How to get there:
The access road runs directly north about 15 kilometer east of Verona.
The trail starts from Rifugio Revolto. This is located next to the last
right hand curve on the road before this road ends (for public use) in about
200 meter.
People generally park along the road, leaving enough space for vehicles to still
use the road. The area was pretty full of cars when I arrived on a Saturday morning
around 1000. This location is N45.69453, E11.11896, elevation near 1350 meter.
Route:
Walk past (below) the refugio and continue on the obvious trail. This trail will
again intersect the road, immediately making a second shortcut before joining the
road going uphill.
Continue on the road as it touches a col with a rifugio. There is another small short-cut here.
The road continues to climb, now finally with the hill on your upper left side connecting to the peak.
There are a few more short-cuts where the road gains elevation via hairpin curves. From this area, there
are 2 routes. The upper route climbs to a main crest and follows this to the summit. The lower route
traverses uphill, then enters a small valley that terminates with the peak. The lower route is the
easier one to take, however, one may consider doing different routes on ascent and descent. In this case,
the upper route should be preferred when ascending.
The upper route forks left from the road at a location where there is a trail short-cut, thus it is
perhaps better to just stay on the road when ascending this part, if aiming for the upper route.
The lower route also forks left from the road. It is easy to see and there are signs.
Comments:
I had planned to do a loop hike similar to Rob, going clockwise.
However, a trail shortcut to save some distance where the road
made a left turn, placed me back on the road higher than the trail
fork I should have used.
I immediately just decided to do the loop counter-clockwise.
I had left at 1030, it was a hot and sunny day to hike up the initial road.
Many people everywhere, this peak is obviously popular, especially on a weekend.
The trail was nice and easy to follow. Gradually, one enters the final valley.
The mountain
comes into view, but the highest peak
is not seen until you are pretty close.
An easy, slightly steeper section will get you to the summit. I was there at 1230, so
exactly 2 hours up. A pretty crowded place.
A rifugio is just below the final summit cone
on the ridge. I made a second stop there for a cold radler.
Leaving at 1300, I now took the upper route down. This starts from the small col between the
rifugio and the summit, traverses back onto the ridge crest and follows this across a couple
of bumps while descending. Nice views from this part of the route.
The ridge route ended at
a final viewpoint, again pretty crowded. Next, the descent went down a pretty steepish
gully starting slightly above that final viewpoint. This trail was just steep enough to make
it slightly cumbersome, I definitely decided that ascending here would have been better.
I got back down on the road and concluded my hike at 1500, so another 2 hours down, including
a few short stops.
