Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy

 

 

 

View from war tunnel to the Paternkofel, Sexten Dolomites mountains, South Tyrol, Italy

View from Monte Paterno

Le tre cime di Lavaredo dal Monte Paterno

 

Tre Cime as seen from the foot of Torre di Toblin mountain

 

View of Paternkofel/Monte Paterno (left) and the Tre Cime

Paternkofel (2.744 m) and Tre Cime di Lavaredo (2.999 m) seen from the Dreizinnenhut (2.405 m).

Compounded panorama of three single photographs.

 

Crodon di San Candido, Tre Cime, Torre di Toblin, side of Lastron dei Scarperi

Crodon di San Candido, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Torre di Toblin (Toblinger Knoten), parete Lastron dei Scarperi (Schusterplatte). Parco naturale regionale delle Dolomiti d'Ampezzo

 

Drei_Zinnen_mit_Dreizinnenhütte

The Locatelli hut with a small chapel

The photo shows the Drei Zinnen (Tre Cime) in the Sexten Dolomites.

In front of it the Dreizinnenhütte and a small chapel. It was composed of six individual photos.

 

Aerial view of the Northern face

The Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Dolomites - Aerial view from a helicopter of the Northern face - Dolomites UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Sonnenuntergang mit Blick auf die Drei Zinnen

Sunset on the Tre Cime

 

Three peaks, National Park  / Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy

Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Drei Zinnen) , Dolomites Alps Mountains, Italy

 

The Tre Cime di Lavaredo, also called the Drei Zinnen, are three distinctive battlement-like peaks, in the Sexten Dolomites of northeastern Italy. They are probably one of the best-known mountain groups in the Alps.

Tre Cime as seen from the foot of Torre di Toblin mountain

 

The three peaks, from east to west, are:

 

Cima Piccola / Kleine Zinne ("little peak" 2,857 m )

Cima Grande / Große Zinne ("big peak" 2,999 m )

*Highest point

Cima Ovest / Westliche Zinne ("western peak" 2,973 m ).

The Cima Grande has an elevation of 2,999 metres (9,839 ft).

It stands between the Cima Piccola, at 2,857 metres (9,373 ft), and the Cima Ovest, at 2,973 metres (9,754 ft).

 

The peaks are composed of well-layered dolomites of the Dolomia Principale (Hauptdolomit) formation, Carnian to  Rhaetian in age, as are many other groups in the Dolomites (e.g., the Tofane, the Pelmo or the Cinque Torri).

 

Until 1919 the peaks formed part of the border between Italy and Austria-Hungary.  Now they lie on the border between the Italian provinces of South Tyrol and Belluno and still are a part of the linguistic boundary between German-speaking

and Italian-speaking majorities.

 

 

Elevation: 2,999 m

Highest point: Cima Grande di Lavaredo

Coordinates: 46°37′N 12°18′E / 46.617°N 12.300°E

English translation: Three Peaks, Three Merlons

First ascent: August 21, 1869 (Cima Grande/Große Zinne) by Paul Grohmann with guides Franz Innerkofler and Peter Salcher from south

Parent range: Sexten Dolomites, Alps

 

 

Summer on the Alpe di Siusi

 Alpine Green Plateau Seiser Alm

 

Seiser Alm Sudtirol large panorama during summer season

 

dolomite 

Dolomite [dóuləmàit]   ① 백운석 ② 돌로미테 ,돌로마이트 ③ 고회석 

 

 

백운암 [白雲岩]

돌로미테 dolomite , 고회암 [苦灰巖]  , 백운질회암[白云質灰岩],  돌로마이트  dolomite

-탄산칼슘마그네슘[CaMg(CO3)2]으로 구성되어 있으며 주로 광물 백운석이 우세한 석회암의 일종.

