Sella towers

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Sella towers
The Sella Towers as seen from the Sella Pass

The Sella Towers as seen from the Sella Pass

height 2696  m slm
location South Tyrol , Italy
Mountains Sella
Coordinates 46 ° 30 ′ 33 "  N , 11 ° 46 ′ 30"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 30 ′ 33 "  N , 11 ° 46 ′ 30"  E
Sella towers (South Tyrol)
Sella towers

The Sella Towers ( ital. Torri del Sella ) are part of the Sella -Bergstocks and consist of a total of five individual towers :

  • First Sella Tower ( Prima Torre di Sella , 2533  m , ⊙ ),
  • Second Sella Tower ( Seconda Torre di Sella , 2598  m , ⊙ ),
  • Third (and highest) Sella Tower ( Terza Torre di Sella , 2,696  m , ⊙ )
  • Fourth Sella Tower ( Quarta Torre di Sella , 2605  m , ⊙ ) and
  • Fifth Sella Tower ( Quinta Torre di Sella , 2500  m , ⊙ ).

The rock of the locomotive ( 2412  m , ⊙ ), named because of its shape, connects to the west of the towers , then the ridge drops to the Sella Pass .

First ascent

The first and second Sella Tower (both on normal route I ) were both first climbed on August 9, 1899 by Otto Ampferer , Wilhelm Hammer and Karl Berger, the third tower over the north-facing gorge to the second tower (IV, III) by Karl Berger and E. Franzelin on July 29, 1900. The fourth Sella Tower, more of a porch of Piz Ciavazes , was first climbed on August 25, 1906 through the north-facing gorge to the third tower (III) by S. Häberlein, Käthe Bröske and K. Spilka., the fifth Sella tower, on the other hand, an insignificant spike based on the third, on July 29, 1911 by W. Hegemann and R. Redlich.

Climbing routes up to level IX- ( Val Gardena guide at the first tower) lead to the towers . Due to the proximity to the Sella Pass and the associated short approaches, some of the climbs on the Sella towers are almost like a climbing garden .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alpine Club Guide Sella Group
  2. ^ Richard Goedeke: Alpine Club Guide extreme: Sella & Langkofel. 2nd Edition. Bergverlag Rother , Munich 2001, ISBN 978-3-7633-1315-0 , pp. 62-63
  3. ↑ Tours to the Sella Tower (alpinrouten.de)

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