873 - Lago Santo - Potzmauer Pass

873 - Lago Santo - Potzmauer Pass - Description

Directions

• Start

  Lago Santo
  
  From the wonderfull lake Santo, (typical restaurant with bed place), go down along the paved road that conduce to Cembra until you see a forest road (signs "baita forestale" Zise") that with an easy and short climb conduce at the forest hut (fountain), and in Zise locality. From here continue along the E5 eu path in north direction (Cauria). The road, come more panoramic offering beautiful view on Valle dell'Adige and on the Sarentini mountain. Arrive in prossimity of a short climb, the itinerary continue on a funny path that with some easy up and down conduce in the beautiful basin where there is Potzmauer shelter. From the shelter in short you arrive in Potzmauer pass where follow the present sings, you go down in Valda direction. After a rapid climb (indications for lake of Valda) a stretches cemented makes it quickly regain altitudeuntil arrive in the -pressi- of the biotope lake of Valda where it started a long descent of about 4Km.
  Ingnoring the crossroad with Zise/Lago Santo sign and ocntinue in Ponciach direction. At the successive crossroad, along the road of pavement that goes down to the valley, let's start again to climb arriving in the lawn dotted with huts in Vegiose locality from where with the latest short descent you arrive at the started point near the shelter of Lago Santo. 
  Si ignora il bivio con cartelloZise/Lago Santo e si prosegue invece in direzione di Ponciach. Al successivo bivio, lungo la strada di selciato che scende a valle, ricominciamo a salire arrivando negliidilliaci prati costellati di baite in località Vegiose da dove con l’ultima breve discesa si giunge nuovamente al punto di partenza nei pressi del rifugio Lago Santo.

• end point

  Lago Santo

required equipment

Mtb with dirt-free tires Helmet Glasses Repair Kit First aid kit water Snack map Windproof jacket for downhill skiing

Difficulty

• Difficulty

  Easy

• Fitness

• Technique

• Experience

• Landscape

Directions

self-arranged arrival
By car: From south or north, on the A22 Brennero motorway, leave the motorway at the Trento Nord exit (22.5 km from the toll gate), continue northwards on the Main Brennero Road SS12 until the turn-off for Lavis, then take the Lavis - Castello di Fiemme Main Road SS612 which will take you to the Cembra Valley.
Parcheggio Lago Santo