02 Sep 2025
Good WhatsApp communication and very simple easy process getting to the mountain and back to the hotel, lovely minibus and they took care of all the paperwork so easily. Hut was comfortable enough, having coffee available was nice. I would say that the 1:30am wake up time for 'breakfast' (pieces of white bread with mini pots of jam probably didn't need an hour before the gate opens to consume lol). The timing estimates were a wildly wide bracket and still wrong, we were up and down a lot faster and seemed to shock/ annoy the guide. She was lovely but did not speak a word of English, we could not communicate that we did not want to leave so early for the peak as we were (turns out rightfully) worried about being freezing stuck on the peak for AGES before sunrise. We kept being asked if we STILL wanted to do the via Ferrata and ended up doing it alone, I believe people usually either do the peak or the Via Ferrata not both and then take more of a break before heading down the mountain (which took the same time as the way up beware it is not really quicker as you might expect). Lots of stairs made the way down punishing and very sore for a few days afterwards (STRETCH). I would normally not bother with poles but please do consider them at least for the way down. It was a fun undertaking and a good company to go with.