Holiday in Sexten, summer - Rooms - Dolomites - walk - hiking - walking tour

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Climbing in the Sexten Dolomites and surroundings
The Dolomites with their bizarre towers and vertical rock faces are probably one of the most famous climbing mountains in the Alps. Especially the eastern part with the unique mountain scenery of the Sesto Dolomites is a real climbing paradise. Already more than 150 years ago the most successful mountain pioneers of the time were fascinated by the beauty of this rocky landscape and began to climb peak after peak. Ever since Paul Grohmann climbed the 3,152 m high Dreischusterspitze and the 3,000 m high Große Zinne with Franz Innerkofler and Peter Salcher in 1869, the European mountaineering elite has been conquering peak after peak, wall after wall on increasingly difficult routes.

Today there are only in the Drei Zinnen over 200 different climbing routes of the 2nd degree of difficulty from the beginning to the most difficult leading through the greatest rock shelter in the world at the Western Battlement. - 42 meters in the horizontal - (red circle)

If we consider that the pioneers of alpine climbing still conquered the peaks with hemp ropes and nailed boots, we can happily praise ourselves that today we have almost perfect equipment at our disposal.

If you want to have a happy mountain experience, you should consider at least 4 things:
1. inform yourself about the tour and prepare it well,
2. take the weather conditions into account,
3. take the necessary equipment with you,
4. assess his abilities correctly.

Impressive, almost threatening, is the 700 m high north side of the Zwölfer, but it is also a sought-after destination for courageous, experienced mountaineers. Especially the classic Schranzhofer rod is very popular in midsummer. But those who are not up to such difficult tours can climb the 3,092 m high Zwölfer on the south side via the normal route, but still in the 3rd degree of difficulty.

However, the queen of the laces in terms of view is the Dreischusterspitze. With its 3,152 m it is the highest peak of the Sesto Dolomites. Today it is almost only climbed via the west face (3rd degree of difficulty) or on the normal route from the Steinalpenscharte (one point 4th degree). Because of the extremely long, arduous ascent (approx. 1700 m.) and the partly brittle rock, it is not very often climbed, but standing at the summit cross and looking down on all the other peaks is an indescribable feeling.

Mountaineering doesn't have to be just a sport for tough, fit guys, no...

... even for normal mountain fans there are many climbing guides in the Sesto Dolomites in the easy to medium range.

Very popular for many years are the via ferrata and there are a lot of them in Sesto and its surroundings, from easy to very difficult ones. These insured mountain tours are hated by some, but appreciated by many, because everyone who is reasonably sure-footed and experienced has the opportunity to climb peaks and enjoy the view and beauty of the mountains.

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