Dolomites Solo: My New Book

This book documents fifteen years of my solo mountaineering in the Dolomites. 

It focuses on routes that lie away from the usual viewpoints, cable cars, and social-media landmarks. Many of the climbs start where most itineraries end. Others pass through well-known areas, but follow quieter lines and less obvious approaches.

The emphasis is not on avoiding people, but on route choice. A small change in direction often makes a large difference.

The Dolomites are not overcrowded everywhere. They are concentrated in a few locations. Step away from those nodes and the mountains quickly return to their original scale.

This book is written for readers who prefer long days, simple logistics, and terrain that demands attention. It assumes basic mountain experience and an interest in self-reliant travel.

All climbs were done independently. No lifts were used, even when available.

What the Book Includes

• Descriptions of 37 peak ascents across the Dolomites.
• Practical route information: timing, elevation, water, huts with contact information, bivouac options.
• Personal evaluations of 18 via ferrata routes, based on my own three-criteria system.
• Route maps for every climb with links to zoomable online versions.
• My YouTube videos covering 21 routes.
• Around 440 photographs, taken on the routes and left unedited. They show the mountains as they are.

Take a Look Inside

Before you commit, flip through a 15-page preview. It includes the full Table of Contents so you can see every peak covered, along with sample routes and unedited photography from the book.

Map of the Climbs

Color-Coded Map

The interactive and zoomable map below shows positions of all 37 peaks presented in the book. Note that some of them are so close that the markers overlap, so zoom in to see them separately. 

 

Marker colors: I am using the following color coding for the markers in the map.

• Green are peaks which I climbed by following routes without ferratas. Though some of them may have optional ferrata routes. So if you are a beginner, you should start with some of these and follow the routes described in the book.
• Red are routes that include via ferratas. In many cases, alternative non-cabled routes exist, allowing different ascent and descent combinations.
• Blue are peaks without cables. However, these are exceptionally hard mountains to climb, and I recommend them only if you are an experienced mountaineer.

Some of the peaks with red and green markers have lifts that go all the way to the summit. But those are not used on my climbs.

Map with Names of Peaks

To help a bit more in identifying the peaks, here is another zoomable and interactive map version with the names of the peaks embedded on the map. Because names take place and they overlap, this may look like a mess unless you zoom in.

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Have a question about a specific route before you buy? Feel free to contact me through the comment box below.