are per person, two sharing a room. Private dates with your own guide start any day between 10 July and 11 September.
| Starts | Ends | Shared guide, up to four | Private guide for two | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10 July | Thu 15 July | €2,600 | €3,240 | Places held |
| Sat 24 July | Thu 29 July | €2,750 | €3,390 | 3 places left |
| Sat 21 August | Thu 26 August | €2,750 | €3,390 | Waiting list |
| Sat 11 September | Thu 16 September | €2,600 | €3,240 | Places held |
A 20% deposit holds your place; the rest is due eight weeks before you start. Cancellation terms
Questions about this route
Yes, a few routes at least. If you have none, start with our Cortina week, which many people follow with this one a year later.
Very, in places. The ledges are wide enough to walk, but the drops are long. The cable is continuous on the exposed parts.
Often in early July, in the shaded gullies. The guide carries crampons for the group if needed.
Yes, from Madonna di Campiglio to Molveno, where it meets you on the last day.
Still deciding?
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