Vajolet Towers
| Vajolet Towers | ||
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 The Vajolet Towers from the Santner Pass |
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| height | 2821 m slm | |
| location | South Tyrol / Trentino , Italy | |
| Mountains | Rosengarten Group , Dolomites | |
| Dominance | 0.53 km → Punta Emma | |
| Notch height | 194 m ↓ Laurin Pass | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 27 '41 " N , 11 ° 37' 34" E | |
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| First ascent | 1882 to 1895 | |
The six Vajolet towers are a bizarre rock formation in the center of the Rosengarten group in the South Tyrolean and Trentino Dolomites . They are bounded in the north by the Vajolet pass ( 2459 m slm ) and in the south by the Laurin pass ( 2627 m slm ) and are located in the Schlern-Rosengarten nature park . They are divided into three northern and three southern towers, each with its own base and separated by the Winklerscharte ( 2650 m slm ). The three southern towers are the better known, have the better rock and represent one of the showpieces of the Alps.
They are known as climbing mountains. Some of the routes are among the best-known routes of medium difficulty in the entire Alps and are accordingly well attended in the season, especially since the ascent from the Gartlhütte is very short, e.g. B. approx. 15 minutes to the Delago tower.
| Surname | height | First slope |
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Delago Tower ( Torre Delago ) |
2790 m slm | Hermann Delago on September 22, 1895 single-handedly over the south wall ("Delagokamine") ( V- , IV and III ) |
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Stabelerturm ( Torre Stabeler ) |
2805 m slm | Johann Niederwieser (called Stabeler) and Hans Helversen on July 16, 1892 over the southeast flank, today's normal route ( III and II ) |
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Winkler tower ( Torre Winkler ) |
2800 m slm | Georg Winkler single-handedly over the southeast face in 1887 (1 position IV + , some positions IV- otherwise III and II) |
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North Tower ( Torre Nord ) |
2810 m slm | H. Stabeler and H. Helversen on July 12, 1892 ( II ) |
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Main Tower ( Torre Principale ) |
2821 m slm | G. Bernard and G. Merzbacher on August 28, 1882 ( II ) |
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East Tower ( Torre Est ) |
2813 m slm | H. Stabeler and H. Helversen on July 12, 1892 ( II ) |
In front of the southern towers is the Piaz Tower ( Torre Piaz , 2670 m slm ), which rises only about 40 m and was first climbed by Tita Piaz on September 2, 1899 ( IV + ).
Tita Piaz, who was too late to get involved in the first ascent of the towers, left a huge number of new routes on all towers in the years that followed. On August 9, 1911, together with Francesco Jori and Irma Glaser, he opened the south-west edge of the Delagoturm ( IV , IV and III), which, as "Delagokante" with its straight and exposed edge climbing, has become one of the most popular routes in the Alps (in the picture the edge on the left).
literature
- Heinz Mariacher : Alpine Club Guide Dolomites Rosengarten Group . Bergverlag Rudolf Rother , Munich 1988, ISBN 3-7633-1250-1 .
- Annette Köhler, Norbert Memmel: Climbing Guide Dolomites . Rother Selection series, Bergverlag Rother, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-7633-3015-1 .
- Stefan Wagenhals & Friends: Dolomites vertical - Band Nord . 3. Edition. Leonberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-934650-07-7 .
