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From the Val di Ambiez to the Val dei Massodi: crossing from the Cacciatore refuge, San Lorenzo to Molveno via the Palmieri path

Route and description:: A long but rewarding excursion across the Val di Ambiez to the Valle dei Massodi, passing through the Pozza Tramontana at the foot of Cima Tosa and Cima Margherita. The landscape here is rough and harsh. A jeep ride to the Cacciatore Refuge and then the excursion passes in front of the following refuges: Agostini, Pedrotti, Selvata and Croz dell’ Altissimo.

                    
  The Val d’Ambiez seen from Forcella Bregain,                                      Val Ambiez,                                                      South Val Ambiez,                   Cacciatore Refuge, S.Lorenzo seen from path 351  

From Molveno to San Lorenzo. Here a jeep service brings to the Cacciatore Refuge ( alt. 1821 m.) in Val d’Ambiez. Paths 305 and 305b lead to the Agostini Refuge, 2410 m., at the foot of the natural amphitheatre composed by the southern walls of Cima Tosa and Cima Ambiez, which are respectively the highest and the fourth highest in the whole of the Brenta Group. The route then crosses over to the Pedrotti Refuge via the least exacting path ie. The Palmieri Path which begins at the Forcolota di Noghera. The Palmieri paths, high and low, run parallel west of the majestic Pozza Tramontana, a vast glacial depression where there once was a corrie lake which disappeared due to the karst ground.

             
The 325- 351 fork at Busa dei Malgani,                     Mist and flowers in Val Ambiez,                                  Near the Cacciatore Refuge ,                                    The Cacciatore Refuge 

Just above the Palmieri path, almost parallel, is the Brentari equipped trail which passes the Sella della Tosa and crosses the hanging glaciers of Tosa and Cima Margherita. The horizon in the south is closed by the precipitous walls of Mount Daino which circumscribe the Pozza Tramontana. In the north the Cime Margherita and the Brenta Bassa are silhouetted against the sky and in the east, close by, is the Pedrotti refuge. Walking time, up to here, is 4 ½ hrs. and this is the highest point of the crossing, ( it’s possible to go to the Bocca del Brenta from here via the rocky 318 path which is even higher, but worth the effort). Lunch and then the long stretch downhill via the Val Massodi.

                
             Along path 325,                                     Towards the Agostini Refuge,                                Campanil Bass, the “Pharaoh” of the Brenta                         Val Ambiez seen from above.

Path 319 then passes along a rocky spur and caresses the western wall of the Brenta Alta. Soon after it reaches the fork with path 303 della Sega Alta, also known as Sentiero Orsi. A 30 min eastward digression leads to the Busa di Castellaz from where a unique panorama over the cime degli Sfulmini and Campanil Bass can be admired.

           
                                                                                                 Equipped trail,    Brentari,                               Cima Ambiez in the background,

After this fork the path leads south across the meadows of the Alta Val Massodi as far as the Baito Massodi, 2000 m. A 40 min. descent  leads to the Selvata Refuge, 1630 m. and from here the shortest route, but not the easiest, to Molveno is path 319. Alternatively, path 340 is longer, but, after an initially steep but panoramic descent as far as the Croz Altissimo Refuge, 1430 m., it leads softly and refreshingly to the Pradel plateau.                                                                                                 

            
       Cima Cda and Cima Ghez          The higher part of the Val Ambiez towards F. Noghera,  The chapel of the Agostini Refuge,    The Agostini Refuge, Cima Ceda and Cima Ghez

The 10 min. bucket lift from Pradel to Molveno offers a breathtaking view over Molveno and its homonymous lake.

            
           View from the Agostini Refuge,                                       The Palmieri path,                                    Brenta Alta and Campanil Basso,                  Val Ambiez seen from path 321

Map of the route on kind permission of the publishing house Giralpina, via A Zardini 12 – 33034 Fagagna, Tel. 0432-800870 ( clic to blow up)

Further information and prices

 If for circumstances beyond one’s control ( bad weather, impracticable paths, unavailability of guides) or for causes not dependent on the hotel, the excursion should be cancelled there will be no refund but there will be an substitute excursion only if it is already in the weekly programme.The hotel management declines any responsibility for inefficiency or inconveniences in the transfers managed by third parties.

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