Rock climbing in the Dolomites,
Italy.

ROCK CLIMBING The rock climbing routes & descriptions: Trenker crack on the 1st Sella Tower (180m, V-). Five Finger traverse (Fünffingerspitzen, Punta Delle Cinque Dita) (600m, IV). Other rock climbing routes, no description, just a teaser: North-West face of the Pordoispitze (Piz Pordoi) (800m, IV+) General pictures of the possible rock climbing cliffs view our rock climbing grades conversion table OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT THE AREA Sports:

The main link for sports is from the Dolomiti.it website: they cover rock clombing, skiing, hiking, mountain biking, paragliding and more. Please visit it for more info that we give here.

Mountain biking: We only have information from the tourist office on this one: The Val di Fassa has 10 official mountain biking trails, ranging from 8.5 to 41.5 km, with vertical drops going from 250m to 1800m, in all ranges of difficulties.

Skiing: The dolomites are well known for their skiing: Val Gardena host every year a downhill race, we have been to Merano and enjoyed it a lot and plan to try out some more areas this winter. Check out Dolomitisuperski.

Hiking: In this area the hiking is lovely, there are numerous trails leaving from different altitudes, ranging in lenght and difficulties, from down the valley along the river to Via Ferratas, many refuges will also allow for multi day hikes and the High Routes.

Accomodation:

• There are plenty of B&Bs and hotels in the area, see for example
  • http://www.groeden.net/
  • http://www.dolomitisuperski.it/gardena/
  • http://www.italyhotelink.com/trentino.htm#Selva di Val Gardena
  • http://www.webtourist.net/italy/hotels-canazei.html
    
    
• Campsites
  (we stayed at a nice campground in Campitello di Fassa, a small town very colse to Canazei, the campground in Canazei is not really nice, but the one in Campitello is great, with some spots right next to the river. Camping Miravalle)

• http://www.dolomiti.it/eng/camping/dx.htm
• http://www.guideweb.it/3tur_cam_tre_tn.htm

Climbing stores:

• Sport Bernard in Canzei (climbing books and books about the area)
• Sport am Platz - a very small store at the main junction in Canazei that has an incredible selection of climbing gear

Links from other people about rock climbing in the Dolomites: Climbing int the Dolomites - Sass di Stria "A week in the Dolomites" by Jim Dockery Climbing in the Dolomites - Cadore Langkofeleck Ice climbing in Val Gardena by Steve & Judy Pardoe Pian Schiavaneis Climbing ebneath the Sella Western Dolomite Routes (Via Ferrata) Climbing in Canazei & Cortin pictures View from Sass Pordoi Guides in the area: Cosley & Houston Alpine Guides Bob Culp Climbing School Classic Climbs Sella-Dolomites

General infos about the area: itwg Val di Fassa - Campitello Val di Fassa - official webpage Val di Fassa Info