{"id":947,"date":"2026-06-07T17:34:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T15:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/pale-di-san-martino\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"pale-di-san-martino","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/pale-di-san-martino\/","title":{"rendered":"Pale di San Martino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">The Pala group is the largest massif of the Dolomites and impresses with a wide, moon-like high plateau at around 2,600 m, ringed by rugged peaks. The cable car from San Martino di Castrozza to the Rosetta opens up this high plain comfortably. The area belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage Site and to the Paneveggio Nature Park.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A wide, almost moon-like high plateau at around 2,600 m<\/li>\n<li>Rosetta cable car from San Martino di Castrozza<\/li>\n<li>Paneveggio Nature Park with the violin forests<\/li>\n<li>UNESCO World Heritage Dolomites<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Elevation<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Cima Vezzana 3,192 m<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Special feature<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">largest Dolomite plateau<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Ascent<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Cable car to the Rosetta (2,609 m)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Protected area<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino Nature Park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> By car or bus to San Martino di Castrozza; cable car to the Rosetta.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> June to October.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> Cable car and huts payable (please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Safety:<\/strong> On the plateau good orientation skills are needed; mind weather changes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:12px 0 4px;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<li>An early ascent for clear views over the plateau<\/li>\n<li>In the Paneveggio Nature Park the trail through the sound forests is worthwhile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>The Pale di San Martino form the largest continuous high plateau of the Dolomites, a wide karst plateau of pale limestone that floats like a petrified moonscape above the green forests of Trentino. This rock desert is framed by boldly rising peaks such as the Cimon della Pala, which, because of its pointed elegance, is fondly called the Matterhorn of the Dolomites. Like all the Dolomites, the Pale consist of the remains of prehistoric coral reefs and lagoons that formed around 250 million years ago in a tropical sea and were later lifted up by the folding of the Alps into rugged towers.<\/p>\n<p>At the foot of the massif lies the traditional mountain resort of San Martino di Castrozza, which as early as the 19th century attracted pioneers of mountaineering and of early mountain romanticism. The Dolomites as a whole have always been the richest source of legends in the Alps, interwoven with the tales of the Ladin people, who have preserved their own Rhaeto-Romance language in these valleys. The pale glow of the rock faces in the sunset, which mountaineers call Enrosadira, has here, as scarcely anywhere else, contributed to the rise of fairy tales about petrified kings and enchanted realms.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/wanderschuhe\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hiking boots \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/schichtenprinzip-bekleidung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Layering guide for clothing \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-tages-bergwanderung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Day-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-huettentour\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hut-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/huettenwandern-einsteiger\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hut hiking for beginners \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Pala-Gruppe ist das gr\u00f6\u00dfte Massiv der Dolomiten und beeindruckt durch ein weites, mondartiges Hochplateau auf rund 2.600 m, das von schroffen Gipfeln umringt ist. Die Seilbahn von San Martino di Castrozza zur Rosetta erschlie\u00dft diese Hochfl\u00e4che bequem. Das Gebiet geh\u00f6rt zum UNESCO-Welterbe und zum Naturpark Paneveggio. Highlights Weites, fast mondartiges Hochplateau auf rund 2.600 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":972,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[40,30],"citadela-item-location":[68],"class_list":["post-947","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-gipfel-berge","citadela-item-category-wandern-bergtouren","citadela-item-location-trentino-gardasee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1556,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/947\/revisions\/1556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=947"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}