Versante Sud Sella Rock climbing guide Italian

Versante Sud SELLA rock is the climbing guide that groups together 255 classic and sport routes in the Sella Group.

The Sella Group is simply enormous, with hundreds and hundreds of itineraries. Over the years, many routes have been opened, some of which have now been forgotten or buried by new lines that brushed against, crossed, or included the previous ones. More than one new modern route has definitively erased remnants of historical lines, mostly unrepeated and of which practically no one remembered the existence.

One could write a monograph solely on the famous Towers and Piz Ciavazes, but the Sella Group is not just Piz Ciavazes, and the immense wall of Sass Pordoi is there to remind us; then just turn the corner of Passo Sella to find oneself in front of the shady walls of the north face, pass under the imposing sport slabs of Cansla, and look with fear at the walls of Mesule, the no-spit zone par excellence. Shortly after, the Frea crag with its multipitch routes brings back a more relaxing atmosphere, but the walls of Sass dla Luesa return to more classic mountaineering. Shortly after, the immense wall of Pisciadù and Torre Brunico allow for tackling classic and high-class sport routes. In Colfosco, the Dark Side of the Moon now offers 15 sport routes created by the tireless Roly Galvagni, while the last corner of this rocky paradise visited in this guide concerns the walls around Vallon, near Rifugio Kostner.

The focus is on the most interesting itineraries, giving more attention to the accuracy of the descriptions than to the number of routes presented. Obviously, we have not repeated all existing routes but have relied on firsthand collaboration from first ascenders and repeaters in the hope of providing the most accurate product possible.