CAI Path 1011 Mariech Loop

From the Malga Mariech crossroads, we follow the CAI signs and head north along a wide flat trail over grassy terrain. After about fifteen minutes, the town of Feltre appears to the northwest, signaling the start of the descent toward the ruins of Pecol (1406 m); a few minutes later we enter a beech forest, typical of the woods north of the Cesèn Massif.

Without particular difficulty, we descend further to the Busa del Pian de Vedin until we meet the dirt road coming down from Malga Mariech (1230 m, CAI signs). A little further on (about 5 minutes) we reach the Capitel del Garda (1200 m), historically the border between the provinces of Treviso and Belluno.

With a sharp right turn, we now continue southeast along a gently descending dirt road until we reach another sharp turn, this time left, which leads to a short climb on moderate slopes. Suddenly the forest becomes fir trees and after a few minutes we arrive at the ruins of Casera Forcona (1269 m), where a nearly flat stretch of almost 1.5 km begins. A short ascent within an open and evocative beech forest leads us to the meadows of Casera Federa (1329 m) which we reach by arriving at the dirt road and following the CAI signs. After passing the structure we continue northwest along the wide path and follow its curve left until we reach a CAI arrow; we now begin to climb again, entering a small wood which we easily cross in about fifteen minutes until emerging on a grassy saddle (1419 m, CAI signs).

Continuing westward, we reach Casera Forconetta (1380 m), which we pass until we come into view of Malga Mariech. On a still flat path, we cross the northwest slopes of Monte Forconetta, bypass a water tank, and continue until we intersect a dirt road; continuing along this, we pass the CAI signs and go around the northern slopes of Col Posanova until arriving at a right turn (Malga Mariech perfectly visible above us, barbed wire to our left). At this point, we leave the dirt road and climb the slope heading for the summit; after a few minutes we meet another water tank, which we skirt on the right and continue on the path toward the saddle in front of us. Once reached (CAI signs), we turn right and climb the easy ridge that descends from Mariech; as the panorama opens more and more to our right toward the south, in about fifteen minutes we reach the meadows in front of the alpine hut and then the hut itself where the path ends.