Italien / Trentino - Pala Gruppe
The Pala group (also known as Pale di San Martino) is the largest massif of the Dolomites, with about 240 km² of surface, located between eastern Trentino and Veneto (province of Belluno), in the area between Primiero (valleys of Cismon, Canali, Travignolo), Valle del Biois (Falcade, Canale d'Agordo) and Agordino.
In the central sector of the group, discovered by the Marquis Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu in 1788, consisting of dolomite, a sedimentary rock formed by double calcium carbonate and magnesium, extends the plateau, on an area of about 50 km², forming a huge empty space, rocky and almost lunar that fluctuates between 2500 and 2800 m above sea level.
The part of the group extended in Trentino is entirely included in the Paneveggio — Pale di San Martino Nature Park. According to some sources, the group inspired the Belluno writer Dino Buzzati (a great lover of the chain) in the setting of his novel "The Tartar Steppe". Due to the exceptional universal value of this natural beauty, the geological system of the Pale is included in the site "The Dolomites", declared in 2009 a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Main peaks
Vezzana, 3,192 m
Cimon della Pala, 3,184 m
Cima dei Bureloni, 3,130 m
Cima di Focobon, 3,054 m
Pala di San Martino, 2,982 m
Fradusta, 2,939 m
Mulaz, 2,906 m
Monte Agnèr 2,872 m
Sass Màor, 2,812 m
Cima Madonna, 2,752 m
Rosetta, 2,743 m
(Wikipedia)
Cimon della Pala, sometimes called Cimone and The Matterhorn of the Dolomites (il Cervino delle Dolomiti), is the best-known peak of the Pale di San Martino group, in the Dolomites, northern Italy. Although it is not the highest peak of the group, the Cima Vezzana being a few metres higher, its slender point, which can be seen from the Rolle Pass, dominates the landscape.
Location
The mountain lies near the town of Tonadico in Trentino, the southern part of the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, and is the watershed between the Cismón valley and the Travignolo valley. It is the northernmost peak in the chain of the Pale di San Martino and is flanked by the Vezzana. Between the high, steep walls of the two peaks and descending to the north, lies a steep glacier called Travignolo, which is the source of a river of the same name, a tributary of the Avisio.
Route
The peak can be attained by a route which, while easy, requires good experience, called the "Variation for the Summit". This departs from a bivouac shelter called Fiamme Gialle, at a height of 3,005 metres, which is reached by the Bolver-Lugli via ferrata, not technically demanding, but tiring. This mountain route, equipped with fixed cables, stemples, ladders, and bridges, was constructed by a group of mountain guides from San Martino di Castrozza, known in the mountaineering world as the Eagles of San Martino, to mark the centenary in 1970 of the first ascent of the peak on 3 June 1870 by Edward Robson Whitwell and his guides Santo Siorpaes, of nearby Cortina d'Ampezzo, and Christian Lauener of Lauterbrunnen.
A good access to the via ferrata is by way of the gondola lift from San Martino di Castrozza to Colverde, which operates between the middle of June and the end of September.
History
The mountain brought the first tourists into the Primiero valley. In 1862, British travellers Josiah Gilbert and George Cheetham Churchill saw a picture of the Cimon della Pala in an inn. Fascinated by it, they wanted to see it at first hand, and wrote of it in their account The Dolomite Mountains: Excursions Through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola & Friuli (London, 1864). In later years there was an influx of tourists, at first mostly from outside Italy, who were interested in the whole chain of the Pale.
The mountain can be seen on the coat of arms (pictured) of the Guardia di Finanza, an Italian law enforcement agency which is one of the Italian Armed Forces and which has its Alpine School not far from the Cimon della Pala.
(Wikipedia)
Die Palagruppe (italienisch Pale di San Martino oder Gruppo delle Pale) ist eine Dolomitengruppe im Grenzgebiet der italienischen Provinzen Belluno und Trient. Die Trentiner Teile der Gruppe gehören zum Parco Naturale Paneveggio – Pale di San Martino. Seit 2009 ist die Palagruppe Teil des UNESCO-Welterbes Dolomiten.
Lage
Die Palagruppe liegt zwischen den Tälern des Biois im Norden, des Cordevole im Osten und des Cismon im Südwesten (Primör), im Nordwesten liegt der Passo Rolle, im Norden der Vallespass und südöstlich der Passo Cereda.
Charakteristik
Die Palagruppe ist ein Klettergebiet mit bekannten Kletterbergen, die Gipfel reichen über die Dreitausendermarke. Schroffe Felsgipfel wie der Cimon della Pala kontrastieren mit der ausgedehnten Hochfläche des Altopiano delle Pale. Der Dolomiten-Höhenweg Nr. 2 durchquert die Pala von Nord nach Süd vom Vallespass zum Passo Cereda. Einige der bekanntesten Klettersteige der Dolomiten finden sich in der Pala, wie z. B. die Via Ferrata Bolver-Lugli oder die Via Ferrata Stella Alpina (Monte Agnèr). Der Ring um die Pala di San Martino umrundet die zentrale Pala vom Rif. Rosetta über den Passo di Ball zum Rif. Pradidali und zurück über den Passo Pradidali und den Altopiano delle Pale.
Von San Martino di Castrozza führt eine Seilbahn in zwei Sektionen auf die Schulter der Cima Rosetta. Der Ort ist auch als Wintersportort bekannt.
Bekannte Gipfel
Cima di Vezzana (3192 m) – höchste Erhebung der Pala
Cimon della Pala (3184 m) – das „Matterhorn der Dolomiten“ (berühmter Blick vom Rollepass)
Cima Bureloni (3132 m)
Cima Canali (2897 m)
Pala di San Martino (2987 m)
Cima Fradusta (2939 m) – mit kleinem Gletscher, ohne Kletterei ersteigbar
Cima Wilma (2782 m)
Monte Mulaz (2906 m) – im Nordteil der Pala, ohne Kletterei erreichbar
Monte Agnèr (2871 m) – berühmt für seine Nordkante (mit 1500 m Höhenunterschied die höchste Kletterroute der Dolomiten)
Sass Maor (2814 m) – Kletterberg
Cima della Madonna (2733 m) – berühmte Kletterrouten („Schleierkante“)
Cima della Rosetta (2743 m) – mittels Seilbahn von San Martino di Castrozza leicht erreichbar
Hütten
Rifugio Mulaz (2571 m, CAI) – im Nordteil der Pala
Rifugio Rosetta (auch Rif. Pedrotti), 2578 m, (S.A.T.) – unweit der Bergstation der Seilbahn von San Martino di Castrozza
Rifugio Pradidali (2278 m, CAI) – in sehr eindrucksvoller Lage im Süden der Pala
Rifugio Treviso (1631 m, CAI) – im hintersten Val Canali im Südteil der Pala
Rifugio Velo della Madonna (2358 m, S.A.T.) – Standquartier für die Kletterberge Sass Maor und Cima della Madonna
Baita Segantini (2174 m, privat) und Capanna Cervino (2140 m, privat) – im Bereich des Passo Rolle
Bedeutende Talorte
Agordo
Canale d’Agordo
Falcade
Fiera di Primiero
San Martino di Castrozza
Taibon Agordino
(Wikipdia)
