Curated by APT Dolomiti di Brenta e Paganella

San Lorenzo Dorsino

A Giudicarie comune of stone hamlets below the western Brenta, on the edge of the Adamello-Brenta park.

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2 449 m
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Highlights

3 from neighbouring places

Natural feature

Lago di Nembia
A small lake in the Sarca gorges near San Lorenzo Dorsino, on the edge of the Adamello-Brenta park.
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Natural feature

Lago di Molveno
4.4 km away, in Molveno
A lake at 864 m below the Brenta Dolomites, its water among the clearest in the Alps.
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Mountain hut

Baita Valon
7.7 km away, in Comano Terme
A hut on the Valon meadows above Comano, used for walks and for its dark night skies.
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Mountain hut

Stargazing a Baita Valon, Trentino
7.7 km away, in Comano Terme
Night-sky watching from the Valon meadows above Comano Terme, away from valley lights.
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Routes

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Via ferrata Moderate
Ferrata Livio Brentari
An equipped route in the southern Brenta reaching the Campanile Steck above the Molveno side of the range.
4.6 km
Distance
527 m
Ascent
4 h 8 min
Duration
73
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Via ferrata Moderate
Via Ferrata Alpinistica Livio Brentari, Brenta Dolomites
A cabled traverse in the Brenta from the Pedrotti hut to the Agostini hut, on a narrow exposed ledge and down a hundred metres of vertical wall.
4.5 km
Distance
601 m
Ascent
4 h 15 min
Duration
73
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Open route APT Madonna di Campiglio, Pinzolo, Val Rendena
Via ferrata Moderate
Via Ferrata Ettore Castiglioni, Brenta Dolomites
A vertical two-hundred-metre cabled line up Cima Susat below the Bocchetta dei Due Denti, opened in 1946 on ground Castiglioni first climbed.
3.0 km
Distance
411 m
Ascent
2 h 47 min
Duration
65
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Open route APT Madonna di Campiglio, Pinzolo, Val Rendena
Hiking route Easy
DBT Stage 6: Rifugio XII Apostoli - Rifugio S. Agostini
A stage ending at the Rifugio Silvio Agostini in the Val d'Ambiez, a Brenta basin walled by steep dolomite with the Ambiez face above.
2.8 km
Distance
318 m
Ascent
2 h 6 min
Duration
65
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Open route APT Madonna di Campiglio, Pinzolo, Val Rendena
Hiking route Moderate
Across the Brenta Dolomites - Sentiero Palmieri (basso)
The lower Palmieri path in the southern Brenta, crossing to the Forcolotta di Noghera below the walls of the Ceda group.
6.5 km
Distance
613 m
Ascent
3 h 41 min
Duration
81
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Hiking route Difficult
Brenta Trek - Tappa 3 - Rif. XII Apostoli – Rif. Pedrotti
The third stage of the Brenta Trek, crossing from the Dodici Apostoli hut over the Forcolotta di Noghera to the Pedrotti hut.
9.5 km
Distance
913 m
Ascent
5 h 42 min
Duration
114
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Open route APT Madonna di Campiglio, Pinzolo, Val Rendena
Mountain bike route Difficult
804 "Ranzo-Andalo MTB"
A big dirt-road link back from Ranzo to Andalo, over the Sella di Andalo and past Malga Gazza and Malga Covelo.
42.4 km
Distance
3 314 m
Ascent
8 h 9 min
Duration
57
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Cycling route Moderate
Handbike - Nembia and Madonna del Caravaggio
A short handbike route above San Lorenzo Dorsino, taking in the WWF reserve at the Laghetto di Nembia and the church at Deggia.
8.0 km
Distance
196 m
Ascent
54 min
Duration
15
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- Laghetto di Nembia 782 m
- Athabaska 629 m
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Cycling route Difficult
The stage of 2022 Giro d'Italia Women.
A race-length road route from the Rotaliana plain to San Lorenzo Dorsino, with three long climbs by way of Andalo, Molveno and Passo Santel.
113.6 km
Distance
3 474 m
Ascent
13 h 10 min
Duration
137
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Hiking route Easy
Walk to the fossil deposits in Val d'Ambiez
