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Furchetta

Mt. Furchetta Furchetta is one of the two great 3,000-meter summits crowning the Odle, or Geisler, group of the Italian Dolomites. Rising to a standard locally accepted elevation of 3,025 meters (9,925 feet) in South Tyrol, it stands immediately east of Sass Rigais, which is traditionally considered equal in height. Detailed topographic mapping complicates that …

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Sass Rigais

Sass Rigais Sass Rigais is one of the defining summits of the Odle, or Geisler, group of the Italian Dolomites. Rising to 3,025 meters (9,925 feet) above Val Gardena and Val di Funes in South Tyrol, it forms the dominant western member of the pair of 3,000-meter peaks that crown the famous needle-like Odle skyline. …

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