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Monte Calva 29.9.2021

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Wanderung im Trentino: Monte Calva 29.9.2021
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Vesta-Fienile Berard-Monte Calva-Fienile Berard-Vesta

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Distance 7.1 km

3:10 h

805 m

1,192 m

387 m

Vesta-Fienile Berard-Monte Calva-Fienile Berard-Vesta

Author’s recommendation

This is not a conventional "summit." It is rather the highest point you can reach. However, even those who only want to walk the Sentiero Calva will get their money’s worth. The "summit" offers no view and cannot be found at all without some sense of orientation. But if you want the "summit," you should make the effort.

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Difficulty

moderate

Overall difficulty

moderate

Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

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Highest point

1,192 m

Lowest point

387 m

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245 m

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1.5 km

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3 m

Path

4.4 km

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992 m

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The path has a consistent decent slope almost throughout but otherwise presents no difficulties.

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Geographical location

Province of Brescia (Lombardy)

Tributaries

Chiese, Caffaro

Outflow

Chiese → Oglio → Po

Islands

none

Towns on the shore

Idro

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Coordinates

♁45° 46′ 26″ N, 10° 30′ 32″ E Coordinates: 45° 46′ 26″ N, 10° 30′ 32″ E | |

Elevation above sea level

368 m a.s.l.

Area

11 km²

Length

10 km

Width

1.9 km

Volume

0.6 km³

Maximum depth

122 m

The Idro Lake (Italian Lago d’Idro or Erídio; Latin lacus eridus) is an upper Italian alpine lake. The valley belongs to the valleys of the Judicaries (Italian Valli Giudicarie). The Idro Lake is located in the northern Italian province of Brescia between Lake Garda, Lake Ledro and Lake Iseo.

The 11 km² large, 10 km long and (before Rocca d’Anfo) 122 m deep lake lies at 368 m a.s.l. The natural reservoir lake, a product of the ice age, is fed by the rivers Chiese and Caffaro. The Chiese leaves the lake at Pieve Vecchia. At the highest water level, the lake's water volume is almost 600 million m³.

The lake is used, among other things, for fishing, which has been carried out here since ancient times, as well as for irrigation reserves in the areas of Brescia and Mantua. The mountain lake is almost as warm as Lake Garda, which reaches 20 °C in summer. The large municipality of Idro lies on its shore.

In 1961, the first campsite was opened at Idro Lake. It is now managed by the German company AZUR Freizeit GmbH.

The lake is a meromictic water body due to its stratification.

Vesta

Vesta lies on the alluvial cone of the Rio Vesta. Like in Paröle, there are only holiday homes here. Vesta is the last district on the east side of the lake that can be reached by car from the south. Paröle and Vesta were only accessible by vehicles over land after tunnel openings in the cliffs that rise steeply into the lake allowed a passage (around 1910).

Roadbook

From the starting place next to the road, just behind the stream, it first goes moderately along the path to the first fork. After that, it goes up with a decent slope to the Fienile Berard, which in my opinion is where the Sentiero della Calva ends. From here I followed the forest road to the left over a switchback to the yellow house above the Fienile Berard. Then further along the forest road until another forest road branches off on the left. On this, there are even a few old markings. The forest road ends in a clearing with a small hut. To the right of the hut, between two large bushes, you can see footprints that turn into a small path in the forest. At the end of the path, you reach the next clearing and the highest point, the "summit" of Monte Calva. To the left, slightly downhill, you come across the remains of a presumed fortification from the war. There is no view here because of the forest, but the forest itself is also worth seeing. The descent corresponds to the ascent. The best place, besides the beach at Vesta, for a break is at the Fienile Berard.

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Directions

Via Vantone, SP 58

Parking

Small parking lot directly at the starting point in Vesta

Coordinates

45.778103, 10.523753

DMS

45°46'41.2"N 10°31'25.5"E

UTM

32T 618458 5070522

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Normal hiking equipment: sturdy shoes, sticks, backpack, change of clothes, rainwear, first aid kit, bivouac sack, snack, drink, map, camera, sunscreen, sunglasses, cap, money, and good spirits.

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Difficulty

moderate

Overall difficulty

moderate

Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

Distance

7.1 km

Duration

3:10 h

Ascent

805 m

Descent

805 m

Highest point

1,192 m

Lowest point

387 m

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