I panorami unici del Monte Tomba e dello Sparavieri

A simple trekking tour to find out wonderful landscapes from the top of Lessinia.

15 km / on foot or mountain bike

Itinerary description

A long itinerary which pass through the scenic peaks of Monte Sparavieri and Monte Tomba, each two close to 1800 meters. The point of departure is the tourist station of San Giorgio, from where you will start your walk, following the dirty road which go towards malghe Gaibana and San Nazaro. After passing the fork for the first hut, you will reach the suggestive Bocca Gaibana and Gruppo del Carega from where there is a departure for trail CAI, which pass through all the Val dei Ronchi until Val d'Adige; at Bocca Gaibana it is possible to see an abyss called abisso Gaibana, used some time ago as a natural ice-house  and as a passage thanks to a transformation of bedrocks to comfortable steps.

Successively you will reach another beautiful landscape at more than 1700 meters, the bivio della Pozza Morta, from where you will see in the distance the top of the central Alps. In this area there is as well the peak of Monte Sparavieri,  situated exactly on the regional boarding; it is easily reached following the iron cross; descending towards the buildings under malga Gasparine,  you can go quickly to Cima Mezzogiorno, where the military bases of the First World War are still visible.

After going back to Pozza Morta you will go on to Bivio delle Gasparine, for circumnavigating Monte Tomba; a stop in one of the shelters Primaneve and Monte Tomba permits to hikers to relax with a fantastic landscape.

The descent is on the grassy way until meteorological control above Passo del Branchetto, where you will go insideValletta del Campolevà until the buildings. You will descend until Campolevà, where it is present a "rocky city", shaped by soldiers during the First World War to create a foxhole. The yellow and black poles helps us to go to at the end of the itinerary at San Giorgio.

Technical informations:

Difficulty: itinerary with medium difference in height, mainly on dirty road and on pastures.

Practicability: on foot or mountain bike

Lenght: 15 km
Time: 4:00 hours
Difference in height: 450m
Stops of the itinerary: San Giorgio (1495m) – Bocca Gaibana (1576m) – Casara San Nazaro (1650m) – Bivio Pozza Morta (1715m) – Monte Sparavieri (1799m) – Malga Gasparine di dietro (1702m) – Cima Mezzogiorno (1689m) – Bivio Pozza Morta (1715m) – Bivio delle Gasparine (1706m) – Monte Tomba (1766m) – Malga Campolevà di sopra (1632m) – Trincee di Campolevà (1550m) - San Giorgio (1495m).