Code: Black
Length: 29.5 km
Height Difference: 570 m
Level of difficulty: Very difficult
Time: 5 hours
Extremely interesting itinerary as regards both the environment and the history of the area. The run starts at the main Campomulo refuge (see starting post) and gradually rises to reach the Saddle (1624m) and then Casara Fiaretta (Malga dei Sogni). Shortly afterwards, you reach a vast clearing with an extensive view of the most famous mountains of the GreatWar. After a short but steep descent and a longer climb, you reach the Fiara wood. An extremely varied route then leads to Malga Boscosecco. The track continues to climb until it reachers a fork with the track to the right leading to the main itinerary (red) at Pra Campofilone. Bear left along a track which flattens out and winds through the wonderful Mitterwald wood until it reaches the Boscosecco spring after two km or so. From here, the track goes up and down several humps and crosses Busa di Terre More and Busa di Pettine until it reaches the turning for Monte Forno. Turn left here and climb up into the midst of constantly-changing landscape until you reach the turning (1937m) at the head of the Galmarara Valley. Here, the view is breath-taking. Turn to the right and after climbing one km up to a ridge, you reach the Italia turning (1987m). Here the track points towards Mount Ortigara, in a desert of snow, with alternating depressions and hillocks, skirting Peak XII and Peak XI, passing round Mount Campigoletti and reaches the top of the mountain (2106m) 7km later. The summit is dominated by the commemorative stone placed there by the Italian Alpini Association. The view of the Dolomites is wonderful.The descent to the Malga Moline (about 3 km) is difficult or very difficult and cannot be maintained by the snow ploughs due to the great difficulties encountered by the vehicles in this section. From Malga Moline, the track goes down again to the main refuge for the red circuit. If there is too much snow, it is best to turn back along the run and take the track towards Malga Moline at the Mount Forno turning (see the description of the Valsugana circuit). In this case, the circuit is 36km long.