Monte Pelmo

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Monte Pelmo
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Monte Pelmo seen from Monte Crot
Highest point
Elevation 3,168 m (10,394 ft) [1]
Prominence 1,191 m (3,907 ft) [1]
Isolation 7.56 km (4.70 mi)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Listing Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Coordinates 46°25′11″N12°8′5″E / 46.41972°N 12.13472°E / 46.41972; 12.13472 [1]
Geography
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Monte Pelmo
Location in the alps
Location Veneto, Italy
Parent range Dolomites
Climbing
First ascent September 19th, 1857 by
John Ball

Monte Pelmo is a mountain of the Dolomites, in the province of Belluno, Northeastern Italy.

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The mountain resembles a giant block which stands isolated from other peaks, so can be seen clearly from the neighbouring valleys and from nearby mountains such as Antelao and Monte Civetta.

Monte Pelmo was one of the first major Dolomite peaks to be climbed, by Englishman John Ball, who later became president of the UK's Alpine Club, in 1857.[ clarification needed ] He set out with a chamois hunter from the Boitevalley towards Monte Pelmo. Over the long ledge named after Ball, which the chamois hunters refused to cross, Ball got into the large cirque, through which he climbed over the small Pelmo glacier to below the summit structure.

West of the summit lies a secondary peak, Pelmetto (meaning "Little Pelmo" in Italian), at 2,990m high, which has a 1,100-metre (3,609 ft) high north face. [2]

So there are only a few possibilities for climbing. The best known (and easiest) ascent leads over the south-east flank. The route of the first climbers still offers a rewarding but long and strenuous mountain tour in the second degree of difficulty. Problems can be found with the above-mentioned, exposed ball band. Climbing skills and surefootedness are necessary. The ascent of Monte Pelmo should also be carried out in safe weather and without snow.

On some rocks on its western side people can admire dinosaurs prints (Sign "Orme di Dinosauri"). These are the traces of at least three dinosaurs that are approx. 220 million years old. From the path to the tracks you walk steeply uphill for about half an hour. [3] [4]

This mountain is surnamed "God's armchair" because its shape looks like a huge armchair. [5]

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