Via Artemis: the rappel is the highlight

Lost on the approach, very good otherwise. Fully bolted these days, so cams are redundant.

Machine-translated from the German original. The German version is the one I actually wrote.

We got lost on the approach, which happens in Arco more often than one likes to admit — the paths all look the same and the distinctive tree from the description is usually standing there three times.

The route itself is very good. It’s been fully bolted since, though, which makes cams redundant. Whether that’s an improvement is a matter of taste: the route has become more accessible and lost some of its character at the same time.

The highlight is the rappel. Free-hanging, with a view over the whole valley — the kind of descent you take your time over.