-석회암 내의 방해석(탄산칼슘 CaCO3)이 같은 부피의 탄산칼슘마그네슘으로 치환되어 생김(백운석화작용)

 

*고회암[苦灰巖] : 칼슘, 마그네슘 따위가 들어 있는 탄산염 광물의 퇴적암

 

 

Schlerngebiet

SEISER ALM UND UMGEBUNG

Seiser Alm-Schlern in South Tyrol

 

 

Three peaks, National Park Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy

 

Sassolungo mountain (Langkofel) and Val Gardena, Dolomites of South Tyrol, Italy

 

Giau Pass Italy

 

View from war tunnel to the Paternkofel, Sexten Dolomites mountains, South Tyrol, Italy

 

Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Drei Zinnen) with reflection in lake, Dolomites Alps Mountains, Italy 

 

Three Peaks of Lavaredo at summer sunset, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy

 

Mountain lake Braies (Pragser Wildsee) in the Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy

The Alpe di Siusi in Autumn , South Tyrol

 

 

Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Drei Zinnen) with reflection in lake, Dolomites Alps Mountains, Italy 

이탈리아 트레 치메 디 라바레도 국립공원

이탈리아 티롤의 돌로미티 산맥 북동부에 위치한 이 국립공원의 이름은 트레 치메, 드라이 진넨으로 알려진 거대한 세개의

백운암 [白雲岩] 봉우리를 이름이다. 이 지역은 아름다운 자연경관, 험준한 지형, 세계적으로 유명한 봉우리와 산, 야생 동물 서식지로 잘 알려져 있다. 1981년에 설립된 이 공원은 그 규모가 11,891헥타르에 달하며, 유럽 전역에서 운영되는 자연 보호 지역 생태 네트워크인 European Natura 2000에 소속되어 있다.

 

Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy

South Tyrol (German: Südtirol, Italian: Alto Adige, Ladin: Sudtirol; also South Tyrol) is the northernmost region in Italy, bordering Austria to the north and northeast, Switzerland to the northwest, and the rest of Italy to the south. Together with Trentino, it composes the northernmost Italian autonomous administrative region of Trentino-Alto Adige. This is also the only region in Italy where the majority of the population speaks German as their mother tongue (with the exception of the areas surrounding Bolzano/Bozen and Merano/Meran). Therefore, South Tyrol is officially bilingual, including all road signs, menus and media, and moreover even trilingual in the scenic eastern Ladin-speaking valleys.

 

This Alpine region can offer a lot of cultural highlights, both large cities and small picturesque storybook villages - and huge areas of wild nature, including the most important Italian national park, and many more regional parks, lakes, valleys and mountains. Here one finds the famous Dolomites (inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List) and large important ski resorts near the Austrian border. Once a place of ethnic conflict, South Tyrol has emerged as an international model for inter-ethnic cooperation. German-speaking, Italian or Ladin, South Tyrolians are very proud of this grand accomplishment of inter-ethnic cooperation and compromise and serve as a model for the world. They are truly "European" in every sense.

 

Bolzano (Bozen)

 

DOVE VOLANO LE AQUILE - Sopra le Dolomiti Occidentali (4K)

독수리가 나는 곳 - 서부 돌로미테 상공

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggdxHl883RY

Dolomites Tre Cime di Lavaredo Italy 4K

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4b_CPZ5YGA

 

 

DOLOMITES - Italy Relaxation Film 4K - Peaceful Relaxing Music - Nature 4k Video UltraHD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWn4lfNQy2s

 

Northern Italy

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All About Alto Adige (South Tyrol)

Most of the Dolomites are contained within the Alto Adige region of Italy, though they spill into neighboring Trentino and the Veneto as well. Alto Adige is also known as South Tyrol, and I find it to be the region most different from the rest of Italy.

 

Drive into Alto Adige and you’ll swear you’re in Austria or Switzerland. It’s all towering mountains, rolling hills, and chocolate box villages. How can this still be Italy?!

We had spent the last few days in Trentino, and technically the administrative region is Trentino-Alto Adige — but once you step into Alto Adige, everything changes. All the place names are suddenly in both Italian and German. Bolzano, the largest city in the region, translates to Bozen; Bricone becomes Brixen; La Vila is also known as Stern (don’t know how they came up with that one).

