The Val di Genova is one of the most famous
valleys of the Trentino region: it stretches for over 15 kilometers in a west-east direction to the heart of the
Adamello Group. The impetuous river Sarca di Genova flows through it and
numerous waterfalls make the scenario really quite unique: the Nardis
waterfalls and the Lares,waterfalls to name a few. High peaks surround the valley
on three sides: from the Crozzon del
Diavolo to the Crozzon del Lares and Crozzon di Folgorida. Lobbia Alta and Mount Mandron, Corno di
Bedole, Punta Pisgana, Cima Payer in the West.
In the North, starting from the
East: Cima Lancia, Dalgun Cima, Cima Tamale, Cimon di Gere, Cimon delle
Rocchette, August Nardis, Mount Botteri, Mount Gabbiolo , Mount Cercen, Cima
Busazza and Cima Presena. Lake
Mandrone is located at an altitude of 2409 near the
homonymous refuge: from here, facing south west, the hanging glaciers and the
Mandrone Lobbie can be admired in all their beauty. Nearby is Lake Scuro
accessible via trail 209 from the Studi Payer Centre.
The Val Genova is reachable from Carisolo, Val Rendena by car to the parking
area in Todesca (in the tourist season there is a shuttle service to Malga
Bedole). A 15 minute walk to the Bedole
Refuge and from here onto trail 212. After 90 hairpin bends and a 2 ½ hour walk
you reach the magnificent Mandron Refuge, City of Trento, m.2449. The
lake is just a few minutes away on trail 236 that leads to the Lobbia Alta
Refuge, dedicated to those who died during the great war on the Adamello. The
whole hike is rich with breathtakingly beautiful landscape and vestiges of the
epic events of the great war.