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Discovering the legend "The Salvan of the Gardena pass"

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/ Walking trail Passo Gardena
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Photo: Alta Badia/Alex Moling, Tourist Association Alta Badia

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moderate

10 km

3:00 h

659 m

658 m

Embark on a four-hour hike from Colfosco to Passo Gardena, and you will find yourself in the feetsteps of the Salvan, the mythical little man of the forest who lived on the border with the Val Gardena.

Difficulty

moderate

Technique

Stamina

Experience

Landscape

Highest point

2,132 m

Lowest point

1,593 m

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Start

Coordinates:

46.554312, 11.855546

DMS

46°33'15.5"N 11°51'20.0"E

UTM

32T 718888 5159600

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Turn-by-turn directions

From the church in Colfosco you descend the Sotdlijia street, along the Cassa Raiffeisen bank, until the junction with path no. 28 for the Pisciadú waterfalls, at the feet of the Val Mezdí. Continue on path no. 650 along the meadows to the Gardena pass. Cross the road and follow the path no. 8. The trail leads to the "Salvan" spring than continues halfway up the hill through the Rü meadows, descends on path no. 8b to the neighbourhoods of Rönn and Pecëi and finishes in Colfosco village centre.

Note

all notes on protected areas

Getting there

*By car

Coming from Innsbruck: take the A 13 and the A 22 toll motorway and exit at Bressanone/Brixen, following the signs to Brunico/Bruneck along the Val Pusteria/Pustertal road as far as San Lorenzo/St.Lorenzen. Follow the signs to Val Badia/Gadertal
Coming from Verona-Bolzano: take the A 22, exit at Bressanone/Brixen and continue as above

*By train

The nearest train stations are:

Brunico - 37 Km
Bolzano (via Passo Gardena) - 72 Km (via Brunico) – 100 Km
Connection train station – Alta Badia by the local bus SAD: www.sad.it

*By air

Innsbruck - 130 km
Munich – 330 km
Venice Treviso / Venice Marco Polo – 180 / 200 km
Verona – 213 km
Milan Bergamo / Milan Malpensa - 310 /400 km
Information airport transfer: www.suedtirolbus.it - www.cortinaexpress.it

Coordinates

46.554312, 11.855546

DMS

46°33'15.5"N 11°51'20.0"E

UTM

32T 718888 5159600

w3w

///exceed.negligent.juke

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Status

closed

Difficulty

moderate

Distance

10 km

Duration

3:00h

Ascent

659 m

Descent

658 m

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