Queen Gardens tour

Queen Gardens tour - Description

Directions

• Start

  Grostè pass
  
  From “Grostè” Pass (you can reach the pass taking Grostè cableway) go down the wide path along the ski run at the feet of “Pietra Grande” mountain. At “Graffer” refuge turn right and follow “Orti della Regina” path, where you find an interesting area rich in flowers and ancient fossils. Go back following the same path till “Graffer” refuge and then go down, by cablecar - from "Boch" refuge - or walking, to Campo Carlo Magno.

• end point

  Graffer refuge

required equipment

Mountaineering boots, hat, windbreakers and sun lotion are highly recommended. 

Tips for the tour

Easy route of great geological interest and landscape value. This was one of the favorite route of the Sissi princess and the Viennese aristocracy because of its majestic view on the Brenta and the Adamello-Ortles mountains; it is particularly evocative because of the presence of sea fossils and the rich variety of the mountain flora.

Difficulty

• Difficulty

  Easy

• Fitness

• Experience

• Landscape

Directions

self-arranged arrival
Reach the Grostè cableway, 1 km northwards Madonna di Campiglio along the main road SS239To reach the cableway coming from Pinzolo, take the tunnel at the beginning of Madonna di Campiglio - avoiding the centre of the village - and go on towards Campo Carlo Magno for about 1 k after the tunnel exit.Coming from Dimaro, instead, pass Campo Carlo Magno and, after about 800 meters, arrive at the Grostè cableway.
Paid parking area at Grostè cableway.

public transport
In summer shuttle bus from the centre of Madonna di Campiglio (Brenta Alta square) up to Grostè cableway (from June to September). Check the summer transport timetables and rates or take the brochure in the tourist office in Pradalago street, 4. Check Trentino Trasporti bus timetables out also on www.ttesercizio.it.