Bellavista is a well known rock climbing route at the Drei Zinnen in the Dolomites

Dolomites

The Dolomites are a mountain range located in north-eastern Italy. It is a part of Southern Limestone Alps and extends from the River Adige in the west to the Piave Valley in the east. The northern and southern borders are defined by the Puster Valley and the Sugana Valley...

, Italy

Italy

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. It was first ascended by Alexander Huber

Alexander Huber

Alexander Huber , is a German physicist, climber and mountaineer. He lives in Traunstein.When they were still young Alexander Huber and his brother Thomas Huber were taken into the mountains by their father, Thomas Huber, himself a noted climber known for early fast ascents of now classic climbs...

 solo

Solo climbing

Solo climbing or soloing is a style of climbing in which the climber climbs alone, without somebody belaying him. There are three ways to climb solo:* Roped solo climbing:**lead climbing with a self-locking device which is used to arrest a fall...

 during winter 2000 and graded 5.13b/X-/8a A4. One year later, Alexander managed to free climb

Free climbing

Free climbing is a type of rock climbing in which the climber uses only hands, feet and other parts of the body to ascend, employing ropes and forms of climbing protection to prevent falls only....

 the A4 passage and thus gave the new grade 5.14b/XI-/8c, the hardest alpine climbing route up to that date. During summer 2002, the famous Italian Mauro Bole repeated Bellavista after a three months effort.