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Elevation: 16m
Parking: 46.9401°, 22.548°
Ferrata: 46.9394°, 22.5466°
Characteristics
The Piticot route is dedicated to children. According to CASSIO Montana, “the route is recommended for children of all ages from 1 to 14 years old. The youngest junior who climbed the route was not yet 4 years old. It was obviously a little girl because they are braver.”
The route is a combination between via ferrata and sport climbing, being a 16m high route, with metal steps and via ferrata cable. You first prepare the route for top rope climbing, just like on a regular sport climbing route. The child climbs the via ferrata and can practice moving carabiners on the steel cable, while being secured with a climbing rope and belayed from the ground.
From the top, children are lowered by rope, like in sport climbing.
You will need sport climbing experience to prepare the route for top rope, to belay the children, and to rapel at the end of the session. A minimum of 40m long rope and sport climbing equipment is needed. The carabiner on top can be used at the end of the session for the last person cleaning the route. Otherwise, use your own equipment to build the top.
Arrival
By car, you can park before Gradia guesthouse, at 46°56’24.2″N 22°32’51.9″E or 46.940056,22.547750. Don’t park under the rock walls because of rockfall danger. From here you walk for about 5 minutes along Crisul Repede river, to the base of the rock called Simeonului, on your left. Along the way, you notice two guesthouses and a somewhat basic camping area on the other side of the river.
In Suncuius you can also arrive by train. From the train station to the start of the via ferrata routes you walk for 2km.
Approach
See arrival details, the ferrata is easy to find, just follow the road from the parking lot.
Descent
For Piticot, read above. For all the other routes, descent is through the woods, on a marked trail. In about 10 minutes you are back at the car park.
Points of interest
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