Adamello hiking tour through glaciers & World War I trails

This hiking tour on the Italian Alps is ideal for those who want to discover the Adamello glacier, the largest in the Italian Alps, and the most significant places of the World War I.

You will walk on hazardous walkways and through tunnels along Sentiero dei Fiori in order to reach the 6- ton Cresta Croce Cannon that the troops dragged from the valley up to the mountain. Last but not least a visit at the tunnel of Corno di Cavento, dug by the Austrians of lieutenant Hecht to counter the movements of the Italian alpine troopers on the Lobbia Glacier.

An interesting mix of via ferrata and mountaineering retracing places that testify the life and the suffering of militaries forced at 3000m during the fights of the World War I.

Program details

• Day 1 - VIA FERRATA SENTIERO DEI FIORI 
  Ascent: +590m. Descent: -720m. Distance: 7km. Hiking time: 5h (2h30 via ferrata).
  At 8:30 meeting with the Mountain Guide and equipment check. Ascent by lifts to Paradiso Pass, from there you start walking on a path until the beginning of Sentiero dei Fiori. The trail is a Via Ferrata that develops at an average altitude of 3.000 m following the paths with which the Italian alpine troopers connected the various military spots scattered on the ridge. From Lago Scuro Pass, where one of the largest military village at high altitude was located, you will descent to the homonymous lake. Dinner and overnight stay in hut (2.449 m). 
   
• Day 2 - CRESTA CROCE
  Ascent: +890m. Descent: -310m. Distance: 7km. Hiking time: 6h
  Going across the moraine of Mandrone Glacier, which leads to Pian di Neve Glacier, you proceed roped together and wearing crampons until Lobbia Pass (3.015 m). Continuing on Lobbia glacieret, with a short equipped stretch and on ridge passages, you reach the large granite cross dedicated to Pope John Paul II (3.307 m) and the station of Cannon 149G (3.275 m) that the Alpine troops dragged from the valley up to the mountain to hit the first Austrian lines during the conflict of '15-'18. Dinner and overnight stay in hut (3.040 m). 
   
• Day 3 - CORNO DI CAVENTO
  Ascent: +550m. Descent: -2100m. Distance: 14km. Hiking time: 9h
  Walking on morainic terrain and following a partly-equipped trail you reach Cavento Pass (3.191 m) and the summit of Corno di Cavento, where at 3.400 m there is one of the highest galleries ever built for war purposes during the First World War. Descent on the opposite side of the mountain with a short break at Rifugio Carè Alto, to then continue the long descent in Val Borzago. Transfer and return to Passo Tonale. 

Additional clarifications

The program could be changed at the discretion of the Campo Base Team / Mountain Guide (UIAGM certified) based on weather conditions and snow levels, maintaining unaltered, however, the basic structure and the aims of the proposal.

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