Category: Climbing & Mountaineering
Via ferratas, summit tours and alpine faces for everyone who wants to climb high. Here we gather destinations around climbing and mountaineering, from secured routes to classic high tours.
The Rosengarten is one of the best-known Dolomite massifs and famous for the Enrosadira, the intense rose-red glow of its walls at sunset. According to legend, King Laurin turned his rose garden into petrified rock. The massif, with the Rosengartenspitze, offers demanding via ferratas and hikes across scenic alpine meadows….
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The Tre Cime are the most famous rock formation of the Dolomites and one of the best-known mountain motifs in the Alps. The three striking towers, with the Cima Grande up to 2,999 m, rise on the border between South Tyrol and Veneto in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of…
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The Piz Bernina, at 4,049 m, is the highest peak of the Eastern Alps and the only four-thousander east of Monte Rosa. It lies in the glaciated Bernina group on the border between the Engadin and the Italian Valtellina. Famous is the Biancograt, an elegant firn ridge regarded as one…
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The Eiger (3,967 m) is famous above all for its roughly 1,800 m high north face, one of the largest and most storied rock walls in the Alps. Its first ascent in 1938 and numerous dramas made it the epitome of extreme alpinism. From the valley near Grindelwald and from…
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The Matterhorn, at 4,478 m, is one of the highest and at the same time the most famous mountain in the Alps. Its almost free-standing, pyramidal shape on the border between Swiss Zermatt and Italian Breuil-Cervinia is regarded as one of the most photographed mountain motifs in the world. The…
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The Dolomites are a striking mountain group of the Southern Limestone Alps with pale dolomite rock, jagged towers and walls, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage Site since 2009. The highest peak is the Marmolada (Punta Penia, 3,343 m), the only significant glacier region of the range. Activities Hiking and mountain…
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