Ring route within the Laghestel Nature Reserve

Hiking trail • Altopiano di Pine' and Valle di Cembra

Ring route within the Laghestel Nature Reserve

<strong>Most of this ring route takes place within a protected wetland area called 'Laghestel'. There are no difficult sections on this route, and the differences in height are minor.</strong>

From Baselga, the route takes you along an easy tarmac road past the panoramic church of Vigo to a 6,000-m² wetland area of great natural-scientific interest that has been designated as a nature reserve.

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Ring route within the Laghestel Nature Reserve

Hiking trail · Altopiano di Pinè,Valle di Cembra

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Azienda per il Turismo Altopiano di Piné e Valle di Cembra

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Most of this ring route takes place within a protected wetland area called 'Laghestel'. There are no difficult sections on this route, and the differences in height are minor.

easy

Distance 5.6 km

2:00 h

59 m

66 m

976 m

910 m

Author’s recommendation

Treat yourself to a slow afternoon, with slow steps, deep breaths, reading the information signs and sitting on one of the many benches along the way.

Difficulty

easy

Technique

Stamina

Experience

Landscape

Highest point

976 m

Lowest point

910 m

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Safety information

THE 10 RULES FOR HIKERS

Prepare your itinerary beforehand
Choose an itinerary that suits your physical abilities
Choose suitable clothes and equipment
Check the weather forecast
Hiking by yourself is more risky; if this is the case, take a mobile phone with you
Leave information about your itinerary and your expected return time
If you are not sure about your itinerary, contact an Alpine Guide
Pay attention to signposts and directions that you find along your way
Do not hesitate in going back if you feel too tired
In case of emergency call 112

Tips and hints

Piné Cembra Tourist Office - Tel. +39 0461 557028 - info@visitpinecembra.it - www.visitpinecembra.it

Start

Baselga di Piné (952 m)

Coordinates:

46.129829, 11.244249

DMS

46°07'47.4"N 11°14'39.3"E

UTM

32T 673368 5110921

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Destination

Baselga di Piné

Turn-by-turn directions

From the town hall of Baselga, follow the main road in the direction of Trento for about a hundred metres, then take the first tarmac road on your left. After a few dozens of metres, turn right into a small road that makes a circle around the Dosso di Vigo. Follow it until it joins a tarmac road which takes you to the village of Vigo. Before you go down to the village square, we recommend you make a detour along the mule path on your left to the church of San Giuseppe and the panoramic hill on which it stands. Carry on across Vigo along gently undulating tarmac roads until a place called 'Ferrari'. From there keep going straight ahead until the tarmac road becomes a dirt road. This is where the circular walk around the Laghestel biotope begins. Although a map invites you to walk anticlockwise round Laghestel, feel free to go clockwise if you prefer. Laghestel is one of the 68 biotopes of major interest to be found in Trentino. In ancient times, the Laghestel basin was occupied by a 20-metre-deep lake. As the result of a natural process, the lake has slowly turned into a peat bog. From 1600 onwards, various drainage attempts were made. These included the digging of drainage channels which increased the speed at which the lake surface had been naturally shrinking. Nowadays, the lake occupies the area where the basin is at its deepest. It covers an area of 6,000 m², is 90 metres across and has a maximum depth of 2.5 metres.

Note

all notes on protected areas

Public transport

Baselga di Piné can be reached using lines B 403 or B 402 of the suburban public transport.

Getting there

By car: From either south or north, from the A22 Brennero motorway (from the south exit Trento south - north exit Trento north) or from the main Brennero road n. 12; continue on the Valsugana main road SS 47 towards Pergine Valsugana-Padova; when you reach the junction with the Altopiano di Piné road, turn off into this secondary road SP 83 known as the “di Piné” road. Search for route.