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Hiking Trail
· Lagorai Chain
Cardinal - Cima della Busa Alta - Cima di Canzenàgol (or Cima di Canzenàol)
Little Fish Trek
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Ladder on the northwest variant of the ascent to Cardinal.Photo: Mario Briotto, Little Fish Trek
Usually, two separate hikes are considered between Cardinal and the pair Busa Alta – Canzenàgol, but today the day was forecast with perfect weather also for the afternoon and… I wanted to “amortize” the four and a half hours of round-trip driving needed to reach Baita Monte Cauriol.
Returning from Cardinal you pass the starting parking – so this route can be evaluated with great flexibility, including having a lighter backpack for long hikes since you can resupply at your car or at Baita Monte Cauriol.
I categorized this outing as a “hike” and not as an “alpine trail” because: 1) the passages with “real use of hands” are very short; 2) the aid equipment is not difficult to manage and is average to what is found on many other Lagorai routes.
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In the “Directions to follow” sheet I describe my vision of the day.
Author’s recommendation
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For a complete overview of the routes traveled and described in the Lagorai Chain, in the Cima d’Asta Group, and in the Cimón Rava Massif, you can refer to the link → Hiking in the Lagorai Chain plus Cima d'Asta and Cimón Rava.
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Rest stops
Rifugio Baita Monte CauriolMalga Sadole
Safety information
Avoid with snow, ice, and recent rains.To be done only with super-safe weather and excellent visibility expected all day and at all altitudes.
Tips and suggestions
As a recommended period, I indicated from June to October, but in June there still may be residual snow accumulations that can hinder progress and may require specific equipment.Roadbook
This route was traveled on September 12, 2018, and all subsequent observations and considerations fully apply only to that day.
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Strangely, the climbs to Cardinal and Cima della Busa Alta are not marked in red on the most well-known hiking maps, despite being well indicated on the ground by many CAI-style trail markers.
Cima Canzanagol, instead, has no trail markers but a few small cairns along the somewhat faint trail traces.
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The trails are the prototype of the Lagorai routes and in the higher parts toward the three peaks are military constructions from the Great War.
Some "slightly" equipped sections on Cardinal: a ladder, a short rope just before the summit, and a series of ropes on the steep descent towards Forcella della Busa Alta.
The average difficulty is… average compared to the other Lagorai peaks that can be considered at a hiking level.
The few slightly steep or exposed passages are comparable to many found on well-known and frequented Dolomite trails: with attention, any hiker with average experience can pass (I referred to the Dolomites just for comparison, since Lagorai has nothing to do with the Dolomites).
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Reiterating that to reach Cardinal and Cima della Busa Alta it is enough to follow the trail markers, a few words are needed only for Cima di Canzenagol or Canzenaol.
From the junction with the trail to Cima della Busa Alta, turn left initially on a normal path indicated by some cairns.
You reach under the characteristic "basin slope" where a series of switchbacks on a military trail begins, which gradually becomes less evident but "persists" almost up to the rocky band of the summit ridge.
This military trail disappears definitively only in the last few meters, and at that point, it is not difficult to reach the base of the rocky band almost at its far right end.
At a notch that seems climbable, you will notice a large, somewhat faded red mark (just above there are a couple more smaller ones).
Even if the notch seems and actually is climbable with easy climbing, immediately to the left of the large red mark another military trail branches off (as usual), which with tight zig-zags shaped and stepped in the rock quickly leads to the final ridge.
The ridge is quite sharp, but on the steep east side, there is a path just below the ridge line on which it is possible to walk fairly well with some attention.
The only little problem is… the barbed wire lying on the ground 100 years after the war ended: some pieces are right on the trail and it’s better to watch your step.
If you go without following the GPS, take a reference point to remember on the way back where the exact descent point from the ridge is in correspondence with the military trail.
Piccolo Museo della Guerra alla Baita Monte Cauriol
Malga Sadole
Pian delle Madalene
Cardinal
Directions
From Ziano di Fiemme you need to enter Val Sadole and continue to the end of the accessible section where Baita Monte Cauriol and Malga Sadole are located.Those using the Google Maps navigator can set the points of interest “Rifugio Baita Monte Cauriol” or “Malga Sadole” (update October 2025).
Parking
Parking just before Baita Monte Cauriol.Coordinates
Book recommendation by the author
by Mario Corradini
ITALIAN ALPINE CLUB – ITALIAN TOURING CLUB
Series GUIDES TO THE MOUNTAINS OF ITALY
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“Hiking in Lagorai and Cima d’Asta”
by Lorenzo Comunian and Denis Perilli
IDEA MONTAGNA EDITORIA E ALPINISMO – author trails series
Author’s map recommendations
Publisher 4LAND number 113 “Lagorai - Cima d’Asta” 1:25,000
KOMPASS number 626 “Lagorai Chain - Cima d’Asta” 1:25,000
Book recommendations for this region:
Recommended maps for this region:
Equipment
Standard hiking equipment.Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
User Questions