The Dolomites are undoubtedly one of the most beautiful mountain ranges in Europe and are the epicentre of alpine rock climbing. The author, Florian Wenter, describes the best multi-pitch alpine sport climbs, and this guide covers 138 well-protected routes in Val Badia, Alta Pusteria, Val Gardena, Val di Fassa, Falzarego and Cortina. Many of them are already well-known classics.

Although the guide is in German and Italian, all the routes are illustrated with easy-to-follow photo-topos and or topo-diagrams and each routes/ /area has easy-to-follow access maps – the guide is also packed with great action shots giving a flavour of the climbing on offer. Information, such as length, grade, timing(s), orientation etc about each route / area is provided by simple symbols/ diagrams similar to those found in the UK Rockfax guidebooks…