Pietra Grande
| Pietra Grande | ||
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 Pietra Grande from Passo del Grostè |
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| height | 2936 m slm | |
| location | Trentino , Italy | |
| Mountains | Brenta Group | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 15 '2 " N , 10 ° 53' 25" E | |
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| Type | Felsberg | |
| rock | Main dolomite | |
| First ascent | July 14, 1883 by Edward Theodore Compton , Alberto and O. de Falkner, with Matteo Nicolussi and Antonio Dallagiacoma, from the north over the Cima Vagliana | |
The Pietra Grande (Italian: Pietra , stone) is, according to the map, 2936 meters high mountain in the northern part of the Brenta Group , a mountain range of the southern Limestone Alps in the Italian province of Trento . The mountain sends pronounced ridges to the north and southeast and is the dominant peak of the area. In regulation he is by some as climbing routes developed paths ( Sentieri ) Sentiero Gustavo Vidi and Claudio Costanzi , leading to the characteristic of the Brenta rock bands with its south and west, and by the Sentiero delle Palete , the east tangent to the Pietra. The summit was first climbed on July 14, 1883 by the English painter and alpinist Edward Theodore Compton with the Italian brothers Alberto and O. de Falkner. The company was led by Matteo Nicolussi and Antonio Dallagiacoma from Madonna di Campiglio via the Cima Vagliana, which is immediately to the north .
Environment and ascent
The Pietra is located in the northern part of the Brenta group. Significant neighboring mountains are in the south, separated by the Passo del Grostè , with the mountain station of the Cabinovia Grostè cable car , 2nd section, at an altitude of 2,446 meters, the 2,898 meter high Cima del Grostè . Immediately to the north is the Cima Vagliana, at 2864 meters high and finally, separated by the Bocchetta dei Tre Sassi (2613 m), the 2914 meter high Corno di Flavona . To the west the area runs out into the Vallesinella ( Sinella valley ), to the northeast into the Val di Santa Maria della Flavona . The closest towns to the west are Madonna di Campiglio in the Campigliotal , about 5 kilometers away as the crow flies , in the south-east is Molveno on Lake Molveno and about 17 km in the south, San Lorenzo in Banale .
Compton and his companions reached the mountain from Madonna di Campiglio via the Bocchetta dei Tre Sassi pass. The group first climbed the immediately neighboring Cima Vagliana via the north ridge. After a descent through the south wall of the Vagliana was reached by a then filled with still Firn Kar and stepped over the pietra north ridge to the highest point. According to Compton, it took 6 hours and 15 minutes to go from the valley to the summit. Today's base for an ascent of the Pietra Grande is the Rifugio Giorgio Graffer al Grostè located at 2261 meters above sea level, at the top station of the Grostè cable car, where numerous hiking trails and via ferratas begin.
Literature and map
- Karl Schulz in: Eduard Richter (ed.), The development of the Eastern Alps , III. Volume, Berlin 1894
- Alpine Club Map 1: 25,000, sheet 51, Brenta group
Individual evidence
- ^ Edward Theodore Compton in: Journal of the German and Austrian Alpine Association , Volume XV, Munich 1884, p. 194 ff.