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16-594: The pass is also the division line between the Dolomites to the west and the Carnic Alps to the northeast. This Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article on a location in Veneto is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dolomites The Dolomites ( Italian : Dolomiti [doloˈmiːti] ), also known as

32-571: Is called Piccole Dolomiti (Little Dolomites), between the provinces of Trentino, Verona and Vicenza. The Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park and many other regional parks are in the Dolomites. On 26 June 2009 , the Dolomites were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site . The Adamello-Brenta UNESCO Global Geopark is also in the Dolomites. The Geological Museum of the Dolomites (in Italian Museo Geologico delle Dolomiti )

48-732: Is evidence that the Jesuit priest Franz von Wulfen from Klagenfurt climbed the Lungkofel and the Dürrenstein in the 1790s. In 1857 Irishman John Ball was the first known person to climb Monte Pelmo. Paul Grohmann later climbed numerous peaks such as the Antelao, Marmolada, Tofana, Monte Cristallo and the Boè. Around 1860 the Agordin mountaineer Simone de Silvestro was the first person to stand on

64-480: Is located in Predazzo , Fiemme Valley . The Dolomites, also known as the "Pale Mountains", take their name from the carbonate rock dolomite . This was named after the 18th-century French mineralogist Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750–1801), who was the first to describe the mineral. For millennia, hunters and gatherers had advanced into the highest rocky regions and had probably also climbed some peaks. There

80-677: The Alta Via 1 . Radiocarbon dating has been used in the Alta Badia region to demonstrate a connection between landslide activity and climate change. The region is commonly divided into the Western and Eastern Dolomites, separated by a line following the Val Badia–Campolongo Pass–Cordevole Valley (Agordino) axis. The Dolomites may be divided into the following ranges: The Dolomites are renowned for skiing in

96-785: The Dolomite Mountains , Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps , are a mountain range in northeastern Italy . They form part of the Southern Limestone Alps and extend from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley ( Pieve di Cadore ) in the east. The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley (Italian: Valsugana ). The Dolomites are in

112-703: The Civetta. Michael Innerkofler was one of the climbers of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo . Later very important local mountaineers, known for many first ascents, were Angelo Dibona and Giovanni Piaz . During the First World War , the front line between the Italian and Austro-Hungarian Army ran through the Dolomites, where both sides used mines extensively. Open-air war museums are at Cinque Torri (Five Towers), Monte Piana and Mount Lagazuoi. Many people visit

128-400: The Dolomites to climb the vie ferrate , protected paths through the rock walls that were created during the war. A number of long-distance footpaths traverse the Dolomites. They are called alte vie (German: Dolomiten Höhenwege – high paths), and are numbered 1 to 10. The trails take about a week to walk, and are served by numerous rifugi (huts). The first and the most renowned is

144-661: The Italian front (World War I) The mines on the Italian front during the First World War comprised a series of underground explosive charges of varying sizes, secretly planted between 1916 and 1918 by Austro-Hungarian and Italian tunneling units beneath their enemy's lines along the Italian front in the Dolomite section of the Alps . From 1915, the high peaks of the Dolomites range were an area of fierce mountain warfare . In order to protect their soldiers from enemy fire and

160-511: The border of Trentino and Veneto, the small towns of Alleghe , Falcade , Auronzo , Cortina d'Ampezzo and the villages of Arabba , Urtijëi and San Martino di Castrozza , as well as the whole of the Fassa, Gardena and Badia valleys. The Maratona dles Dolomites , an annual single-day road bicycle race covering seven mountain passes of the Dolomites, occurs in the first week of July. Other characteristic places are: Mines on

176-483: The enemy's positions. Between 1 January 1916 and 13 March 1918, a total of 34 mines were detonated in this theatre of war. Of these, 20 were Italian mines aimed at Austro-Hungarian targets and 14 were Austro-Hungarian mines aimed at Italian targets. The size of the explosive charges ranged from 110 kilograms (240 lb) to 50,000 kilograms (110,000 lb) of blasting gelatin . The largest Italian mine held 35,000 kilograms (77,000 lb) of explosive. Focal points of

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192-546: The hostile alpine environment, both Austro-Hungarian and Italian military engineers constructed fighting tunnels which offered a degree of cover and allowed better logistics support . In addition to building underground shelters and covered supply routes for their soldiers (like the Italian Strada delle 52 Gallerie ), both sides also attempted to break the stalemate of trench warfare by tunneling under no man's land and laying large quantities of explosives beneath

208-721: The only underground war area on the Austro-Italian front. Unlike the mining efforts on the Western Front , where e.g. the mines on the first day of the Somme (1916) were constructed in a chalk and flint area and where e.g. the mines in the Battle of Messines (1917) were constructed in geology dominated by wet sand and clay, the mine galleries on the Austro-Italian front had to be executed at high altitudes in

224-573: The regions of Veneto , Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol and Friuli-Venezia Giulia , covering an area shared between the provinces of Belluno , Vicenza , Verona , Trentino , South Tyrol , Udine and Pordenone . Other mountain groups of similar geological structure are spread along the River Piave to the east— Dolomiti d'Oltrepiave ; and far away over the Adige River to the west— Dolomiti di Brenta (Western Dolomites). A smaller group

240-644: The underground fighting during the War in the Dolomites were Pasubio with 10 mines, Lagazuoi with 5, Col di Lana/Monte Sief also with 5, and Marmolada with 4 mines. The most intense episode was the seven-week period from 16 September to 3 November 1917 which saw 12 mine explosions. After November 1917 and the Italian retreat to Monte Grappa and the Piave river in the aftermath of the Battle of Caporetto , Pasubio with its elevation of 2,239 metres (2,449 yd) remained

256-544: The winter months and mountain climbing , hiking, cycling and BASE jumping , as well as paragliding and hang gliding in summer and late spring/early autumn. Free climbing has been a tradition in the Dolomites since 1887, when 17-year-old Georg Winkler soloed the first ascent of the pinnacle of the Vajolet Towers . The main centres include: Rocca Pietore alongside the Marmolada Glacier, which lies on

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