The Rosengarten group
It is an approx. 8 km long mountain massif stretching from the Sciliar in the north to the Costalunga Pass in the south.
It is situated between the village of Tires al Catinaccio in South Tyrol and the Val di Fassa in Trentino. The name originated from the Ladin word “ciadinàc”, meaning mountain basin. Even today, the Ladins, especially the valley dwellers of Fassa, still call “their” mountain this. The German name “Rosengarten”, on the other hand, means “rose garden” and derives from the legend of King Laurin. The phenomenon of Enrosadira, the reddening of the Dolomites at sunset, is also explained by this legend. The highest peak of the Catinaccio Group is the Catinaccio d’Antermoia or Kesselkogel at 3,004 metres, which can be reached via a via ferrata. The first ascent of this peak dates back to 1873 by the English mountaineering pioneers C. Comyn Tucker and T.H. Cars.
It is part of the Sciliar-Catinaccio Nature Park, one of the oldest nature parks in South Tyrol. As the name suggests, the two Dolomite massifs – the Sciliar and Catinaccio – are border giants, one to the west, the other to the east of the park.
What does the Catinaccio tell us?
The ancient marine world. A world that has bequeathed us two atolls: the Latemar giant and the Catinaccio mountain massif.
https://eggental.com/en/eggental/blog/the-tales-the-mountains-tell
