page_title: Cima Brenta
section_title: Today
hierarchical_section_title: Cima Brenta / Today
caption_attribution_description: English: On Cima Brenta, the Vedretta di Brenta Superiore, the 'upper' glacier descends the mountain, being cut off by a vertical precipice above the Vedretta di Brenta Inferiore. Here it is shown during the abnormally hot summer of 2003 - like a melting popsicle.
context_page_description: Cima Brenta is a mountain in the Brenta group, a subgroup of the Rhaetian Alps in the Italian Region of Trentino-Alto Adige, with a reported height of 3,150 metres. The mountain rises imposingly up between the rock towers and pinnacles of the central Brenta Group. A sharp ridge connects the mountain on its southern side to the Spallone die Massodi. The northern ridge steeply descends towards Bocca del Tuckett. Towards north west a slender couloir descends all the way from the top towards the Vedretta di Brenta Inferiore, the mountain's 'lower' glacier. Large shouldering formations extend towards the west, culminating in the Cima Mandrone and the Punti di Campiglio, and northwest, culminating in the Cima Massari. Above these formations a glacier, the Vedretta di Brenta Superiore, the 'upper' glacier descends the mountain, being cut off by a vertical precipice over the Vedretta di Brenta Inferiore. On the eastern side the mountain rises up with an imposing 700-meter high vertical rock face with on its left side a distinct orange-like color. Above this lies a horizontal ledge, the Cengia Garbari, on which the Via delle Bocchette Alte proceeds.
context_section_description: Climbers and hikers find nowadays numerous ways to climb to the top, where an impressive view from the top awaits them - good visibility provided. Most of the via normale del nord is nowadays covered by the Via delle Bocchette Alte, especially the parts dedicated to Enrico Pedrotti and Dorotea Foresti. Although most hikers will let the summit be to continue the hike on the Via delle Bocchette Alte on the Garbari ledge towards the Spallone di Massodi, some might take the trouble to climb to the top of Cima Brenta through the two gullies that lead upwards from were the horizontal ridge becomes widest. Others might undertake the slightly more demanding southern Via Normale departing from Rif. Brentei. Climbers will find numerous challenging itineraries especially on the east and south face of the mountain. The mountain huts that are might serve as a forward base are rifugio Tuckett, rifugio Brentei and rifugio Alimonta.
caption: Climate change on Cima Brenta. Vedretta Superiore di Brenta like a melting popsicle, summer 2003
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