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Monte Civetta

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Elevation
  
3,220 m

Province
  
Province of Belluno

Parent range
  
Dolomites

Prominence
  
1,454 m

First ascent date
  
1867

Mountain range
  
Alps, Dolomites

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Similar
  
Dolomites, Marmolada, Monte Pelmo, Lagazuoi, Antelao

Monte Civetta (3,220 m) is a prominent and major mountain of the Dolomites, in the Province of Belluno in northern Italy. Its north-west face can be viewed from the Taibon Agordino valley, and is classed as one of the symbols of the Dolomites.

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Map of Civetta, 32022 Alleghe, Province of Belluno, Italy

The mountain is thought to have been first climbed by Simeone di Silvestro in 1855, which, if true, makes it the first major Dolomite peak to be climbed. The north-western face, with its 1,000-metre-high cliff, was first climbed in 1925 by Emil Solleder and Gustl Lettenbauer. It is historically considered the first "sixth grade" in six-tier scale of alpinistic difficulties proposed by Willo Welzenbach (corresponding to 5.9). Thirty years later UIAA used this as a basis for its grading system.

Monte civetta ferrata degli alleghesi gopro


References

Monte Civetta Wikipedia