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Val di Ceda ( Ceda Valley) - Molveno
The Ceda Valley is one of the valleys least used as a route into the Brenta Group. It has steep slopes all the way along the route except for the stretch between Ponte Romano and Coste del Bondai. At the end of its course the Rio Ceda river forms the Cascate di Ponte Romano waterfall. From Lake Molveno (823 m.) you come to the Ceda Pass (2,223 m.). The valley runs from the south-east to the north-west. The Cima Dion, Piccolo Dos di Dalum and Cima Ceda Orientale peaks bound the valley in the south-west, while the Cima Sparaveri, Monte Cresole and Monte Daino peaks bound it in the north-east.
Val di Ceda from Pradel Tovre (ph:V.Viola)
Two ruined malghe
or shepherds’ huts show that people once came up here. The absence of a
bivouac or refuge along the route does not make the climb up this beautiful but
wild valley very tempting: most people prefer to get to the Pedrotti Refuge
along the better-known Seghe Valley.
| Starting point | Molveno - Romano Bridge |
| Connections with public transport |
Autolinee Trento - Malé |
| By motor vehicle |
not permitted |
| Nearest refuges or bivouacs |
Malga Andalo |
| Main itineraries |
climb to the Pedrotti Refuge along path 326 |
| a) al at the Ceda Pass detour for the Forcolotta di Noghera pass and the Agostini Refuge | |
| - | b) near the Malga Ceda Alta ruins, detour along the San Lorenzo Valley to the Rossati Pass and the Doré Valley (Alpenrose Refuge |
| - | c) near the “vela” (Coste del Bondai) you come to the Malga Andalo Refuge by continuing along the forestry road without taking path 326. |
| difficulty | tiring but without any particular difficulty |
| Maximum height |
m.2491, Pedrotti Refuge |
| Difference in height | 1651 |
The Ceda Valley from Lake Molveno The Cima Ceda peak from Malga Ceda
Table of times between points and heights: path 326
| area | height | time between areas | time from start | notes, route variations |
| Molveno -Camping road to Ponte Romano | 835 | - | - | SEE MAP |
| fork 332- 326 | 925 | - | - | carrying on along path no. 332, you come to the Malga Andalo Refuge in about 1 hour |
| La Vela , fork forrestry road path 326 | 1174 | - | - | the forestry road comes out near the Malga Ceda di Villa |
| rovine di Malga Ceda Alta | 1888 | - | - | possible detour along the San Lorenzo Valley via the Rossati Pass and the Doré Valley (Alpnerose Refuge) |
| fork 320-326 | 2414 | - | - | detour towards the Forcolotta di Noghera pass and Agostini Refuge |
| Rifugio Pedrotti | 2491 | - | 5 hours | - |
