The book describes 100 trad routes in the Dolomites. With the ever-increasing number of medium to high difficulty routes being opened by many different climbers, there is a constant need for guidebooks and descriptions of these routes, or at least the more popular itineraries which haven’t yet been climbed (or described) due to their high difficulty or their dangerous aura.

The objective of this guidebook is to collect the most interesting trad routes, or trad-sports routes present in the entire area of the Dolomites. As every climber knows, owning a detailed topo of a technically difficult route with hardly any protection, as well as being psychologically difficult, is extremely valuable to help achieve a successful ascent. For this reason, one of the added values of this book is to present reliable information and topos on extreme routes which have little or no previous information. Added value to this information is the fact that the authors have repeated almost all the routes described, therefore guaranteeing uniformity in the grading of the technical difficulties.

It should also be noted that this guidebook is presented as a personal selection of the best routes in the Dolomites, without undermining other great routes which have not been included in this collection.

Francesco Piacenza, born in Chiaravalle (Ancona) in 1980, is a biologist and lives in Ancona. He is instructor of alpinism and sports climbing at “La Fenice” school of alpinism. He has been climbing since the age of 14, favouring the Dolomites where he has repeated many high difficulty
routes. His passion for the mountains and adventure led him in 2019 to become an Academic member of the Italian Alpine Club.

Samuele Mazzolini was born in Cesena and lives in Forlì with his family, this is where he teaches at secondary school and is a self-employed
engineer. He is an Academic member of the Italian Alpine Club and Instructor at the “Romagna Verticale” school of alpinism, he has always loved and climbed in the Dolomites, where over the years he has repeated many classic and very difficult routes.