Clouds at sunset over the majestic rocks of Monte Paterno (Paternkofel), Sesto Dolomites, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

Teenager climbing on the Paternkofel fixed rope route past the Frankfurter Wuerstel rock, via ferrata, Boedenseen, Hochpustertal, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy

Paternkofel, Three Peaks, Sexten Dolomites, Puster valley, UNESCO World Nature Site, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

Teenager climbing on the Paternkofel fixed rope route, via ferrata, Boedenseen, Hochpustertal, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy

Female back-country skier ascending to Hochebenkofel, Sexten Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy

Mountain lodge, Paternkofel and Drei Zinnen peaks in the background, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Sexten Dolomites, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy

Cyclist Roland Stauder in front of Paternkofel, Hochpuster valley, South Tyrol, Dolomites, Italy, Europe

Tre Cime di Lavaredo cabin and north face of Mt. Paternkofel, Dolomites, Bolzano-Bozen (South Tirol), Italy, Europe

Alpine lakes, Mts. Paternkofel and Einserkogel, Sexten Dolomites, Bolzano-Bozen, Italy, Europe

Dreizinnenhuette, Three Peaks Hut, Alta Pusteria, Sesto, Dolomites, in front of Paternkofel Mountain, Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

Dreizinnenhutte and chapel with view of the Paternkofel and the Three Peaks, National Park Dolomiti di Sesto, Dolomites of Sesto, Alta Pusteria, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

View from the Tre Cime di Lavaredo alpine cabin, Hochpustertal valley, Sexten, Dolomites, on the Paternkofel, the Tre Cime di Lavaredo peaks and the Monte Cristallo, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

View from Drei Zinnen Huette refuge towards the Tre Cime di Lavaredo or Drei Zinnen, with Paternkofel or Paterno mountain behind, Alta Pusteria or Hochpustertal valley, Sesto or Sexten, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Three Peaks Mountain Hut in front of Paternkofel Mountain and the Three Peaks, Alta Pusteria Valley, Sesto, Dolomites, Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

At the Drei Zinnen hut, Alta Pusteria high valley, Sexten, Sesto, Dolomites, Mt Drei Zinnen, Mt Tre Cime, and Mt Paternkofel, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Prayer flags, Paternkofel mountain, Sexten Dolomites, Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

Summit cross on Paternkofel Mountain, overlooking Dreischusterspitze Mountain, Sexten, High Puster Valley, Dolomites, Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

Signpost on the trail up to Mt Paternkofel or Paterno, above the Rifugio Zsigmondy-Comici, at the Forcella Pian di Cengia pass, Mt Zwoelferkofel or Croda dei Toni in the back, Hochpustertal valley or Alta Pusteria, Sexten, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, E