{{short description|Mountain in Italy}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Sass Maor | image = Sass Maor.jpg | image_caption = Southeast aspect | elevation_m = 2814 | elevation_ref =<ref name=peakvisor>{{cite web|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/sass-maor.html|title=Sass Maòr|website=peakvisor.com|access-date=October 23, 2025}}</ref> | prominence_m = 391 | prominence_ref =<ref name=peakvisor/> | isolation_km = 1.77 | isolation_ref =<ref name=peakvisor/> | parent_peak = Vezzana<ref name=peakvisor/> | etymology = | country = Italy | region = Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger|id=161040|name=Sass Maòr, Italy|access-date=October 23, 2025}}</ref> | region_type = Region | part_type = Protected area | part = Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino Natural Park | range = Dolomites<br />Pale di San Martino | map = Italy | map_caption = Location in Italy | map_size = 250 | label_position = bottom | coordinates = {{coord|46.23241|N|11.84846|E|type:mountain_region:IT_scale:100000_source:frwiki|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref =<ref name=peakvisor/> | topo_map = Tabacco Maps ''Pale di San Martino'' | age = Triassic | rock = Dolomite | first_ascent = 1875<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=g5YuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA278&dq=sass+maor&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE68i86LuQAxVzEzQIHeBXKp8QuwV6BAgPEAg#v=onepage&q=sass%20maor&f=false ''The Dolomites''], Sam Hield Hamer, John Lane Company, 1910, p. 278.</ref> | easiest_route = }}
'''Sass Maor''' is a mountain in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol of northern Italy.
==Description== Sass Maor is a {{convert|2814|meter|ft|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off}} summit in the Pale di San Martino group of the Dolomites. The peak is located five kilometers (3.1 miles) southeast of San Martino di Castrozza mountain resort, and the peak is within Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino Natural Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of the Cismon. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,700 meters (5,577 feet) above the Cismon in 2.5 kilometers (1.55 miles), and 1,200 meters (3,937 feet) above the Rio Pradidali in one kilometer (0.6 mile). The nearest higher neighbor is Cima Canali, 1.77 kilometers (1.1 miles) to the northeast.<ref name=peakvisor/> The mountain's toponym translates from Ladin language as "Great Stone" or "Big Rock." The first ascent of the summit was accomplished on September 4, 1875, by Henry Awdry Beachcroft, Charles Comyns Tucker, François Devouassoud, and Battista Della Santa via the Sass Maòr–Cima della Madonna gap.<ref>[https://palarondatrek.com/en/history/ ''San Martino di Castrozza: history, mountaineering, and conquests''], Palarondatrek.com, Retrieved October 23, 2025.</ref>
==Climbing== Climbing routes with first ascents:<ref>''Pale di San Martino: 200 arrampicate scelte'', Claudio Cima, Edizioni Mediterranee, 1999, {{ISBN|9788827213087}}, pp. 173–180.</ref>
* Via Breach – Beachcroft, Tucker, Devouassoud, Della Santa – (1875) * Normal Route – Demeter Diamantidi, Michele Bettega, Luigi Cesaletti, Francesco Colesel – (1881) * North Wall – Antonio Tavernaro, Ludwig Normann Neruda – (1893) * ''Solleder'' – Emil Solleder, Franz Kummer – (1926) * Southeast Spigolo – Ettore Castiglioni, Bruno Detassis – (1934) * ''Biasin-Scalet'' – Giancarlo Biasin, Samuele Scalet – (1964) * South Spigolo – Guido Pagani, Ben Laritti – (1974) * ''Supermatita'' – Maurizio Zanolla, Piero Valmassoi – (1980) * ''Masada'' – Samuele Scalet, Marco Canteri, Davide Depaoli – (2001)
A significant rockfall in December 2011 on the East Face affected multiple rock-climbing routes.<ref>[https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/sass-maor-east-face-rock-fall-in-the-dolomites.html ''Sass Maor, East Face rock fall in the Dolomites''], Planetmountain.com, Retrieved October 23, 2025.</ref>
==Climate== Based on the Köppen climate classification, Sass Maor is located in an alpine climate zone with long, cold winters, and short, mild summers.<ref name=Peel>{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 |issue=5 | pages = 1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P | issn = 1027-5606}}</ref> Weather systems are forced upward by the mountains (orographic lift), causing moisture to drop in the form of rain and snow. The months of June through September offer the most favorable weather for climbing or visiting this area.<ref>[https://www.moonhoneytravel.com/best-time-to-visit-the-dolomites/ ''Best Time to Visit the Dolomites (+ Months to Avoid)''], Moonhoneytravel.com, Retrieved October 23, 2025.</ref>
==Gallery== <div style="max-width: 480px;"> <gallery mode=slideshow> File:Sass Maor crop.jpg|Southeast aspect File:Sass Maor Cima della Madonna NW.JPG|Sass Maor (left) and Cima della Madonna (right) File:Sass Maor ne.jpg|Northeast aspect of Sass Maor viewed from Passo delle Lede File:Pale San Martino04.jpg|Cima della Madonna, Sass Maor, and Cimerlo File:Dolomiti- Cimerlo and Sass Maor.jpg|Cimerlo (left) and Sass Maor (right) </gallery> </div>
==See also== * Southern Limestone Alps
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category|Sass Maor}} * Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-6696157/Italy/Veneto/Sass%20Maor Sass Maor]
{{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Sass Maor | North = Cima di Ball | Northeast = Cima Canali | East = Cima d'Ostio | ESE = Cima d'Oltro | Southeast = Torrente Canali | South = Cimerlo | Southwest = Cismon | West = Strada statale 50 | Northwest = San Martino di Castrozza }} {{Portal bar|Mountains|Geography|Geology}}
Category:Mountains of the Alps Category:Dolomites Category:Mountains of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Category:Two-thousanders of Italy