Corno Grande
| Corno Grande | ||
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 Corno Grande with its summit crown |
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| height | 2912 m slm | |
| location | Teramo Province , Italy | |
| Mountains | Gran Sasso d'Italia , Abruzzo Apennines | |
| Dominance | 441 km → Fradusta | |
| Notch height | 2476 m ↓ altars | |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 28 '7 " N , 13 ° 33' 43" E | |
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| rock | Dolomite and limestone | |
| Age of the rock | Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic | |
| First ascent | August 19, 1573 by the Bolognese Francesco De Marchi | |
| Normal way | trail | |
 Corno Grande, south view |
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The Corno Grande ( German for "great horn") is at 2912 m slm the highest point of the Gran Sasso d'Italia and the entire Apennines .
morphology
The three highest points of his from dolomite existing peak crown are the additional inserts Occidentale (2912 m), Centrale (2893 m) and oriental (2903 m) is determined in more detail. To the north they form a basin ( Italian anfiteatro - " amphitheater ") in which one of the southernmost glaciers in Europe lies, the Ghiacciaio del Calderone ( Calderone Glacier ). It is also the only ice field in the entire Apennines.
Several routes lead to the much-climbed mountain starting from Campo Imperatore , the easiest is the "via normal", a hiking route over the western side, for the more experienced there is the "via direttissima", an easy climbing tour ( difficulty level II ), that of South over the debris cone at the foot of the Corno Grande to the summit.
Alpinism
The first documented ascent was by Francesco De Marchi , who at the age of 69, with a guide and four other companions, climbed the Corno Grande on August 19, 1573 from Assegni on the west side of the massif in just over five hours. The first ascent was not recognized until 1938 after his notes on the ascent of Corno Grande were published in the journal of the Italian Geographical Society . Until then, the naturalist Orazio Delfico from Teramo was considered to be the first to climb the Gran Sasso, although he climbed the 9 m lower eastern summit on July 30, 1794. The brothers Corradino and Gaudenzio Sella made the first winter ascent on January 9, 1880. The first ascent on skis was on March 26, 1923 by Aldo Bonacossa.
literature
- Luca Grazzini, Paolo Abate: Gran Sasso d'Italia. Guida dei Monti d'Italia . Club Alpino Italiano / Touring Club Italiano , Milan 1992.
Web links
- Corno Grande. In: summitpost.org. September 16, 2008, accessed January 29, 2011 .
- Gran Sasso d'Italia. In: summitpost.org. January 8, 2011, accessed January 29, 2011 .
- Guillaume Dargaud: The Big Stone. September 27, 2010, accessed on January 29, 2011 (English, routes, ski tours and many pictures).
Individual evidence
- ↑ perche '1573? Museo del Legno di Arischia, archived from the original on September 28, 2013 ; Retrieved January 29, 2011 (Italian).
- ↑ Luca Grazzini, Paolo Abate: Gran Sasso d'Italia. Guida dei Monti d'Italia p. 383
- ↑ Francesco De Marchi Ingegnere militare da Bologna: Il Corno Monte - Cronaca della prima ascensione sulla vetta del Gran Sasso d'Italia effettuata il 19 agosto 1573 dal versanta aquilano. In: vecchiegloriedelgransasso.it. Retrieved June 11, 2020 (Italian).