Started at the sunset, 7 PM, from the CRI car park.
Temperature was chill but still pretty humid.
I was with Guido Pastore and we run together until he stopped for stomach issues. This FKT is so registered as supported for his pacing.
From the Chiesetta del Sacro Cuore we started the clock and run hard on the jeep road, sweating like animals. then up in the first part ot trail, taking a sharp right to reach the Rifugio Antonietta Pialeral (closed) in 32 minutes.
From here, firstly on a jeep road and the back on trail, the route gets steep.
Please keep in mind that the route is on the HIGHER Via Estiva, splitting from the Via Invernale close to the Bivacco Riva Girani and not just after the Alpe Cova.
Then the trail reaches a minor ridge and makes a small traverse to reconnect with the most frequented version of the Via Estiva. The routes then goes to its steeper part to reach the Bocchetta della Bassa.
The atmosphere was peaceful with chamois chilling around, disturbed by our heavily snorting.
From the Bocchetta the route goes on the ridge, alterning steep rocky steps with flatish part, until reaching firstly the Rifugio Brioschi (closed) and then the big metal cross.
I reached the cross exhausted, leaving Guido behind with some stomach issue.
Total time was 1h36'57". I guess training on Grignone there are faster mountain goats than me but this is the first and only registered effort.
We then eat a bar, enjoying the view from the top, put some clothes on and started an easy walking descent in the darkness, that took us the same time of the ascent. We really empted the tank!