The best hikes from bus stations in Gruppo Del Pasubio

very beautiful mountain hut, worth a visit, easy to reach

Eremo an incredible construction in an incredible spectacular place It is built practically inside the mountain unbelievable and close to a hydroelectric plant

A charming and fun via ferrata that ascends Corno Battisti, winding between the rocks of its southern face and continuing into its depths! It's officially designated an EEA via ferrata; but if you're sure-footed, familiar, and prudent, it can be tackled even without kit... otherwise, a harness. It's easy to lose your bearings at the forks and crossroads encountered in the darkness of the tunnel: a flashlight is essential. The entire route is characterized by surprising World War I structures: the stairs carved into the stone; the impressive, steep tunnel that pierces the promontory, endless, humid, claustrophobic, and completely dark; its entrance ('the Lion's Mouth'), marked by the original sign of the Mining Company that dug it; and a thrilling, challenging, and anxiety-inducing vertical metal ladder of about fifteen meters ('the Carrucola Shaft'), originally used to lower excavated material. The last section of the tunnel has currently (2025) collapsed - restoration work is underway - so you can reach the top of the Corno by exiting into the open and circumnavigating the bastion.

It was in this very place, on July 10, 1916, that Lieutenant Cesare Battisti and Second Lieutenant Fabio Filzi, irredentists from Trentino, were captured by Austro-Hungarian soldiers: the two, in an attempt to conquer the peak together with a handful of infantrymen, were taken prisoner and taken to Trento, where two days later they were summarily tried and hanged in the courtyard of the Buonconsiglio Castle, for high treason. The rocky promontory, known during the conflict as 'Corno di Vallarsa', was renamed 'Corno Battisti' after the war, in memory of the historical figure who still arouses divisive thoughts: contextualized in the historical period, on the Austro-Hungarian side he was a traitor, while on the Italian side he was a patriot (and glorified for this in the fascist era). https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare_Battisti https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabio_Filzi https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irredentismo_italiano

Spectacular tunnel from the First World War: endless, steep, humid, and completely dark. A flashlight is essential. Currently (2025), the summit is closed due to a collapse: from below, it is accessed via the Franco Galli Equipped Path; from above, by circumnavigating the Corno bastion and climbing a challenging vertical metal ladder about fifteen meters high. EE. Corno Battisti is a rocky outcrop dominating the Vallarsa Valley. Due to its strategic position, it was fiercely contested during the First World War. At the beginning of the conflict, it was in Italian hands, but with the Strafexpedition of 1916, the Austro-Hungarians occupied it; the Italian army, unable to retake it, dug a mine tunnel from below to pierce the Corno and blow up the summit; the Imperials, in turn, dug a countermine tunnel from above. Everything was ready for the detonation, but a coup by a few brave men allowed the Italians to conquer the summit, which they held until the end of the war!

Corno Battisti, an isolated rocky bastion of the Pasubio Group, overlooking the Vallarsa Valley, offers a spectacular view of the long valley and the surrounding mountains: Pasubio, Sengio Alto, Carega, and Monte Zugna. Precisely because of its strategic position, it was fiercely contested during the First World War: the ability to monitor all troop and supply movements along the valley floor from up there made Corno a crucial point to be occupied and defended at all costs... it was in fact nicknamed "the eye of Pasubio" or "the spy of Vallarsa." At the beginning of the conflict, it was a garrison of the Italian army, but with the Strafexpedition of 1916, it was occupied by the Austro-Hungarians. Unable to recapture it, the Italians dug a mine tunnel from below to pierce the Corno and blow up the summit; the Imperials, in turn, dug a countermine tunnel from above. Everything was ready for the detonation, but a coup by a few brave men allowed the peak to be retaken by the Royal Army, which held it until the end of the war. The Austro-Hungarian observatory still survives at the summit. The bowels of the promontory are instead carved out by a surprising and easily navigable labyrinth of dark, damp tunnels with steep steps (EE). In 1916, near the summit, the Austro-Hungarians captured the irredentists Cesare Battisti and Fabio Filzi. They were immediately taken to Trento and hanged at Buonconsiglio Castle as traitors. For this reason, the peak, known at the time as 'Corno della Vallarsa', was renamed 'Corno Battisti' after the war. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Corno_Battisti https://www.esercito.difesa.it/storia/pagine/monte-corno.aspx

Cappuccio di Pulcinella is a sharp and isolated presummit of Corno Battisti, offering a remarkable view of Rovereto and the surrounding mountains. You climb to the tunnel dug beneath the summit via a ladder carved into the rock and overcoming a short, exposed ledge, always with the aid of a fixed steel rope. At the beginning of World War I, the entire rocky complex of Corno Battisti was occupied by the Italian army, but with the Strafexpedition of 1916, the summit was conquered by the Austro-Hungarians, who made it a key observation point over the Vallarsa Valley. Cappuccio di Pulcinella, however, remained in Italian hands, who transformed it into a fortified advanced observation post for the assault on the Corno.

The calchèra or calcàra was a huge kiln in which large quantities of limestone were baked to produce lime for construction. It consisted of a two-tiered barrel-shaped structure made of heat-resistant square stones: the material was loaded from the top, while the fire was continuously stoked from the lower mouth, day and night for 6-8 days. Lime was obtained from the rock baked at a constant temperature, crumbled, and treated with water. According to some accounts, the Valmorbia and Zocchio lime kilns were used until the 1950s, when new technologies and chemicals allowed for faster and more productive lime production. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcara_(fornace)