Cima Dura

The Durreck Group is a mountain massif of the Venediger Group in the Alti Tauri. Due to its relatively modest dimensions and rather low peaks, it is lesser known than the Vedrette di Ries-Aurina group. In the south, the two ranges are separated by the Valle di Riva and the Valle dei Dossi in Valle Aurina.

The Cima Dura group owes its name to the 3,135-m high Cima Dura peak which was first scaled in 1877. The route leading to the summit has remained the same over the years: it starts in Riva di Tures and climbs the peak via malga Moosmair.

The entire area around Cima Dura (Durreck or Durreckspitze in German) and the eponymous group, the popular Lake Chiusetta and the Alta Via di Durreck, a high-altitude path, are situated in the Vedrette di Ries-Aurina nature park.