Summermagazin 2015 Kronplatz Pustertal Dolomites

CULTURE
CONCORDIA 2000
PEACE BELL
Enthroned on the 11 m (36 ft.) wide viewing platform
at the peak of the Kronplatz is the 3.11 m (10 ft.) tall
bell, the largest in the Alps. The Latin inscription on the
Concordia 2000 reads “Donet deus populis pacem”,
meaning “God grant peace to the peoples”. The ringing
of the bell may be heard every day at noon. The bell is
also rung if a death sentence is commuted in another
country, as well as upon the end of a war.
ACTION
NEW
MMM
CORONES
South Tyrol’s Highest Museum
The sixth Messner Mountain
Museum has been realized
on the summit of the Kronplatz
at an elevation of 2,275 m
(7,464 ft.) above sea level. The
unique location of the mountain –
at the intersection of the three cultures
in South Tyrol-Südtirol: the German, the
Italian, and the Ladin – was the impulse
and the incentive for Reinhold Messner to build
his last museum here. The museum is dedicated to
the topic of “Trad. Adventure Alpinism” and will be
inaugurated in the summer of 2015.
www.kronplatz.com/mmmcorones
FREERIDE-TRAILS
Three freeride trails at once provide the ultimate
adrenaline kick on the Kronplatz. The Furcia Freeride
Trail (starting point on the Kronplatz summit, length
3.5 km/2.2 miles) and the Piz de Plaies Freeride Trail
(starting point at the Piz de Plaies mountain terminal,
length 2 km/1.2 miles) have a degree of difficulty
of medium. The Herrensteig Trail (starting point on
the Kronplatz summit), on the other hand, with its 8
km (5 mile) long route, is designed for freeride pros.
The ascent to each of them can be accomplished by
means of one of the cable cars at the valley terminals
in Riscone-Reischach, at the Passo Furcia-Furkelpass,
and in S. Vigilio di Marebbe-St. Vigil in Enneberg.
SKYSCRAPER
With the giant swing at the peak of the Kronplatz, you
are pulled up 15 meters (49 feet) with a cable winch,
after which you have to release yourself so that then
you can swing through the air while hanging from
steel cables. Not for the weak of heart!
EVERYTHING WITH A SINGLE PASS
Experience the summer of 2015 from lofty heights!
Over a hundred offers for tourists and sports enthusiasts await you in the higher
mountainous regions – in twelve valleys of the incomparable, spectacular network
area of the Dolomites. With the unique Supersummer Offer, you can use
more than a hundred mountain lifts with a single pass.
www.kronplatz.com/supersummer/en
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