Sentiero dei Pionieri - Monte Piano - Sentiero dei Turisti

Scheda

Via: 

dal Lago di Landro

Segnavia: 

6, 6A

Data del rilievo: 

23/07/2005

Foto di copertina: 

Galleria della Centrale ©2011 Giovanni Mazzolani

Tipologia Percorso: 

Circolare

Difficoltà: 

EE

Periodo Consigliato: 

fine giugno, luglio, agosto, settembre

Tempo Complessivo: 

5h30'

Dislivello: 

906 m

Distanza percorsa: 

12,30 km

INTRODUZIONE
Il “Sentiero dei Pionieri” (Pionierweg), venne approntato come mulattiera, ancora prima della Grande Guerra, dalle truppe austriache. Il tracciato si arrampicava per le rocce settentrionali del Monte Piano fin quasi a raggiungerne la sommità. Baracche e ricoveri, oltre che una possente teleferica che saliva da Landro (Höhlenstein), completarono quella che sarebbe diventata la principale via d’accesso al Monte Piano. Il passo successivo fu dotare l’intero complesso di illuminazione elettrica. L’energia sarebbe servita altresì a far funzionare i compressori e le perforatici utilizzate per scavare caverne e ricoveri in roccia. Fu allora realizzata una linea elettrica ad alta tensione che proveniva da Valdaora (Olang) e passava per Dobbiaco (Toblach) utilizzando le rispettive centrali. Essa proseguiva fino a Landro (Höhlenstein) e al Monte Piano. Poco sotto la cupola sommitale, allo sbocco del sentiero, fu dunque scavata e attrezzata la grande (Caverna della Centrale Elettrica).

DESCRIZIONE
Da Landro (Höhlenstein), di fronte al Bar-Ristorante “Flora Alpina” (Alpenflora), inizia il sentiero n. 6 “Sentiero dei Pionieri” (Pionierweg) che, per rada boscaglia, conduce ad attraversare il greto sassoso del Fiume Rienza. Appena al di là, tracce del muro a secco della mulattiera di guerra indicano l’esatta direzione. La strada, ben conservata si inerpica con prodigiosi tornanti. Passaggi delicati e tratti esposti fino a raggiungere un piccolo cimitero di guerra. Accanto al piccolo cimitero vi era la cosidetta “Thè Haus” dove muli e soldati riposavano prima di arrivare all’inferno del fronte e la stazione intermedia della teleferica che saliva da fondovalle. Dalla “Thè Haus” il sentiero prosegue sfiorando resti di costruzioni e baracche fino ad attraversare sotto una bella e gialla parete strapiombante. Ben presto ci troveremo di fronte agli immani cumuli di rovine dell’accampamento dell’”Ala Destra”: qui sorgevano baracche, un posto di medicazione, cucine, magazzini. Vi si rintracciano i resti della stazione terminale della teleferica e dell’ex comando di Battaglione dei Kaiserjäger denominato “Comando del Settore di Guerra”. Appena sotto la singolare scala in cemento, a sinistra della quale sbocca una breve galleria, vi è la caverna che fungeva da centralina dell’alta tensione, riconoscibile dagli isolatori che sovrastano l’ingresso. Ancora poco ed ecco la Grande Croce di Dobbiaco che domina la cima del Monte Piano. Nei pressi, il cippo di confine datato 1753 e la prima linea austriaca quasi tutta costituita da possenti trinceramenti, profondamente scavati. Qui inizia il sentiero n.6/a “Sentiero dei Turisti” (Touristweg) . Il sentiero, in parte scavato nella roccia e con costruzioni in legno dove il terreno è franato. Lungo il fianco boscoso il sentiero si fa più ripido. Il bosco è più rado e si intravede il lago. Al termine della discesa, si gira a destra, il sentiero con ampio giro lungo la riva orientale del lago ci riporta al punto di partenza.
Thè Haus si trova a circa 1800 m., qui inizia la “Via” del Colonello Bilgeri al Monte Piano. Segnavia rosso dislivello 500 m. difficoltà EEA, sentiero attrezzato con forte esposizione.

Travenanzes valley

Scheda

Segnavia: 

412, 402, 404, 401. 408

Data del rilievo: 

16/12/2011

Foto di copertina: 

Travenanzes valley © 2007 Giovanni Consigli

Tipologia Percorso: 

Traversata

Difficoltà: 

E

Periodo Consigliato: 

May to September

Tempo Complessivo: 

6h30'

Dislivello: 

574 m

Introduction

The Travenanzes Valley is one of the most wonderful of the Eastern Dolomites. The unspoilt nature, the landscape of rugged mountains, the geological shape and the memories of the Great War make it a place full of interest where the hiker can find satisfaction and fulfillment through a perfect network of well marked trails. The possible variations are many and allow you to reach out the Dolomite groups within which the valley, like a Grand Canyon is carved. The culmination of the Valley, Fork Col dei Bos is not far from the great road of the Dolomites and the Falzaregopass. Here, at the Castelletto, rocky forepart of the Tofana de Rozes, are impressive examples dating from the First World War. The effects of the outbreak of the great mine of July, 11th 1916, which shattered the seat of the Castelletto, are still visible. Quite nearly intact as are many war manufactures in the area. In the lower part, after leaving behind the Tofane and the Fanis group, the valley is shrinking and is enhanced by vegetation. The Travenanzes Hut (1965 m) is a good place to stop during the hike, while not difficult, it is very long. To enjoy all the wild beauty of the Travenanzes valley you should choose a time outside the peak summer periods when the attendance of these paths is even over. The month of June may be considered the ideal time.

