Sass Maor

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Sass Maor
Sass Maor (the apparently highest peak on the left) and Cima della Madonna (right) from the Pala di San Martino.  To the right of the center of the picture the Cima di Ball and in front of it the Campanile Pradidali

Sass Maor (the apparently highest peak on the left) and Cima della Madonna (right) from the Pala di San Martino . To the right of the center of the picture the Cima di Ball and in front of it the Campanile Pradidali

height 2812  m slm
location Trentino , Italy
Mountains Dolomites , subgroup Pala group
Dominance 1.3 km →  Cima Canali
Notch height 369 m ↓  Passo di Ball
Coordinates 46 ° 13 '56 "  N , 11 ° 50' 55"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 13 '56 "  N , 11 ° 50' 55"  E
Sass Maor (Alps)
Sass Maor
First ascent September 4, 1875 by HA Beachcroft and Charles Comyns Tucker with Giovanni Battista Della Santa and François Devouassoud
Normal way Climbing tour out of the gap between Sass Maor and Cima della Madonna

The Sass Maor ( 2812  m slm ) is a mountain in the Dolomites . The tower shape, impressive from all sides, together with the smooth-walled, bulky Cima della Madonna form the southern end of the central part of the Pala group . To the east, its falls fall over 1000 m against the Canali and Pradidali valleys.

Climbing the Sass Maor requires climbing experience, as the normal route has a level of difficulty III . The east face is a famous classic extreme climb.

Climbs

Normal way

  • Difficulty: III
  • Time required: 3 hours
  • First ascent: HA Beachcroft and Charles Comyns Tucker with Giovanni Battista Della Santa and François Devouassoud, 1875
  • Note: route for first-time climbers

North face

  • Difficulty: III
  • Time required: 2 hours
  • First ascent: Norman-Neruda with A. Tavernaro, 1892
  • Note: Particularly suitable for exceeding

East wall

  • Difficulty: VI
  • Time required: 8 hours
  • First ascent: Emil Solleder , Kummer, 1926

Supermatita o Agapito

literature

  • Gunther Langes: Dolomites climbing guide 1b, Sella, Marmolata and Pala groups . Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-7633-2303-1 .
  • Mountaineer , May 1982
  • Alpine , October 2000

Web links

Commons : Sass Maor  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Chronicle in "Bergsteiger" June 1984