Col Margherita - Geological Trail - Cavia Lake - Passo San Pellegrino

<p>The excursion allows you to explore the Col Margherita area, straddling Trentino and Veneto, with a suggestive panorama over the Costabella-Cima Uomo-Sas de Valfredda ridge, on the northern chain of the Pale di San Martino and towards the Agordino mountains.</p>

<p>From Passo San Pellegrino, take the cable car to reach the Col Margherita. From the top station of the lift, descend along the dirt road that retraces the ski slope (trail no. 695). Then reach the Forcella di Pradazzo, where trail no. 658 from Passo Valles also converges. Now follow trail no. 695 which descends, through pastures and rocks, towards the artificial Cavia lake. Pass below the basin, moving to the opposite shore. Climb back up the rocky slope, with some ups and downs, arriving at Col Caviette, from where you rejoin trail no. 658. Follow it and shortly reach the Pale del Cargol balcony. Bypass the porphyric promontory towards the south, cross a rocky basin and finally the ski slope descending from Col Margherita. The trail now heads towards the pass. Through small clearings, dense rhododendron bushes and a sparse forest of Swiss stone pines and larches, you reach the cable car lower station.</p>