One of the special features of the Dolomites is the Sella Group. Its hallmark is the sheer faces that surround the entire massif and end at the top on a moon-like plateau. The massif is encircled by four passes: the Sella Pass, Gardena Pass, Pordoi Pass and the Campolongo Pass. In winter, every skier immediately knows the Sellaronda, and cyclists, too, start to rave when they think of riding their trusty bikes around the Sella massif. Unfortunately, motorcyclists also make use of the well-developed pass roads and the magnificent panorama for their joyrides, making plenty of noise – but who could blame them in such a unique landscape? After all, it also benefits us climbers, as with only a short approach we are right at some of the finest multi-pitch routes in the entire Dolomites. The rock quality is excellent almost throughout, and the south faces of the Ciavazes can even be climbed in winter. If it gets too hot for the south faces in summer, the Sella Towers, the Meisules or the Murfreit Group offer plenty of routes in cooler shade.

If your climbing shoes feel too tight and the holds too small for alpine climbing, grab your via ferrata set, take hold of the steel cables and explore some of the best-known and most beautiful via ferratas in breathtaking surroundings. On the high plateau mentioned above, idyllically located and excellent huts are waiting to spoil hungry and thirsty mountaineers. Here you will also meet those walking the Dolomites High Route No. 2 from Brixen to Feltre, whose route also crosses the Sella massif and who even get to spend a night at the Bamberger Hütte (Rifugio Boè) at an altitude of 2,871 metres – breathtaking sunset and sunrise included. 

It gets even better in winter: the pass roads, which by the way remain open during the winter months, are much quieter, and the massif's numerous gullies and couloirs are filled with snow and waiting for freeriders. Where it is often too wet to climb the rock faces in summer, countless frozen waterfalls form and lure ice climbers. They are admired by the skiers on the Sellaronda, who circle this unique massif, constantly gaining new impressions of this rock bastion from every side, and often cannot decide which of the many excellent huts to stop at for lunch.

A mountain guide is the best person to show you the finest trails or climbing routes up onto this lunar landscape. And if you would like to experience the Sella massif in winter, either at a relaxed pace on the Sellaronda or freeriding right into its wild terrain, a mountain guide is likewise your best choice.