Directions
Take the forest road SAT461 just after the village of Cornelle in Fiavè and keep right until loc. Corde where you find the next signpost. Here we change to the trail SAT 462B. The path follows a forest road and after a short steep section we reach loc. Tombus. Continue along the flat road which then turns into a path until it intersects with the forest road coming up from the Ballino pass. Follow it to loc. Rocchetta, where the gravel road ends and turns into a military mule track that, with constant slopes, climbs a magnificent beech forest. Once in sight of malga Nardis, we continue along the path that crosses the pasture through the dwarf pines to the alp hut itself.
After a well-deserved rest, take the trail SAT 461 which climbs the pasture north of the alp hut up to the obvious saddle. From here the panorama becomes even wider and more satisfying, ranging from the Garda and Tenno lakes to Monte Baldo, from Pasubio to the Brenta Dolomites, to the Adamello Presanella group and up to the closer Ledrensi Prealps. We continue along the ridge, staying on path 461, and after a short descent among rhododendrons and alders, we reach malga Cogorna. Cross the pasture heading north, following the indications for Cornelle, up to the edge of the forest. Here the descent path, always well shaded inside the forest, becomes in some parts steeper and in a couple of hours will bring us back to the starting point, thus closing a loop that is absolutely rewarding from a landscape and panoramic point of view.
Given the scarcity of water along the route, it is recommended to carry a good supply of liquids and, due to the exposure, to face the climb early in the morning especially during the warmer periods. The loop route can be tackled in both directions; ascend first to Cogorna if you want to face the more technical part uphill.
