Punta Grohmann - Grohmannspitze
Peak · 3114 m · Dolomites
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Punta Grohmann is the second-highest summit of the Langkofel (Sassolungo) group, just below the Langkofel itself at 3,181 m. It was named in 1875 for Austrian alpinist Paul Grohmann, a pioneer of Dolomite first ascents who never reached this particular summit; Michel Innerkofler made the first ascent in 1880. Its spire forms one half of the group's twin skyline above Val Gardena.
The group, and this peak with it, formed as a tropical coral reef roughly 230 million years ago, later uplifted into the sheer dolomite walls and towers that stand today. The route climbs the south wall in eight pitches from a saddle below Passo Sella: a clean crack on pitch seven, then a smooth, nearly holdless traverse on pitch eight that climbers have nicknamed the Human Trap. Getting down is its own undertaking: the descent works back over five towers on the east ridge, rope after rope, finishing with a rappel through the Enzensperger chimney, first climbed in 1895. Grohmannspitze counts among the Alps' officially listed three-thousanders, its summit some 3,126 m high with 444 m of prominence above the surrounding saddle.
What you see
A steep wall of pale dolomite rises up the peak's east face to a small, flat summit platform, with wide views over the Sassolungo group.
Practical
Via Dimai is graded IV, roughly four to five hours from the Passo Sella saddle, and needs rope and rappelling gear for the descent.
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