Monte Civetta

Monte Civetta
Elevation 3,220 m (10,560 ft)
Prominence 1,454 m (4,770 ft)[1]
Location
Monte Civetta

Belluno, Italy

Range Dolomites
Coordinates 46°22′48″N 12°03′12″E / 46.38000°N 12.05333°ECoordinates: 46°22′48″N 12°03′12″E / 46.38000°N 12.05333°E
Climbing
First ascent 1855

Monte Civetta (3,220 m) is a prominent and major mountain of the Dolomites, in the Province of Belluno in northern Italy. Its north-west face can be viewed from the Taibon Agordino valley, and is classed as one of the symbols of the Dolomites.[2]

The mountain is thought to have been first climbed by Simeone di Silvestro in 1855, which, if true, makes it the first major Dolomite peak to be climbed. The north-western face, with it's 1,000m high cliff, was first climbed in 1925 by Emil Solleder and Gustl Lettenbauer. It is historically considered the first "sixth grade" in six-tier scale of alpinistic difficulties proposed by Willo Welzenbach (corresponding to 5.9).[3] Thirty years later UIAA used this as a basis for its grading system.

References

  1. ↑ "Monte Civetta". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Monte Civetta - summitpost.org". summitpost.org. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Scott, Doug (1981). Big Wall Climbing. Oxford University Press. pp. 27–33. ISBN 978-0195202700.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Monte Civetta (in Italian).