Category: Mountain Field Guide

Sass Màor

Sass Màor Sass Màor is one of the great rock mountains of the Pale di San Martino, rising to approximately 2,814 meters (9,232 feet) in the Italian Dolomites. Located in Trentino within Paneveggio–Pale di San Martino Natural Park, the mountain is instantly recognizable for its enormous walls, sharp summit architecture, and close partnership with neighboring …

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Monte Mulaz

Monte Mulaz | Mulaz Monte Mulaz is a broad, dramatic 2,906-meter (9,534-foot) summit forming the northern bastion of the Pale di San Martino in the Italian Dolomites. Rising above Val Venegia and the upper Biois Valley, the mountain offers one of the finest panoramic viewpoints in the entire Pala group, with sweeping views toward Cima …

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Cima di Fradusta

Cima di Fradusta | Fradusta Cima di Fradusta is a 2,939-meter (9,642-foot) summit in the Pale di San Martino of the Italian Dolomites. Rising above the vast, pale-rock plateau at the heart of the massif, the mountain combines an unusually accessible high summit with dramatic geology, panoramic views, a pioneering mountaineering history, and one of …

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Cima della Madonna

Cima della Madonna Cima della Madonna is a striking 2,752-meter (9,029-foot) rock summit in the Pale di San Martino of the Italian Dolomites. Rising beside Sass Màor above the forests and meadows near San Martino di Castrozza, the mountain is famous far beyond its modest elevation because of one extraordinary feature: the elegant northwest arête …

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Cima di Focobon

Cima di Focobon Cima di Focobon, more commonly written in Italian as Cima del Focobon, is a spectacular 3,054-meter (10,020-foot) summit in the northern Pale di San Martino of the Italian Dolomites. Rising above Falcade and the Valle del Biois in the province of Belluno, it is the highest mountain of the Focobon subgroup and …

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Cima dei Bureloni

Cima dei Bureloni Cima dei Bureloni is a commanding 3,130-meter (10,269-foot) summit in the Pale di San Martino of the Italian Dolomites. Rising directly along the boundary between Trentino and Belluno, it is generally recognized as the third-highest major summit in the Pale di San Martino, after Vezzana and Cimon della Pala. Despite its height, …

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Pala di San Martino

Pala di San Martino Pala di San Martino is a monumental 2,982-meter (9,783-foot) rock mountain in the Pale di San Martino of the Italian Dolomites. Rising immediately east of San Martino di Castrozza in Trentino, the mountain is one of the most recognizable and historically important summits in the entire Pala group. Although it falls …

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Cimon della Pala

Cimon della Pala Cimon della Pala is the most famous summit of the Pale di San Martino, rising to approximately 3,185 meters (10,449 feet) in the Italian Dolomites. Its slender pyramidal profile dominates the view from Passo Rolle and has earned it the enduring nickname “Matterhorn of the Dolomites” — Il Cervino delle Dolomiti. Although …

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Monte Civetta

Monte Civetta Monte Civetta is a monumental 3,220-meter (10,564-foot) mountain in the Italian Dolomites, rising between Alleghe and Val di Zoldo in the province of Belluno, Veneto. With approximately 1,454 meters (4,770 feet) of topographic prominence, it is not merely one of the highest peaks of the Dolomites but one of their most independent and …

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Vezzana

Vezzana Vezzana, more fully known as Cima della Vezzana, is the highest mountain in the Pale di San Martino, rising to approximately 3,192 meters (10,472 feet) in the Italian Dolomites. Modern LiDAR measurements refine the natural summit to about 3,193 meters (10,476 feet), but 3,192 meters remains the traditional and most widely used elevation. The …

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