A short walk up the Val d'Ambiez in the Brenta Dolomites to rock beds where marine fossils are exposed.
1.7 km
Distance
133 m
Ascent
50 min
Duration
19
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- Rifugio Cacciatore 1 820 m
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Hiking route Moderate
DBT Stage 7: Rifugio S. Agostini - Rifugio Tosa Pedrotti
A stage from the Agostini hut to the Tosa and Pedrotti huts at the heart of the Brenta, on the saddle beside the Bocca di Brenta.
6.2 km
Distance
552 m
Ascent
3 h 19 min
Duration
71
Check-ins
Open route APT Madonna di Campiglio, Pinzolo, Val Rendena
Hiking route Difficult
44 - Molveno - Nembia - Moline – S. Lorenzo in Banale
A long route from Molveno by Nembia and Moline down to San Lorenzo in Banale in the Giudicarie.
24.6 km
Distance
675 m
Ascent
7 h 25 min
Duration
65
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Cycling route Difficult
From the Dolomites to Lake Garda
A hundred-kilometre run down from the Brenta to the shore of Garda, back over the Passo Ballino and through the Limarò gorge.
106.4 km
Distance
2 385 m
Ascent
11 h 41 min
Duration
131
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Hiking route Easy
Lago Nembia
A short walk around the Nembia lake in the Sarca valley, a quiet water inside the Adamello Brenta park.
794 m
Distance
0 m
Ascent
11 min
Duration
13
Check-ins
- Laghetto di Nembia 782 m
Open route GPX Visit Trentino
Hiking route Moderate
791 "Molveno & Nembia Tour"
A dirt-road tour around the Molveno and Nembia lakes, easy going apart from one sharp climb near the start.
13.7 km
Distance
353 m
Ascent
4 h 5 min
Duration
63
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Hiking route Difficult
Val Ambiéz: walking in the Brenta Dolomites
A long day up the Val d'Ambiéz from Baesa above San Lorenzo in Banale to the Cacciatore and Agostini huts, returning the same way.
17.7 km
Distance
1 487 m
Ascent
9 h 28 min
Duration
39
Check-ins
Open route Garda Trentino
Cycling route Difficult
Dolomiti di Brenta Bike Explorer - Altopiano della Paganella: il monte Gazza e la Paganella
A hard Brenta Dolomites variant that branches off at Lago di Nembia and climbs the pastures of Monte Gazza onto the Paganella tableland.
44.3 km
Distance
3 511 m
Ascent
8 h 36 min
Duration
93
Check-ins
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Hiking route Easy
The Little Walkers' Trails: "Small huts built against the rocks"
A short family walk from the Nembia pond below Monte Ghez to the houses of Nembia, built against a fallen boulder for shelter and cheap walling.
4.3 km
Distance
41 m
Ascent
1 h 6 min
Duration
13
Check-ins
- Laghetto di Nembia 782 m
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Hiking route Moderate
Lake Molveno circuit
A circuit of Lake Molveno, taking in both shores under the walls of the Brenta.
10.1 km
Distance
248 m
Ascent
2 h 58 min
Duration
50
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Hiking route Difficult
Prada's gardens
A climb through clearings to the limestone grasslands of Prada, poor stony pasture mown once a year that still carries arnica and gentians.
11.1 km
Distance
927 m
Ascent
5 h 55 min
Duration
10
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Cycling route Difficult
Tour of the Banale Plateau
A road round over the Sella di Andalo to Molveno and on to the Comano spa and the villages of the Banale plateau.
52.4 km
Distance
1 484 m
Ascent
6 h 3 min
Duration
89
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Hiking route Easy
Walk around Nembia lake
A level circuit of the small lake at Nembia, under the rocks of Monte Ghez in the Adamello Brenta park.
2.6 km
Distance
10 m
Ascent
38 min
Duration
13
Check-ins
- Laghetto di Nembia 782 m
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Hiking route Moderate
Trek ring to Rifugio Cacciatore and Rifugio Agostini
A circuit high in the Val d'Ambiez between the Cacciatore and Agostini huts, under the towers of Cima Ambiez, Cima Tosa and the Cime di Ceda.
6.5 km
Distance
723 m
Ascent
4 h 22 min
Duration
41
Check-ins
- Rifugio Val d'Ambiez - Silvio Agostini 2 410 m
- Rifugio Cacciatore 1 820 m
Open route Garda Trentino
Hiking route Difficult
Sentiero della Ceda
A steep climb on the Ceda path into the southern Brenta, rising from the valley floor to the notches below the Cime di Ceda.
