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The Marmolada (Italian: Marmolada, Ladino: Marmoleda, the name comes from the similarity of the rock, marble) derived the highest mountain in the Dolomites. The Marmolada is a latitude-remitting Gratrücken, slm of the Punta Penia (3343 meters) on the Punta Rocca (3309m slm) and Punta Ombretta (3230 m. slm) Pizzo Serauta (3035 developed m slm) and Punta Serauta (3069 m slm) leads. This Gratrücken breaks to the south in a closed, two km wide and up to 800 meter high cliff into Ombrettatal. On the north side of the Passo di Fedaia relatively gently sloping edge with the only large glacier in the Dolomites (the Marmolada glacier della).
The Legend of the Marmolada glacier
A legend explains the origin of South Tyrol, the origin of the Marmolada glacier, like this: Originally, there was no ice on the Marmolada and snow, but only fertile pastures and meadows. Before a holiday in August, the peasants broke out as usual, went the hay and the valley to go to church. But two of our holiday was calm indifference, she worked throughout the leave by their hay in the barn to get to still dry. snowing In fact, it began also how. But it snowed on and on and certainly not stop, until finally the whole Marmolata covered by a glacier. Another version tells of an evil countess, compelled the farmers harvest the Hay. While the farmers were able to save himself, the Contessa, was buried by the snow, including the staff.
Today tourism
On the west side of the glacier is the most challenging part of the so-Dolomites Mountain Trail No. 2 running at the Punta Penia takes a climbing trail on the south by Contrinhaus Marmolada Saddle and over the west ridge (hence the name-west ridge via ferrata). Simple but exposed climbing walker offers the possibility, even without the summit glacier devices . Reach A very scenic train tour takes you on the foot of the Marmolada south face of the Passo Ombretta Malga Ciapela and Contrinhaus to Alba in Canazei.
On Marmolada there is also a cable car that leads renewed in 2004 and 2005 slm investments in three sections of Malga Ciapela (1467 m) on the stations Banc / Coston d'Antermoja (2350 m) and Serauta (2,950 m) on the Punta Rocca (3265 m). The base station at the War Museum in Mountain Serauta built 2.950 m above sea level is probably the highest Museum in Europe. From the top station of Punta Rocca can be easily reached through a tunnel, the small rock shrine of the Madonna della Neve, the person of Pope John Paul II consecrated during the same visit.
More about hiking on Marmolada, you can find on Hribi.net web portal.
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