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Also known as Sassolungo, Langkofel

Langkofel (; ; ; 3,181 m) is the highest mountain of the Langkofel Group in the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy. The name translates to "long peak" / "long rock" in all three languages. It stands over the Ladin community of Val Gardena.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Langkofel
Mountain.other_name
Saslonch / Sassolungo
Mountain.photo
Saslonch da Mont de Seuc.jpg
Mountain.elevation_m
3,181
Mountain.prominence_m
1,124
Mountain.map
Alps
Mountain.map_caption
Location in the Alps
Mountain.listing
Alpine mountains above 3000 m
Mountain.location
South Tyrol, Italy
Mountain.range
Dolomites
Mountain.first_ascent
1869

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Langkofel (; ; ; 3,181 m) is the highest mountain of the Langkofel Group in the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy. The name translates to "long peak" / "long rock" in all three languages. It stands over the Ladin community of Val Gardena.

==Climbing== The ascent of the mountain is an alpine mountaineering ascent requiring specialist equipment and experience. The normal route starts at the Sella Pass, at about 2,200m above sea level. Paul Grohmann was the first to reach the summit in 1869.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saslonch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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