The first men to climb to the summit of Cima Brenta were Douglas Freshfield and Francis Fox Tuckett. with Henri Devouassoud from Chamonix in August 1871. They approached the mountain from the west and ascended mainly over the snow of the vedrette. This itinerary would remain the only way for a number of years, until Albert DeFalkner and E.T.Compton found a new itinerary from the south in 1882. Carlo Garbari with companions traced in 1892 a new route over the northern edge towards the ledge on the east side that bears his name today and from there through a series of gullies to the summit. This route, and a variant traced in 1902 by Hanns Barth a.o. in 1902, are now considered the Via Normale. In 1910, The Kiene brothers, made it to the top over the complete northwest ridge from Cima Massari over the jagged pinnacles that are now called Torri di Kiene.