Cima d’Asta at is the highest mountain of the
Fiemme Mountains
The Fiemme Mountains, sometimes also the Fleimstal Alps (german: Fleimstaler Alpen) or Fiemme Dolomites ( it, Dolomiti di Fiemme), are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps in the Italian region of Trentino-South Tyrol. The range was n ...
in the eastern part of the Italian province of
Trentino
Trentino ( lld, Trentin), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, is an autonomous province of Italy, in the country's far north. The Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, an autonomous region ...
.
It is situated in
Pieve Tesino
Pieve Tesino (''La Piève'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about east of Trento.
Pieve Tesino borders the following municipalities: Tesero, Panch ...
, between the
Vanoi valley to the north and the
Tesino
The Tesino ( la, Tessuinum) is a Italian river which flows through the region of Marche. It is born on the slopes of Monte La Torre, near Force in the Province of Ascoli Piceno, and enters the Adriatic near Grottammare
Grottammare is a town ...
valley to the south and is 18 km north-east of the town of
Borgo Valsugana
Borgo Valsugana (''El Bórgo'' in local dialect) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about east of Trento.
Borgo Valsugana borders the following municipalities: Telve, ...
. It is over 21 km away from the nearest higher summit, the
Cimon della Pala
Cimon della Pala, sometimes called Cimone and The Matterhorn of the Dolomites (''il Cervino delle Dolomiti''), is the best-known peak of the Pale di San Martino group, in the Dolomites, northern Italy. Although it is not the highest peak of the ...
.
Just south of the summit is a mountain lake at 2460 m, the ''Lago di Cima d’Asta'', from which the river ''Grigno'' originates.
It is unclear when the first ascent was made. On his ascent in 1882, Gustav Euringer did not find evidence of earlier visits, but was aware that the summit had been a triangulation point since 1816 and assumed it had been reached at or before that time.
[Gustav Euringer]
Cima d'Asta gruppe und Vicentinische Alpen
in ''Die Erschliessung der Ostalpen, Volume 3'', by the German and Austrian Alpin Club, Berlin, 1894
References
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Mountains of Trentino
Fiemme Mountains
Mountains of the Alps