Hike from Serrada to the Filzi mountain hut

The easy hiking tour leads from the high plateau of Folgaria to Mt Finonchio (1,620 m asl), the mountain above the city of Rovereto.

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The locality of Serrada belongs to the municipality of Folgaria - this small village and residence of the famous local futurist Fortunato Depero is the starting point of our hike.
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From the Pasubio road in the village centre we follow the signpost 104 in a westerly direction.
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We leave the forest road and continue our hike on a gravel road.
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It’s the end of September - summer is gone, but some flowers can still be seen on the meadows.
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The path leads us through a forest.
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Autumn is the season for mushrooms.
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After approx. 3 km we leave the woods and reach the meadows of Mt Finonchio.
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Beginning of autumn on the alpine meadows at 1,600 m asl. It’s easy to imagine the beautiful summer meadows in full bloom.
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View towards Mt Stivo (2,059 m asl).
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View towards Mt Baldo with Mt Altissimo di Nago.
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We are approaching the transmission mast near the Filzi mountain hut.
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View towards north with the Adige valley and the city of Trento.
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View from the Rifugio Filzi on Mt Bondone.
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The Vallagarina valley with the villages of Volano and Isera - on the left, behind the trees, there’s the city of Rovereto.
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The path from Serrada to Mt Finonchio is quite easy.
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The high plateau of Folgaria is a true hiking paradise, in spring and summer as well as in autumn and winter (for example for snowshoe hiking tours). On a warm day at the end of September we decide to hike onto Mount Finonchio. We start our tour in the centre of the small village of Serrada near Folgaria and follow trail no. 104, which leads us into the forest.

After about 3 km of hiking through the forest, we reach the beautiful alpine meadows on Mount Finonchio. Following the signpost “Rifugio Fratelli Filzi“ we soon enjoy beautiful views of the high plateaus of Folgaria and Vigolana, Mount Pasubio, Mount Baldo, Mount Stivo and the peaks of Mount Bondone. Arrived at the Rifugio Filzi we look down to the Val d’Adige and Trento as well as the Vallagarina valley with Rovereto and Volano. Since at the end of September the Rifugio Filzi is closed on working days we have brought a picnic with us in our rucksacks.

This is a very easy hiking tour since it is relatively short and leads on a broad and well maintained hiking trail.

Author: AT

If you want to do this hike, please take information about the current conditions on site!

Starting point: Folgaria, Serrada (centre)
Signposts: SAT/CAI no. 104, Rifugio Filzi - Pra del Finonchio
Distance: approx. 4.2 km (each direction)
Walking time: approx. 90 minutes (each direction)
Altitude difference: approx. 430 m
Altitude level: between 1,240 and 1,610 m asl
Experienced in: September 2011

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