Idea Montagna Marmolada and San Pellegrino mountaineering guide

Idea Montagna Marmolada and San Pellegrino mountaineering guide: When one speaks of Marmolada, one always thinks of the highest peak of the Dolomites and its glacier: in fact, there is no Monte Marmolada or Cima Marmolada, but Marmolada refers to the homonymous massif and the entire mountain group.

The Bocche Chain is completely different from the nearby Dolomite peaks it overlooks, belonging to a powerful outcrop of magmatic rocks and quartz porphyries resulting from ancient volcanic eruptions. The entire area offers numerous historical testimonies of great interest related to the Great War of 1915-18: a hundred years after the bloody events of the war, countless remains still tell the difficult moments of life and death in areas that today appear as small earthly paradises.

This guide considers the peaks that occupy the eastern side of the Val di Fassa, that is, a large part of the Marmolada Group, and the peaks of the Bocche Chain. The ascents concerning the mountain groups of the western side and the northern head (Sella, Sassolungo, Catinaccio, and Làtemar) are instead described in the volume 90 Cime in Val di Fiemme e Fassa. The information provided concerns the climbing routes to 70 mountain peaks, but if we also consider the additional information provided on another 38 peaks close to the main ones, the number of summits involved in the book rises to a total of 108. Each peak is dedicated to a sheet with a description of the route, ascent times and total elevation gains, difficulty, necessary or recommended equipment, and anything else that may be useful for documentation before climbing the summit. Such information has been collected by the authors who have climbed all the peaks presented in the book and thanks to the help of passionate friends and collaborators who provided valuable photographs for the completion of the work.

To the hiker who embarks on the paths between the valleys and peaks of the Marmolada Group and the Bocche Chain, numerous opportunities present themselves to thoroughly explore these Dolomitic areas, facing generally not excessive elevation gains and on paths that are mostly well-marked and signposted.

This guide aims to be an aid for hikers who wish to know more about the routes on these mountains and a means to keep alive the use of trails and peaks in some cases little known or almost forgotten. A small tribute to Queen Marmolada and her court of peaks, in one of the most beautiful and historically rich natural environments of the Dolomites.