6.0 km
Distance
1 333 m
Ascent
4 h 57 min
Duration
8
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Cycling route Difficult
The Southern side of Brenta Dolomites
A demanding road loop around the south of the Brenta group, with the Passo Daone the hardest of its climbs before the return to Andalo.
90.7 km
Distance
3 054 m
Ascent
10 h 56 min
Duration
81
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Hiking route Easy
Vertical lifestyles
An easy but long walk in the Adamello Brenta park up the old ladder of settlement, from the village to the midway barns and the high hay farms.
6.5 km
Distance
235 m
Ascent
2 h 6 min
Duration
3
Check-ins
- Al Ritorno 789 m
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Hiking route Moderate
Trekking to Rifugio Agostini
A climb up the Val d'Ambiez to the Agostini hut, set at the head of the valley beneath the walls of the southern Brenta.
3.1 km
Distance
560 m
Ascent
2 h 7 min
Duration
41
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- Rifugio Val d'Ambiez - Silvio Agostini 2 410 m
- Rifugio Cacciatore 1 820 m
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Hiking route Difficult
Stenico - Tour
A long loop signed 942 out of Stenico, climbing past the Bosco Arte sculpture park and then rolling through meadow, woodland and farm hamlets back to the village.
18.1 km
Distance
494 m
Ascent
5 h 28 min
Duration
1
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- Torcel Affittacamere 599 m
- ex Orto Forestale 706 m
Open route Garda Trentino
Cycling route Difficult
From Paganella to Giudicarie
A long road day from the Andalo plateau into the Giudicarie, with the climb to the Passo Durone as the main effort.
74.9 km
Distance
2 360 m
Ascent
8 h 52 min
Duration
80
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Hiking route Easy
Walk around the hamlets of San Lorenzo Dorsino
An easy walk linking the stone hamlets of San Lorenzo Dorsino on the shelf above the Sarca valley.
3.8 km
Distance
102 m
Ascent
1 h 9 min
Duration
3
Check-ins
- Al Ritorno 789 m
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Hiking route Moderate
Trekking from Rifugio Cacciatore to Molveno through Val di Ceda
A crossing from the Cacciatore hut over the Forcolotta di Noghera and down the Val di Ceda to Molveno.
11.0 km
Distance
705 m
Ascent
6 h 38 min
Duration
35
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Cycling route Difficult
Villages and waterfalls
A very long road tour from Andalo past the lake at Molveno into the Val Genova, where the waterfalls are, and back over the Sella di Andalo.
112.2 km
Distance
2 787 m
Ascent
12 h 35 min
Duration
79
Check-ins
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Hiking route Easy
Affluente Torrente Ambiez P
A level route along a tributary of the Ambiez torrent, following the stream across the valley floor near San Lorenzo Dorsino.
4.2 km
Distance
0 m
Ascent
2 h 48 min
Duration
Open route GPX Visit Trentino
Hiking route Moderate
Prada loop
A loop up to the mown meadows of Prada above San Lorenzo Dorsino, on old tracks between the hay barns.
7.8 km
Distance
727 m
Ascent
4 h 31 min
Duration
13
Check-ins
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Cycling route Difficult
Ballino - Durone - Stenico
A road circuit from Riva over the Ballino and Durone passes, holding height across to Stenico.
87.5 km
Distance
2 198 m
Ascent
9 h 50 min
Duration
71
Check-ins
Open route Garda Trentino
Hiking route Easy
Custodi del Borgo
A walk between the twin knolls of Dòs Beo and Dòs Mani, replanted with conifers in 1940, with four lookouts over the village roofs and the Brenta spires.
4.3 km
Distance
180 m
Ascent
1 h 28 min
Duration
- Col Beo 880 m
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The memory of stone
A climb on the cobbled salegada above San Lorenzo Dorsino, its stones grooved by the sledges that brought hay down from the Prada meadows.
5.6 km
Distance
457 m
Ascent
2 h 54 min
Duration
10
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- Alpenrose 1 084 m
- Erica 1 028 m
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Cycling route Difficult
Discovering one of Italy's most beautiful villages
A road loop over the Sella di Andalo to Molveno and its lake, returning by the Agriturismo Ai Castioni and the Bar Ciao.