 

Even so, the local language in the Dolomites is neither Italian nor German — it’s Ladin. Strongly related to Swiss dialects descending from the Romance languages, Ladin is spoken by roughly 20,000 people today. And each of the four valleys has its own accent and dialect!

 

It feels nicer, too — public transportation is in better condition; the streets seem more orderly. It has a bit less of Italian chaos and a bit more of Germanic organization. Right from when you arrive, you’ll see German families with children all riding on mountain bikes together!

But what most distinguishes Alto Adige is its mountains — the Dolomites reach up into jagged, sharp peaks that bring to mind broken teeth or overgrown gravestones. You can recognize them anywhere.

 

In fact, the Dolomites themselves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site because they are so geologically distinctive compared to other mountain ranges. They’re composed of unique limestone formations, they have an unusual vertical structure, and they’re famous for changing color with the time of day. Look out the window and the same mountains could look gray, blue, purple, or even pink depending on the hour!

The mountains are what make this region famous — and what draw the tourists. People come to hike up the mountains in summer and ski down them in winter. Via Ferrata, a terrifying-looking kind of rock climbing along protected routes, was actually invented in Alto Adige. It began as a way to get supplies to soldiers during World War I and now it’s one of the most popular adventure sports in northern Italy.

 

Until this trip, I always thought that Sicily was the most different part of Italy — I thought I knew Italy well, but Sicily knocked me sideways. Suddenly the language was different, the people were different, the roads had shrunk in size. But still, Italy looked a lot more like the rest of Italy than Alto Adige did!

Staying at Ciasa Salares in the Dolomites

I have a friend who works with many luxury properties — and while she loves them all, for months she has been raving to me about Ciasa Salares more than any other hotel. So this trip was in the making for a long time — as soon as I had an opportunity to go to Italy for a few weeks, I reached out to her, she connected me, and the property offered me and Cailin a hosted three-night stay.

 

Ciasa Salares is a family-owned resort that opened in 1964. Today it’s owned by the Wieser family: Stefan and Wilma and their son, Jan Clemens, the resident wine guy (and fourth-generation hospitality worker). Every year, year upon year, they improve the resort somehow. Right now they’re actually reducing the number of rooms from 47 to 42 but making them more high-end.

The decor at Ciasa Salares mixes the traditional Ladin designs with modern touches — think hand-painted wooden dresses alongside gray mid-century modern chairs. It continues into the bedrooms. Ours had light wooden paneling on every wall and modern gray furniture, including a sofa with a chaise on which you could stretch out.

 

Most properties who try to mix those two very different styles can’t pull it off — but they do here, and very well.

But there is way more than just the resort. First off, there’s easy access to skiing and snowboarding in the winter. A nearby life connects to the Dolomiti SuperSki network, the largest ski region in the world.

 

Then again, I’m not a skier — I’m a hiker. Those same mountains that you can ski down are just as good for hiking up in the summer — and in my opinion, the views are even better. And you have easy access all over the region.

It’s funny how different the seasons are. In the winter they get tourists from Italy (35%), then the UK (25%), then France, Germany, and Belgium, with new contingents from Asia and South America, while in the summer they get 50% Italian tourists, followed by Americans.

Hiking in the Dolomites

Hiking was the one thing I wanted to do in the Dolomites. You don’t have to go far to find mountain trails, and in my case, it began just across the street, leading me on a walk up a spectacular mountain.

 

Ciasa Salares owner Stefan Wieser invited me out on a hike in the nearby region. I was a bit nervous, remembering how exhausted I was when hiking at altitude in Vail, Colorado, but I had no fears. This was less about hiking to the point of exhaustion and more about hiking to take beautiful photos.

 

Throughout the landscape, you’ll see mountain huts along the mountains. Some people use them for summer storage of keeping some food and supplies while you’re skiing. Ciasa Salares has one of their own where they put on picnics!