3. Borno m. 900 – Lazzaretti – Baita Mensi – Plai – Pian d’Aprile – Pagherola – Monte Altissimo m. 1703
Route characteristics
Itinerario su sItinerary on tarmac road up to Corna Rossa m. 963, then on the dirt road up to Malga Pian d’Aprile and then on the ski slopes. Short sections quite steep. Hike among magnificent woods, with many fruits of the forest.
Description
From Piazza Umberto 1, take Via Vittorio Veneto up to the Dassa parking area, where you enter Via Pineta on the left (see arrows). Cross a bridge over the Trobiolo stream and take the road on the right that climbs steeply to the Corna Rossa restaurant (25 min.). Turn left and after about a hundred metres, at a crossroads, keep right. Continue uphill until you reach the Mensi hut m. 1154 (1 hr), where the panorama opens onto the Croce di Salven and the Presolana. Continue on the road that crosses two streams and ends up on a ski slope, which you climb up a steep slope to reach the flattish top (1:30 hrs), where the arrival station of a chairlift is located. Below you can see the intermediate station and the Plai restaurant. Turn left along the ski slope and after about fifty meters take a small lane on the right that leads into the large pasture of Pian d’Aprile with its Malga m. 1359 (1:45 hrs).
Follow the road which, with a wide curve to the right, runs along the ski slope. You pass between two rocks that lead to the Pagherola flat area (1508 m) (2:10 hrs). There are two pistes: take the one on the right which runs alongside a small pool, passes under a chair lift and overlooks Malga di Paghera m. 1568. Continue on the track that becomes increasingly steep and reach the summit plateau of Monte Altissimo m. 1703 (2:40 hrs), from where you can admire a splendid panorama.
Technical data
Signpost number: 3
Difficulty: E – Hiking
Elevation gain: m. 640
Distance: 5.3 km
Time: 2:40 hours
Water availability: Quite abundant
