Monte Verena Historic WWI Trail (via CAI 820)

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Monte Verena Historic WWI Trail (via CAI 820)

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Monte Verena Historic WWI Trail (via CAI 820)

03:59

11.9km

480m

Hiking

Historic WWI trail through spruce forests to Forte Verena's summit with 360° plateau views.

Last updated: September 15, 2025

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Waypoints

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3.02 km

Batterie Verenetta

Archaeological Site

3.46 km

Forte Verena Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The stretch of CAI path 820 which from the top of Mount Verena descends along the western ridge to Casara Campovecchio, coincides with groomed slopes for alpine skiing and is therefore not passable in winter.

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3.65 km

Forte Verena

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Forte Verena was an Italian fortress built between 1910 and 1914 to defend the Italian border with the Austro-Hungarian Empire at an altitude of 2,019 meters on the top of …

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4.08 km

Panoramic View of Valdassa and Monte Portule

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Almost arriving at the Verena peak, a fantastic panorama opens up over the upper part of Valdassa, the Vezzena plain and the Portule group

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5.52 km

View from the former Rossapoan battery

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A promontory overlooking the abyss, offering breathtaking views of the Assa Valley below and the northern crest of the Asiago Plateau mountains, with the beautiful, elongated Portule in the foreground. …

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6.61 km

Abisso Spiller

Highlight • Cave

8.33 km

Cave Entrance

11.9 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.28 km

1.89 km

511 m

207 m

Surfaces

5.34 km

2.44 km

1.89 km

1.73 km

500 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

14°C

7°C

39 %

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Comments

October 22, 2023,Anello del Forte Verena

Simple circular excursion starting from the car parks of the Monte Verena ski lifts. Walking on easy paths and comfortable forest roads you reach the top of Monte Verena where there is the fort of the same name which played an important role in the first weeks of the Great War: from here the first cannon shot was fired by …

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June 2, 2023,Anello del Forte Verena

Departure: Casara di Campovecchio, just before the Verenetta ski lifts, Mezzaselva
Going uphill, follow the signs for the CAI 820 trail to Mount Verena. The trail is mostly a mule track, except for a short stretch in the woods that climbs steeply, after the Spiller abyss and up to Mount Rossapoan.
Going downhill, follow the signs for Casara di Campovecchio, …

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