Crozzon di Lares, Mountain peak in Val Rendena, Italy

Crozzon di Lares is a mountain peak in the Adamello-Presanella group of the Southern Rhaetian Alps. The summit sits within Trentino-Alto Adige and forms part of a larger Alpine landscape with several connecting passes and routes used by climbers.

Julius von Payer, with Coronna, Griesmayer and Haller, made the first ascent on 3 September 1868, also climbing Corno di Cavento that day. In April 1916 Italian Alpini under Captain Nino Calvi took the summit from Austro-Hungarian troops during the "Battle of the Pulcinella"; Lieutenant Attilio Calvi was mortally wounded in the same fighting.

On 29 April 1916, during the "Battaglia dei Pulcinella", Italian Alpini under Captain Nino Calvi took the Crozzon di Lares along with the Lares and Cavento passes; Lieutenant Attilio Calvi was mortally wounded the same day at the Folgorida pass. The summit changed hands as part of the Adamello front between the Kingdom of Italy and Austria-Hungary.

The terrain demands mountaineering experience and clear weather for safe conditions. A mountain shelter in the area provides lodging for multiday expeditions in this high Alpine environment.

On 14 September 2016 a hiker found the remains of two soldiers near the mountain; initial examination suggested they belonged to the Austro-Hungarian army. The discovery came a century after the 1916 fighting on the Lares-Folgorida ridge, where Captain Nino Calvi's Alpini took the Crozzon di Lares on 29 April.