Torre Venezia Rock Climbing

A very large rock fall has impacted several of the routes on the South Face or Torre Venezia.  In particular, portions of the classic Via Tissi, Grand Diedro and Grand Diedro-Diretta routes appear to have been erased.  For more details see the following link:  https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/alpinism/rockfall-dolomites-torre-venezia-damages-via-tissi-other-classic-civetta-climbs.html

Torre Venezia is one of the most attractive rock peaks of the Dolomites. There are several very well-known climbs that have had reams of paper and ink describe them. Best known of these routes is the Tissi-Andrich-Bertoli Route (UIAA Gr. VI-) on the South face of the mountain; the historic Castiglioni-Kahn route (UIAA Gr. IV) was established in 1925, which follows a subsidiary buttress and chimney system on the W. face. Another well known route is the Andrich-Fae on the SW Arete (UIAA Gr. V+).

Torre Venezia is a stunning tower of rock jutting up from South-west ridge line of Civetta. While the routes here are not a serious as Civetta (shorter, no ice climbing needed) the mountain still has no summit access except by class 5 rock climbing. Full alpine rock skills are necessary for ascent(dealing with inclement weather, complex route finding, loose rock, long run-outs). The tower sits directly above a busy trekking route and popular Rifugio so can be quite busy. On the other hand, the easy access also allows for comfortable camping (in the Rifugio) with a bar at the base of the climb making this a uniquely European experience.