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Asiago Tableland
Area/Range

Asiago Tableland

 
Asiago Tableland

Page Type: Area/Range

Location: Europe

Lat/Lon: 46.00972°N / 11.52303°E

Activities: Mixed

Elevation: 7664 ft / 2336 m

 

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Created/Edited: Aug 14, 2010 / Aug 19, 2010

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Asiago Tableland

From Vezzena Pass to M. Ortigara , along the traces of Austrian-Hungarian Empire


The Altopiano dei Sette Comuni (Seven cities highland, aka Asiago tableland) is a big range of sweet meadows and woods that borders, to the South, the Valsugana (Brenta river valley).
Its N border is made by a long ridge that to the N has high rocky and very wild walls (1500m high), to the S slope down gently, at the beginning with wild stony walleys and ribs, then with a big band of meadows and, after the main road (from Vezzena to Asiago) ends to the S with big wooded ribs.
Monte Trentin
The Cima Dodici - Ortigara range


The high parts of these slopes are crossed by a big net of military (1st WWW) unpaved roads) perfect for Mountain Bike and for cultural/panoramic hikes, some of this roads are open to private trafic so that you can save many hours walking to approach the summital ridge.

Vezzena Pass
Vezzena Pass 1428m.


 
Pizzo di levico
Pizzo di Levico 1908m.
 
Bocchetta delle Portule
Bocchetta Portule 1937m.
 
Mount Ortigara
Mount Ortigara 2108m.



The main accesses (by the car) to the high plains are :
  • Malga Larici (12 km from Passo Vezzena + 6 km from the road Vezzena-Asiago) - for Cima Portule range
  • Malga Galmarara (from Camporovere toward Trento for 4 km then on the right for 7 km) - Cima Dodici range
  • Piazzale Lozze (15 km from Gallio) - for the Ortigara range

    Summits

    The most interesting summits are the ones belonging to the north chain (from W to E)



  • Pizzo di Levico (Cima Vezzena or Spitz Verle - 1908m)
  • Cima Manderiolo (2049m)
  • Cima Portule (2308m)
  • Cima Dodici (2336m)
  • Cima Undici (2229m)
  • Cima Dieci (Monte Castelnuovo - 2215m)
  • Ortigara (2108m)
  • Cima della Caldiera (2124m)

    Mount Ortigara
     
    Pizzo di levico
     
    Monte Trentin
     
    Cima Dodici
     
    Pizzo di levico
     
    Monte Ortigara 2108m
    Pizzo di levico 1908m
    Monte Trentin 2310m
    Cima Dodici 2336m
    Cima Portule 2308m


    Val Trentin
    Trentin Valley and M. Trentin 2310m

    Pizzo di levico
    Cima Portule 2308m from Pizzo di levico

    Getting There

    BY RAIL & CAR
    You can reach Trentino from the north and south either by rail Verona-Brenner-Munich or on the A22 Brenner motorway.

    Local transport includes bus services run by the Trentino Trasporti and two minor railways, the Trento-Venice through Valsugana

     
    Cima 12
    Cima 12 2336m.
     
    Porta Manazzo
    Porta Manazzo 1795m.
     
    Mount Ortigara
    Military road

    External Links

    Asiago tableland
    A.P.T.Asiago
    Vezzena e Lavarone

    Valsugana - the NW border of Asiago tableland

    Pizzo di Levico - pano toward East

    Bivio Italia - pano 180° - Kaiser Karl Strasse

    Ortigara - pano toward North and East

    Images

    Monte TrentinMonte TrentinMount Ortigarathe N side (Valsugana)Val TrentinMonte Trentin
    Kaiser Karl Strassethe Valsugana sidePano from OrtigaraPizzo di levicoCima DodiciCima Manderiolo
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