Die Dolomiten.
Hiking tours from Zans (Rifugio Zannes, 1680 meters AMSL; parking lot and bus stop) to Sass Rigais (3025 meters AMSL) via Mittagsscharte (2597 meters AMSL), descent on the same route.
Sass Rigais is a mountain located in the so-called Geislergruppe in the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy.
This tour is difficult and demanding in sections (B/C … read more
Hiking tour from Zans (Rifugio Zannes, 1680 meters AMSL) to Piz Duleda (2909 meters AMSL) via Kreuzjoch and Roa Scharte (2617 meters AMSL), located in the Dolomites in South Tyrol.
I recommend wearing a helmet from the Roa Scharte on, but otherwise it is hardly a technical ascent.… read more
Günther Messner was a twenty-four year old mountaineer from Villnöß, South Tyrol (Südtirol), who perished in the Himalaya mountain range more than five decades ago.
He was a younger brother of Reinhold Messner, who himself had been involved in the events leading to his brother’s disappearance at the merciless Nanga Parba mountain in June 1970.
In the 2000s, human remains of Günther Messner were discovered at the … read more
