Sasso Nero

The national border between Italy and Austria passes above the peak of Mt. Sasso Nero in the Aurine Alps. The south ridge is the slope that levels off towards the Valle Aurina. The Sasso Nero (Schwarzenstein, literally Black Rock, or Black Stone) is surrounded by high mountains: Mt. Grosser Mörchner in the north, the Cime di Flòite peaks and the Monte Lovello in the north-east as well as Mt. Berliner Spitze, also known as III. Hornspitze, in the south-west. For a summit tour you should consider that glaciated flanks are dangerous and you must carry high-alpine equipment.

The most simple route on this peak starts at Lutago in the Valle Aurina via the Vittorio Veneto al Sasso Nero Mountain Hut which can be found at 3,026 m a.s.l., the highest located one in the Zillertal Alps. From there you can follow the route along the north-east chine to the summit. Mt. Sasso Nero was first climbed in 1852 by first lieutenant Langner and his assistants in the course of land surveying. In 1868, however, the alpine guide Georg Samer and the alpinists Anton von Ruthner, Josef Daum and Ludwig von Barth scaled the peak starting from Ginzling in North Tyrol.