PAGANELLA PLATEAU and MOLVENO LAKE

THE PLATEAU AND THE VILLAGES

A tourist district perfect for summer and winter holidays and a place where you can watch beautiful skyline with the Dolomiti di Brenta and the Adige Valley that sorround the plateau. The natural environment is surely the greater attraction thanks to the Natural Park Adamello Brenta where you can watch free brown alpine bears, to innumerable paths as the expert traveler than the beginner and the same is for the Mountain Bikers that can choose between many routes. In winter this place become the ski homeland with the tracks between Andalo and Fai della Paganella. Finally I want to point your attention to the amusement offers and above all to the Sports Center of Andalo with pools, football, volley and basketball fields, minogolf and more other. Now you can understand why the American Ski nation and many italian soccer team choose this place for their gatherings.

Andalo - Farmestead circuit

This route has its origin in the history of the village of Andalo that has been built by some peasant that came here to exploit the forests that covered this place. This path start near the Road Tender's House. Along this route you can watch Maso (Farmstead) Ghezzi, Maso Cadìn, Maso Pegorar then you go around Andalo Lake and continue to Maso Fovo. After you reach Maso Doss, Maso Bortolon and Maso Toscana (the most ancient), you cross the zone of Palù, then Maso Monech (beautiful view on Brenta River), Maso Melchiori, Maso Perli and you finish to Maso Ponte.
Difficulty: middle-low (7km) Time of route: 2,30 h

Andalo - Path to Molveno Lake

From the village of Andalo (Piazza Dolomiti) walk along the main street to Molveno until to arrive to the entrance of a path (with table that report "Molveno"). Continue along this path accompanied by the noise of the waters of the Rio Lambin. The route is easy but some part could be extremely damp (specially if has rained recently). Arrived at a excavated road continued until to reach a forest road in the crowds of a clearing. Maintaining the right path you reach a panoramic position on the lake of Molveno and now you come until the lake Bior and the village of Molveno.
Difficulty: easy Time of route: 1,30 h

Adamello Brenta Natural Park - The path of three alpine shelters

This self made path allow you to reach three alpine shelters of Pradel, Montanara and Croz dell'Altissimo. Take the Molveno chairlift that lead you to the Pradel Shelter. Take the road on your right and then walk along the ski tracks until to reach the Tovre Alpine summer pasture where is possible to buy cheese, butter and other products here made. Now take the forest road fallowing the tracks of another chairlift until to see the Shelter Montanara at the feet of the Mountain Palon del Tovre; here there is a play area for children and you can taste typical alpine dish (with game). After a short pause take the caves path (sentiero grotte) towards Shelter of Croz dell'Altissimo, (path n. 340bis and then the n. 340). This route is not quite signalled and we advice you to have a path map of this area. Cross the forests and rocky ravines and admire the the magnificent scenery of the Dolomites di Brenta and in 1,30h you arrive to the Shelter located to the feet of the homonymous top. Here we enjoyed a good spezzatino with mush and mushrooms. To return take the path signalled to Molveno (n. 322 and then n. 319) that following the course of the Rio Mosso and leads to the Alpine Hut Ciclamino (bar) and then to the village in about two hours.
Difficulty: middle (attention in the path from Rifugio Montanara and Rifugio Croz dell'Altissimo Time of route 5h

Spormaggiore - the bear park

The Bears Area of Spormaggiore allow you to observe the brown bear, the biggest mountain mammal that returned in the forest of Trentino thanks to an appropriate project of reintroduction. Here you will be able to admire in a natural environment three examples that live inside an area of 7000 square meters. In short-term the park will be able to accommodate other typical alpine species: the wolf and the lynx. The bear area (about 7000 square meters), is provided of four artificial dens used from the bears for the daily hospitalization.