Langkofel

Langkofel / Saslonch / Sassolungo
The Sassolungo seen from the northwest
height	3181  m slm
location	South Tyrol Italy
Mountains	Sassolungo Group , Dolomites
Dominance	11.7 km →  Gran Vernel
Notch height	1124 m ↓  Passo Fedaia
Coordinates	46 ° 31 '29 "  N , 11 ° 44' 7"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 31 '29 "  N , 11 ° 44' 7"  E
First ascent	1869 , Paul Grohmann
Sassolungo seen from the northeast

The Langkofel ( 3181  m slm ) is the main summit of the Langkofel group in the Val Gardena Dolomites and a well-known climbing mountain. His name ( Ladin Saslonch , Italian Sassolungo ) means long stone / rock .

The Sassolungo extends over a kilometer in a NW-SE direction and, together with its south-east summit, known as the "Langkofeleck", makes up about half of the Sassolungo Group. The normal route leads through the southwest face to the summit connection ridge (II) and on this to the summit (III) and is extremely long. The first ascent took place on August 13, 1869 by Paul Grohmann (1838–1908). On the Langkofel there is a bivouac box as an emergency shelter, which was named after the Italian Dominican Father Reginaldo Giuliani.

Langkofel (left) and Plattkofel (right) from the northwest. In the background on the left the conspicuously terraced Sella group and on the right the cloud-covered summit of the Marmolada.

Shortly before the Sella Pass ( 2180  m ), the Langkofelscharte (2681 m) between Langkofel and Fünffingerspitze can be reached by cable car , which means that even simple hikers with good equipment can circumnavigate the Langkofel with an impressive view of the Sella , Marmolata and Alpe di Siusi in a high alpine landscape becomes.

In winter, however, this gondola lift has not been open for a number of years, as the ski run through the Langkofelscharte , which was not groomed with snow groomers, claimed some lives in the past.

Wood-carved Madonna by Flavio Pancheri in the east face of the Sassolungo

In a natural niche on the east side of the Sassolungo hangs a 3.20 meter high hand-carved wooden Madonna , which the sculptor Flavio Pancheri himself fixed there in 1961 with mountain guides from the Catores (alpine school and mountain guide Val Gardena).

Web links

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ Little Chronicle. Court and staff news. In:  Die Presse , Abendblatt, No. 229/1869 (XXII. Year), August 19, 1869, p. 3 (unpaginated), bottom left. (Online at ANNO ). .