The best waterfall hikes and walks in Gruppo Del Pasubio

Cozy refuge for a stop to regain energy. Located in a beautifully sized alpine meadow. Starting point for hikes and e-bike tours.

When climbing from Terragnolo you reach this point, the bulk of the effort is done

Hut nestled among green pastures, if you are climbing, you are on the right track

Contrary to popular belief, the seven crosses do not refer to the clashes on Pasubio, but rather to seven farmers who killed each other over grazing issues in the pre-war era.

Two interesting WW1 tunnels on the Castillieri road, very shaded path, excellent in the summer

This chasm of debris and enormous rock masses was caused by a gigantic mine that on March 13, 1918, shattered the saddle between the Austrian and Italian Denti, shattering and changing the morphology of the northern slope of the latter. During the First World War, at this point on Pasubio, the two enemy lines found themselves very close to each other, neither able to gain the upper hand. Eventually, with the onset of winter, each side barricaded itself on its own Denti, transforming it into a veritable fortress and underground city. Both commands then decided the only solution was to blow up the enemy stronghold from the foundations: thus began the war of mines and countermines, with a dense network of offensive tunnels (trying to get under the enemy) and defensive ones (mostly Italian, trying to intercept the enemy tunnel by the noise of the excavations and stop it with an explosion). Between the autumn of 1917 and the spring of 1918, there were 10 explosions, 5 Austrian and 5 Italian, until the gigantic 50-ton Austrian dynamite charge at 4:30 a.m. on March 13, 1918, which killed 52 Italian soldiers and, due to a backfire, also 3 Austrians. The film passes right over the remains of that event, with irretrievable soldiers still buried deep underground for over 100 years. Plaque: "Under these shattered rocks lie the Italian soldiers surprised by the explosion of the Austrian and Italian mines (March 13, 1918) / C.G.O.C.G. [General Commissioner for the Honors of the Fallen in War - Ministry of Defense] 1973."

The Dente Italiano and the Dente Austriaco are two rocky towers of equal altitude facing each other, separated by a saddle but sadly united by history: during the First World War, they were the point on Pasubio where enemy lines were closest. With the Strafexpedition of 1916, the imperial army reached the Dente Austriaco, but was blocked by royal troops who had arrived on the Dente Italiano. A grueling and bloody standoff began, with several attempts to break through, all in vain. The impending winter prevented further fighting, and both sides began to fortify their positions and make them more livable... In the Dente Italiano, the Army Corps of Engineers created a veritable underground citadel. It could accommodate 500 men, with all the necessary means of subsistence: shelters, storage facilities, a cistern for drinking water, a generator for lighting, dressing stations, and command posts. The armament consisted of five machine guns, two cannons, and one flamethrower, supported by artillery from the nearby Palon and Cogolo Alto peaks. In contrast, the Austrian Tooth was transformed into an impregnable fortress, thanks to its elongated, square shape, with fire on three sides. There were 10 machine gun emplacements and six artillery emplacements in the cave, complemented by the armament arrayed along the trenches at the summit: 18 grenade launchers, 12 grenade launchers, four flamethrowers, five cannons, and 10 machine guns. Here, too, the bowels of the mountain housed the troops with all the logistical and survival equipment: shelters, storage facilities, lighting, ventilation, a cistern, a telephone exchange, searchlights, etc. Faced with the impossibility of advancing, both commands believed the only solution was to blow up the enemy stronghold from the ground up: thus began the war of mines and countermines, with a dense network of underground tunnels. Between the autumn of 1917 and the spring of 1918, there were 10 explosions, five Austrian and five Italian, until the gigantic 50-ton Austrian dynamite charge on March 13, 1918, which shattered the northern slope of the Dente Italiano, altering its morphology and causing casualties on both sides. After years of war and thousands of deaths, the great war on Pasubio ended with the front line virtually unchanged! To pass between the two Denti, one passes through the chasm created by the mine, amidst enormous boulders and debris: impressive.

Tradition has it that the Seven Crosses were placed in memory of an ancient feud in the 15th century between shepherds, who bitterly fought over the meager pastures of the Pasubio massif: in a violent fight that broke out between seven herdsmen, six were killed; the last, desperate in front of the lifeless bodies of the others, took his own life. They were buried on the spot where they had died. The Seven Crosses do not therefore refer to war episodes of the Great War, despite being located in the middle of a combat zone, close to the Dente Italiano and the Dente Austriaco: here in particular on 2 July 1916, during the Strafexpedition, the imperial Kaiserjäger broke through and broke through the enemy lines, reaching the point of maximum penetration into the Pasubio.