Directions
Take the forest road SAT461 immediately after the settlement of Cornelle in Fiavè and keep right until loc. Corde where you find the next signpost. Here change to the SAT 462B path. The path follows a forest road and after a short steep stretch you reach loc. Tombus. Continue walking along the flat road that then turns into a path until you reach the forest road coming up from Passo del Ballino. Follow it to loc. Rocchetta, where the gravel road ends and becomes a military mule track that, with constant slopes, climbs up a magnificent beech forest. Once in sight of Malga Nardis, continue along the path that crosses the pasture through the dwarf pines to the hut itself.
After a well-deserved rest, take the SAT 461 path which climbs the pasture north of the hut up to the obvious saddle. From here the panorama becomes even wider and more satisfying, spanning from Lake Garda and Lake Tenno to Monte Baldo, from Pasubio to the Brenta Dolomites, the Adamello Presanella group, and the nearer Ledrensi Prealps. Continue along the ridge staying on path 461 and after a short descent among rhododendrons and alders, you reach Malga Cogorna. Cross the pasture northwards, following the signs for Cornelle, up to the edge of the forest. Here the descent path, still well shaded inside the forest, becomes steeper at times and in a couple of hours will bring you back to the starting point, thus closing a loop that is absolutely rewarding from a landscape and panoramic point of view.
It is recommended, due to the scarcity of water along the route, to carry a good supply of liquids and, given the exposure, to tackle the ascent early in the morning especially during hotter periods. The loop can be tackled in both directions; ascend first to Cogorna if you want to face the more technical uphill section.
