Mount Marmolada 3343m.a.s.l.(the Italian name; also Ladin: Marmoleda,...

Mount Marmolada 3343m.a.s.l.(the Italian name; also Ladin: Marmoleda, German: Marmolata) is a mountain in northeastern Italy (just east of Trento) and the highest mountain of the Dolomites (a section of the Alps). The mountain consists of a ridge running west to east. Towards the south it breaks suddenly into sheer cliffs, forming a stone wall several kilometres long. On the north side there is a comparatively flat glacier, the only large glacier in the Dolomites (the Marmolada Glacier, Ghiacciaio della Marmolada).

The ridge is composed of several summits, decreasing in altitude from west to east: Punta Penia (3,343 m), Punta Rocca (3,309 m), Punta Ombretta (3,230 m), Monte Serauta (3,069 m), and Pizzo Serauta (3,035 m). An aerial tramway goes to the top of Punta Penia.

Paul Grohmann made the first ascent in 1864, along the north route.

Before World War I, the border between Austria and Italy ran over Marmolada, so it formed part of the front line. Austrian soldiers were quartered in deep tunnels bored into the northern face's glacier, and Italian soldiers were quartered on the south face's rocky precipices. As glaciers retreat, soldiers' remains and belongings are occasionally discovered. By Google.

Carlos said:

I had climb to the top across the Via Ferrata nº 606 and return across the North face.

Just for share and fun!

Carlos

Added: December 4, 2007
Date produced: July 2007
Producer: Carlos Moreira
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