Description:

Every mountain tells a story, passes on a teaching.
In the case of the eastern range of the Dolomites, it’s not about a mountaineering endeavor or the
peoples who first settled on the cliffs that tower over Cortina d’Ampezzo. You feel the history of this
area, where the whistling of the wind accompanies the changing of the seasons, in a silent way, as
if resting from a past that made too much noise.

It’s the shots fired by the soldiers of the
Italian army and the Austro-Hungarian
troops who fought on the Lagazuoi,
Falzarego, Cinque Torri, and Cima Gallina
front during the Great War. Today, the

trenches dug into the rock and the open-
air museums that surround the walls of

these iconic passages are the relics of a
heritage to be preserved, an enduring
admonition that the mountains should unite
and not divide.
We start from Rifugio Col Gallina (2,055 m)
by the time we’ve walked a few meters,
Averau, Sasso di Stria, Lagazuoi, Tofane,
Valparola, and Cinque Torri are ablaze on
the horizon, while the stories of the historical
reenactor slow our pace.
The nature around is silent, and imagining
how so much beauty has been violated by
men fighting their own kind makes us
shudder.

A succession of gentle ups and downs leads to the fork connecting Croda Negra and Cima
Gallina: the spectacle offered by Monte Civetta, the Pale di San Martino, and the Marmolada is
incongruent with the view of the tunnels dug by soldiers during the Great War. The Italian artillery
stronghold of the Great War and the lookout posts stand suspended, becoming one with the
orange rock, at the base of the outline of the tower that emerges from the expanse below.
A hot meal, cooked on a wood stove, anecdotes about life in the trenches.

TIMING:
09.30 departure by private car
from your hotel in Cortina Area
10.00 Meet your Alpine mountain
guide and start the activity
11.30 Arrival at the outpost
12.00 Light lunch and spare time to
relax and enjoy
13.30 Way back to Falzarego Pass
14.00 Arrival at Falzarego and
transfer back to hotel
14.30 arrival at hotel in Cortina

INFO
Difficut: Easy
Lenght: 2,5 km
Positive elevation gain 200 m

Including :
Snowshoes and poles
Alpine Historical guide English speaking
Light lunch: cold meats and cheeses, is served together with a glass of wine