Alpine tour - Alta Via del Granito

Alpine tour - Alta Via del Granito - Description

Directions

• Start

  Malga Sorgazza
  
  First Day
  From Malga Sorgazza which is currently a restaurant, you take path no. 328, after the lake Costa Brunella the route leads to the mountain pass Quarazza. Walk around the south-east top of Cima Trento till the Forzelon di Rava. From Forzelon, there is a short and nice walk up to Cimon Rava (2.436 m) with a beautiful view on the mountain tops Cresta del Frate. From the mountain top you walk along path no. 332bis. It is an easy and panoramic walk along the highest points of the valley Val di Rava, reaching Forcella Ravetta. The path descends steeply along the northern side of the majestic Cima Caldenave, crossing a small forest and reaching the wide peat bog, a few minutes from the Caldenave refuge.
  Second Day
  From the Caldenave refuge you descent toward the plain, cross the river and begin to walk along path no. 360, which goes up to Forcella delle Buse Todesche, along the peculiar lakes of the valley Val dell’Inferno (literally Valley of the Hell). From here you walk the high path, towards north, along path no. 373, which sides the eastern sides of Cengello and of Cima Lasteati. In this way
  you can reach Forcella Magna, an important mountain pass which connects Val Sorgazza with the northern part of Val Cia. During the First World War this mountain pass was reachable with a small road – there are many remains of it - used by the Italian soldiers to transport large antiaircraft artillery pieces. From the mountain pass you walk down long path no. 380 till when you reach a deviation on the right hand side, towards Passo Socede (path no. 380bis), at 2516 m. which you can read on some remains of a former war trench. From here, in 15 minutes, you can reach the Brentari refuge, walking on large granite stones.
  Third day
  From the Brentari refuge you walk down on the peculiar granite plates till the basis of the cableway. Finally, you reach Malga Sorgazza, walking along a mountain road, thus completing the ring-shaped route. From the refuge you can walk up to Cima d’Asta (2.847 m, with a height difference of 370 m, to be walked in 1 hour and 1/4).

• end point

  Malga Sorgazza

required equipment

Equipment:Sportswear for mountain excursions (hiking boots, raincoat)

Tips for the tour

A minimum of training is required. Do not walk with to much eavy backpack.

Difficulty

• Difficulty

  Difficult

• Fitness

• Technique

• Experience

• Landscape

Directions

self-arranged arrival
Go along the main road SS47 Valsugana, take the exit signposted “Altopiano del Tesino”. After the village Pieve Tesino follow the sign to Val Malene and then Malga Sorgazza.
Parking place nearby of Malga Sorgazza

public transport
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