Croda of Cengles

Scheda

Segnavia: 

s.n.

Data del rilievo: 

24/04/2011

Foto di copertina: 

The Croda of Cengles and the Refuge Serristori seen from Refuge Payer

Tipologia Percorso: 

A/R

Difficoltà: 

EE

Pendenza max: 

45°

Periodo Consigliato: 

July to September

Tempo Complessivo: 

6h30'

Dislivello: 

1075 m

Description

From the arrival station of the chairlift takes immediately on left a trail that goes up a short slope and heads straight for the Valley of Zay. The trail stays on the right side (direction) of debris, skirting the base of Top Vertana. After a ten minute walk away, leave the path that continues on the high side of this valley and has been declared dangerous due to numerous landslides from the peaks above. We must then first go left and continue downhill until you reach the center of the valley and a beautiful wooden bridge for crossing the torrent. Beyond the river the trail continues to your left to climb the left side (looking at) of the valley with numerous switchbacks trails. On top of a step in front, you see the refuge which is then reached with a crossing horizontal and then with a quick hard pull (about 1.30 hours to reach the Refuge Serristori).
Immediately behind the hut a path crosses a moraine (reports) and, left to right, a branch that leads to the Great angel, goes to reassemble a rounded off at whose summit you are on a short shelf which is a prelude directed to the glen to the Zay Pass which is just opposite. You follow the plan of flat stones, large rocks and then slip into the valley in large blocks of stone (follow the signs!)This course is sometimes uncomfortable for the need to jump from one rock to another,just keep mainly on the left. After this exercise of equilibrium a moraine dam is reached. Climb on it in tight bends and more alive with a slope of dark soil until you reaches a plateau occupied by a milky glacial lake (altitude m. 2886). Bypass the bank to its left and, still walking on large blocks, approach the looming wall of Croda Tschengls, whose extreme left sides a steep canyon that culminates in a range which divides the Croda from a castle rock (m 3181), northern foothills of the ridge, to the west, then goes to culminate with the two peaks of Dossobello. The gully is climbed on the first track on your right (very steep!). About half of it you can see some metal ropes who drive on an open wire and highly exposed wall (this direct way to Croda is for very experts only, much exposed and difficult!) Then the track runs out against a vertical black wall near a junction marked by a metal sign. To the right starts another via ferrata (the "classical", less difficult than the previous one), while the normal route goes left across the channel and then back to the fork with toilsome journey (very steep!) And difficult but safe thanks the alerts.
From the saddle, turn right where it appears the final part of the climb and the summit crowned by classic large white cross so common on the summits of South Tyrol. The ridge is followed taking fully care of signs. Short sections are not difficult to help in the most difficult, the slope is kept alive up to the spacious summit, being the most northerly of this undergroup of the secondary ridge Angel - Vertana, dramatically and directly overlooking the Valle Venosta (Vinschgau) which is dominated for a large portion. In the distance you can see the northernmost peaks of the Ötztal Alps among which the Weisskugel, a very interesting view of the surrounding peaks of the Great Angel and Top Vertana as well as the great triad Grand Zebrù - Zebrù - Ortler with the head of the Solda Valley that dominates in the west. Further back, beautiful views of the Bernina group, while to the south, behind the great Vedretta Lasa is the beautiful North side of the Presanella.
The return takes place via the same route.

Author

• Check the page of Giovanni Consigli

Bibliography

• Gino Buscaini: Ortles Cevedale - Guida dei monti d'Italia CAI-TCI Club Alpino Italiano, 1984

Cartography

• Ortles-Cevedale 1:25.000 - foglio 08 Editrice Tabacco - Udine, 2006

Photo gallery

Way of the alpine troops - Fork Giralba

Scheda

Segnavia: 

w.n. 100, 124, 101, 103

Data del rilievo: 

14/10/2011

Foto di copertina: 

Start of Alpini Way at Fork Undici

Tipologia Percorso: 

Circolare

Difficoltà: 

EEA

Pendenza max: 

60°

Periodo Consigliato: 

July to September

Tempo Complessivo: 

9h30'

Dislivello: 

869 m

Introduction

Take the Alpine Road is not just a matter of "hiking in the mountains", but above all an exercise of deep mental and psychological significance, and historical and cultural experience of a unique flow. In my opinion you can not try on this path without adequate preparation not only by reading at least part of the vast bibliography on the subject and, in particular, on the Italian war 1915-1918, but by going first in the valleys surrounding the groups of the Sesto Dolomites limestone to capture, at least in the wide circle of the horizon, the characteristics of the places where the war took place and visiting, where possible, the many small museums dedicated to it throughout the Pustertal, the Sesto Valley and in the Comelico. The epic of the Great War in the mountains affects many other important and famous mountain ranges (especially the Adamello and the Ortler Alps) where you can live unforgettable experiences of historical memory, but no route can, like this, so make live and complete the meaning of effort, courage and even the resignation with which the men who lived there summers and very hard winters of war, illustrated this particular time of great conflict. You can remain incredulous, crossing paths for the daring, the created works artificially with offensive and defensive purposes, but what it leaves more amazed is the observation how the men, though brave, were able to challenge, in addition to their opponent, the elements of nature in a land that, with an obvious and common euphemism, you can simply define as "inhospitable". The author refers therefore also to other routes from him last on the list of Top trips, particularly to those of Mount Piana Mount Paterno High Street Carnica] ], [[Croda Rossa di Sesto Refuge Berti and Tofana of Rozes, which are enclosed in a universe where the rocks accomplished the feats of arms in the period 1915-17 up to the retreat of the Italian army on the river Piave after the defeat of Caporetto in October 1917.