Gran Vernel
| Gran Vernel | ||
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 Piccolo Vernel, Gran Vernel and Roda de Mulon from the Padon ridge (northeast) |
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| height | 3210 m slm | |
| location | Trentino , Italy | |
| Mountains | Marmolada , Dolomites | |
| Dominance | 1.3 km → Punta Penia | |
| Notch height | 314 m ↓ Marmolatascharte | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 26 '32 " N , 11 ° 49' 55" E | |
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| rock | lime | |
| First ascent | Gottfried Merzbacher , Cesare Tomè, Giorgio Bernard and Giovanni Battista Bernard on July 8, 1879 | |
| Normal way | East side ( III ) | |
The Gran Vernel (also Gran Vernèl , German sometimes Great Vernel ) is a 3210 m slm high mountain in the Dolomites in the Italian province of Trentino . It forms the western end of the Marmolada -Massivs.
Location and surroundings
The Gran Vernel stands as an isolated rock pyramid northwest of the main Marmolada peak, Punta Penia , from which it is separated by the deep cut of the Marmolatascharte ( 2896 m ). The western ridge of the mountain bears the peaks Punta Cornates ( 3029 m ) and Pala di Vernel ( 2836 m ), to the north-east of the main summit is the Roda de Mulon ( 2882 m ), to the south-east of the Piccolo Vernel ( 3098 m ). In a cirque east of the main summit there is also the Ghiacciaio del Vernel ( Vernel Glacier), an extension of the Marmolata glacier. Particularly impressive views of the mountain are offered from Passo Fedaia , from the Padon ridge to the north or from the rear Fassatal near Alba and Penia .
Alpinism
The first ascent of Vernel was made on July 8, 1879 by the German geographer Gottfried Merzbacher with the mountain guides Cesare Tomè, Giorgio Bernard and Giovanni Battista Bernard. They chose the ascent over the east side of the mountain, which is now considered the normal route ( UIAA grade III). Eberhard Ramspeck made the first ascent of the south face in 1898 . Other important first ascents were made in the 1920s and 30s by Ettore Castiglioni , who, among other things, climbed the long west ridge ( IV ) in 1935 . The routes through the north face were gradually developed between 1940 and 1980.
On April 10, 1979, the extreme mountaineer and steep-wall skier Toni Valeruz , who came from the Fassa Valley, crossed the northwest face of Gran Vernel for the first time on the descent. After being dropped off at the summit by a helicopter , the descent over the snow-covered rock face (up to IV ) only took him 30 minutes. This performance was staged as a great spectacle, attended by hundreds of spectators and even recorded by Italian radio . Altogether, Valeruz achieved four different variants on the north face, which was previously considered "impossible" for skiers.
Rockslide
On August 4, 2015, a not inconsiderable rock fall occurred in the area of the Contrintal . The rock material collected in a basin at the foot of the south wall, the dust cloud penetrated as far as the Rifugio Contrin . According to the refuge was the cubic volume of approximately 100,000 cubic meters. A hiking trail had to be temporarily closed to be on the safe side. There were no injuries.
bases
Due to the dense network of huts, there are several bases for an ascent via the normal route.
- Rifugio Pian dei Fiacconi ( 2626 m ) at the mountain station of the Marmolada basket lift
- Rifugio Contrin ( 2016 m ) on the south side in Val Contrin
- Rifugio Ettore Castiglioni (Marmolada House) ( 2054 m ) on the northwest bank of Lake Fedaia
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ History of the ascent of Gran Vernèl. Alpinwiki.at, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on August 31, 2015 .
- ↑ Toni Valeruz crosses the north face of Gran Vernel on skis. Archiviolastampa.it, accessed on August 31, 2015 (Italian).
- ↑ Otti Wiedmann: steep wall driving. Retrieved August 31, 2015 .
- ↑ Rifugio Contrin: Frana dal Gran Vernel. Facebook.com, accessed August 31, 2015 (Italian).
- ↑ Rock fall on the Gran Vernel in the Fassa Valley. Suedtirolnews.it, archived from the original on August 7, 2015 ; accessed on August 31, 2015 .