Introduction:
The Rocca Badolo Ferrata in the province of Bologna is a ferrata that goes up the Badger's Pliocene Contrafforte. The characteristic rock of this Apennine area will be immediately evident to those approaching the via ferrata. The sandstone is covered by a thin layer of sand which, together with the particularly smooth rock, increases the degree of difficulty of the via ferrata if faced without the aid of the cable.
Starting location:
The Rocca Badolo Ferrata is easily accessible from the Sasso Marconi exit (A1). After the junction turn left along the SS 325 and then right towards Badolo. Go up the provincial road for 9 bends after which you can park on the roadside. An illustrative table can be seen at the ninth hairpin. The wall on which the ferrata will take place is clearly visible.
Directions for Google Maps available here.
Approach:
Leaving the car along the road, skirt a cultivated field uphill until you reach a wood. Go straight up towards the rock wall. Reaching the wall, keep to the left and in a few meters you can see the start of the via ferrata (10 'from the parking lot).
Via Ferrata:
The ferrata consists of 3 parts:
Descent:
From the summit slabau you descend from the opposite side following the tracks that descend steeply along the wood until you reach a path on the hillside, reached where you take it to the right. In a few minutes you reach a church and go down a mule track in 10 minutes to the provincial road. Continue downhill for a couple of hairpin bends reaching the car (20 'from the end of the Ferrata Rocca Badolo - 1h from the start of the itinerary).
Notes:
Although it is not a complex itinerary, some passages of the route are not to be underestimated given the peculiarity of the rock (sandstone).
Opportunities:
This short ferrata can be practically covered all year round and is a great workout to improve your climbing skills.
For those coming from the north and north-west along the A1 it might be interesting to combine it with the Via Ferrata della Pietra Nera in the province of Parma, reachable in 40 minutes from the Salsomaggiore Terme - Fidenza junction. Staying in the Emilia region, you can reach the Ferrata degli Alpini and the recent West Ferrata, both at the Pietra di Bismantova. Continuing in Tuscany they meet towards Pisa the Via Ferrata Sant'Antone and towards Arezzo la Via Ferrata Romana Nesi.
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Lorenzo Tognini
09/11/2020 at 10:23Non tanto lunga ma con tratti da arrampicata molto belli soprattutto senza usare il ferro. Panorama insomma
scaprile62
07/09/2020 at 14:04La ferrata in sè certo non è difficile, ma per i principianti può presentare una difficoltà, in quanto gli appigli sono quasi esclusivamente scavati nella roccia, e in alcuni casi non immediatamente identificabili. Quindi un minimo di tecnica di arrampicata ci vuole, soprattutto nella sezione finale.
In caso di difficoltà comunque vi sono diverse vie di fuga che consentono di lasciare la ferrata se non si riesce a superare il passaggio.
Roberto Foddis
06/09/2020 at 16:09Fatta questa mattina, divertente e particolare con la sabbiolina sugli appigli sempre presente. Vorrei segnalare che alla fine del 1′ muretto del 3′ tratto, quando bisogna prendere nel bosco per una decina di metri, bisogna stare attenti a non attaccarsi al cavo che traversa la parete a dx (probabilmente fatto per il rientro dei climber, vedi foto) mentre invece bisogna risalire a sx guardando la targa del CAI.
paolo-3889
30/08/2020 at 07:55Fatta a agosto 2020.
Molto carina, avvicinamento rapidissimo, ferrata piuttosto originale per il tipo di roccia.
Peccato il percorso sia un po corto.
Scendendo ricordatevi dopo una ventina di metri che il percorso di rientro continua a sinistra (un cavo d’acciaio di fronte trae in inganno).
Ci sono poche staffe ma tanti buchi per le mani ben predisposti e scavati, alla fine è una perenne ricerca al giusto appiglio.
La montagna è strafequentata da scalatori, ci sono picchetti nella roccia dappertutto.
Diciamo che fa un po ‘palestra’.
Panorama bello.
sassimirko
05/07/2020 at 22:11Ferrata corta ma molto bella e divertente. Alcuni tratti da non sottovalutare. Fatta al tramonto con colori meravigliosi.
Lorenzo Zoffoli
09/06/2020 at 19:06Rapidissimo avvicinamento e bassa quota: da evitare assolutamente in estate. La ferrata è corta ma non banale (sconsigliata ai principianti) e ottima per allenarsi un po’. La roccia è sabbioso e scivolosa ma l’attrezzatura è ottima e anche gli appigli scavati nella roccia ottimi. Presenti vie di fuga.
landi.andrea1
30/08/2019 at 15:32Ferrata traveled on 08/30/19.
Very close approach, short but fun via ferrata. A couple of fun and technical climbing sections, well aided. In the last section before the final lineup I had to use the cable a little. Not for beginners, but nothing scary.
For the return to the car it is not necessary to return to the provincial road, once arrived at the little church continue on the mule track, as described, and after 5 'walk on the right there is a path that leads back to the wall where there are all the climbing routes and the start of the via ferrata. From there you return to the car on the path used in the approach.
tommy.76
24/04/2019 at 14:48Very short via ferrata to do at any time of the year ... the rock is very sandy but full of holds and supports that seem to have been dug ... better the routes for climbing ... an open-air gym
VANNI CASARI
30/03/2019 at 14:49Start just minutes from the highway.
Not at all trivial but very short, the vertical lines are beautiful and very well prepared to make them fun even for those like me who do not have specific climbing knowledge.
Great gym to improve yourself.
filippo.serri
02/01/2019 at 11:42Ferrata performed in the summer, very hot. Easy access, convenient to the highway. Overall quite easy via ferrata, with maximum difficulty in the central part. Good for a little training in the winter. Beware of sand, even the one that falls from the movements of those above.
Alessandro Iotti
19/08/2018 at 15:52Short via ferrata with the greatest difficulties present in an intermediate section and in the last part at the top. For the most part it can be climbed although the type of rock and the bottom (sandstone) sometimes make adherence a little problematic. Ideal to go in winter due to the low altitude and the rapid approach and return.