The routes

On 13 to 15 August 2001 the Italian Kurt Astner made the first free ascent of Akut, his route first climbed in August 2000 on the impressive north face of the Cima Ovest di Lavaredo.

Backstage climbs the sunny south face of Cima Piccola, to the left of Egger-Sauschek.

Beautiful former aid climb established by the brothers Enrico Mauro and Mirko Minuzzo and freed in 2003 by Mauro Bubu Bole that has now become established as a classic testpiece.

DNA climbs the south face of Croda degli Alpini, the sunny foresummit of Cima Ovest in the Tre Cime di Lavaredo group of the Italian Dolomites. Seven long pitches with difficulties up to VII+ led them to the top...

An important old aid-route that takes a direct line up the North Face of the Cima Grande. Regardless of the style of ascent, the route, due to its 18 pitches, is very tiring and thus requires a certain level of...

Modern bolt and peg route to the left of Via Comici. The upper section is loose and less protected, most climbers therefore descend at half-height.

The route climbs the center of the wall through the imposing overhangs. Aid was used on the first ascent, but nowadays it goes free at 7b. Either follow the original line in the upper section or, recommended, climb up the...

A modern, demanding alpine sports climb up the overhanging yellow wall to the left of Spigolo Giallo. 

Nostalgie climbs the wall in between Spigolo Comici - Mazzorana and Via Fehrmann on the north face of Cima Piccola. The climb has a very alpine feel to it, all the pegs we used have been left insitu. Some belays...

A superb, independent line up the lefthand side of Cima Grande, marked by its – almost always – comfortable belays. While the climb was put up in 2010 by Hannes Pfeifhofer and Daniel Roger, the first one-day ascent was carried out...

Osttiroler Marende clims the east pillar of Rienzwand in Riental, below the Tre Cime di Lavaredo. Completely bolted, it provides excellent rock and varied climbing up to 7b.

Petri Heil is a beautiful rock climb up excellent rock in an amazing setting. The route climbs close to the famous Demuthkante up the lefthand side of the North Face of Cima Ovest di Lavaredo.

Great route first ascended by Christoph Hainz and Kurt Astner in August 2009, then freed by the duo in July 2010. The route follows an obvious and exposed line to the left of the Spigolo Scoiattoli arête and offers, according...

Rock climb established in June 2017 ground-up over three days by Manuel Baumgartner and Alexander Huber up the NW Face of Cima Ovest, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites.Protected with pegs, during their ascent Baumgartner and Huber also resorted to (A0)...

Every year hundreds of climbers flock to the Spigolo Giallo. Few routes have such a perfect line, and few routes get quite so crowded. It is best climbed out of season and preferably avoided at the weekends. The difficult sections...

An aesthetic and exposed line up the imposing NW arête which goes free at 7a. The rock is fairly solid, except for on the first pitches it shares with Via Cassin.