30.0 km
Distance
817 m
Ascent
3 h 26 min
Duration
64
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Hiking route Easy
Divieto Torrente Ambiez
A brief streamside stretch along the Torrente Ambiez, which drains the Ambiez cirque of the Brenta towards the Sarca.
299 m
Distance
26 m
Ascent
18 min
Duration
Open route Trentino Fishing
Hiking route Moderate
Torrente Ambiez P
A route along the Ambiez torrent, following the stream down from the Brenta valleys towards the Sarca.
9.5 km
Distance
113 m
Ascent
4 h 41 min
Duration
10
Check-ins
- Ristoro Dolomiti di Brenta 861 m
Open route Trentino Fishing
Cycling route Difficult
Molveno - Nembia
A short out-and-back from the lakeside at Molveno down to the small lake at Nembia, a WWF oasis in the Brenta foothills.
17.6 km
Distance
373 m
Ascent
1 h 55 min
Duration
49
Check-ins
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Hiking route Easy
La Falesia Dimenticata
A short approach to the Falesia Dimenticata, a rediscovered crag near San Lorenzo Dorsino that stays climbable all year.
214 m
Distance
0 m
Ascent
9 min
Duration
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Hiking route Moderate
943 "Banale Explorer"
A long round through the rural hamlets of San Lorenzo in Banale, counted among the finest villages in Italy, on the terraces above the Sarca.
12.1 km
Distance
414 m
Ascent
3 h 52 min
Duration
4
Check-ins
- Al Ritorno 789 m
- Torcel Affittacamere 599 m
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Cycling route Difficult
Terlago-Banale Gravel Tour
A gravel route from the lake at Terlago to the isolated village of Ranzo, then by track to San Lorenzo in Banale.
64.1 km
Distance
1 684 m
Ascent
7 h 16 min
Duration
23
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- Albergo Miralaghi 248 m
- Romitorio del Casale 445 m
- Casina Forestale 659 m
- Troticoltura 252 m
- Athabaska 629 m
- Troticoltura 262 m
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Open route Garda Trentino
Hiking route Easy
Promeghin Crag
A short approach to the Promeghin crag near San Lorenzo Dorsino, a wall with no real match between the Alto Garda and the Paganella.
228 m
Distance
50 m
Ascent
17 min
Duration
- Bar Promeghin 712 m
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Hiking route Moderate
La Bella Terra
A medium walk through the farmed country around San Lorenzo Dorsino, between hay meadows, hamlets and the woods below the Brenta.
10.4 km
Distance
344 m
Ascent
3 h 17 min
Duration
4
Check-ins
- Al Ritorno 789 m
- Torcel Affittacamere 599 m
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Hiking route Easy
The XTERRA World Championship track
A shorter lap of the XTERRA race course at Molveno, from the lakeshore into the woods above.
4.8 km
Distance
150 m
Ascent
1 h 30 min
Duration
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Hiking route Moderate
The many faces of our beautiful homeland
A circuit through the seven hamlets of San Lorenzo in Banale, past dry-stone walls and the ramps at Dorsino built to reach the haylofts from the street.
11.4 km
Distance
427 m
Ascent
3 h 44 min
Duration
4
Check-ins
- Al Ritorno 789 m
- Torcel Affittacamere 599 m
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Hiking route Easy
Torrente Bondai Z
A short, level route beside the Bondai torrent below San Lorenzo Dorsino, following the water down the valley.
3.6 km
Distance
37 m
Ascent
1 h 15 min
Duration
Open route Trentino Fishing
Hiking route Moderate
944 "Doss de la Cros"
A round over the Banale upland to the Doss de la Cros, dropping past the old mills of Deggia to the lake at Nembia.
11.6 km
Distance
537 m
Ascent
4 h 4 min
Duration
2
Check-ins
- Athabaska 629 m
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Passo Forcolotta di Noghera

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via Brenta Trek - Tappa 3 - Rif. XII Apostoli – Rif. Pedrotti

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DBT Stage 6: Rifugio XII Apostoli - Rifugio S. Agostini

Hiking route · Easy · ↔ 2.8 km · ↑ 318 m · ◷ 2 h 6 min

A stage ending at the Rifugio Silvio Agostini in the Val d'Ambiez, a Brenta basin walled by steep dolomite with the Ambiez face above.

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