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1. Via Ferrata Trail – Corno Battisti Tunnel loop from Raossi

14.5km

06:58

1,120m

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2. Corno Battisti – Rifugio Lancia loop from Raossi

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09:10

1,380m

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3. Via Ferrata Trail – Corno Battisti Tunnel loop from Raossi

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07:09

1,230m

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May 21, 2025

Corno Battisti, an isolated rocky bastion of the Pasubio Group, overlooking the Vallarsa, offers a spectacular view of the long valley and the mountains that surround it: Pasubio, Sengio Alto, Carega, Monte Zugna.

Precisely because of its strategic position it was fiercely contested during the First World War: the possibility of controlling all troop movements on the valley floor from up there made the Corno a nerve center to be occupied and defended at all costs... it was nicknamed 'The Eye of Pasubio' or 'the Spy of Vallarsa'.

At the beginning of the conflict it was a garrison of the Italian army, but with the Strafexpedition of 1916 it was occupied by the Austro-Hungarians. The Italians, unable to reconquer it, dug a mine tunnel from below to pierce the Corno and blow up the summit; the imperials in turn dug a countermine tunnel from above. Everything was ready for the detonation, but a coup by a few brave men allowed the royal army to reconquer the peak, which held it until the end of the war.

The Austro-Hungarian observatory survives on the summit. The bowels of the promontory are instead dug by a surprising and passable labyrinth of dark and humid tunnels with steep steps (EE).

In 1916, near the summit, the Austro-Hungarians captured the irredentists Cesare Battisti and Fabio Filzi, who were immediately taken to Trento and hanged at the Buonconsiglio Castle as traitors: for this reason the peak, known at the time as 'Corno della Vallarsa', was renamed 'Corno Battisti' after the war.

it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Corno_Battisti

esercito.difesa.it/storia/pagine/monte-corno.aspx

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Location: Vallarsa, Trentino, Italy

Corno Battisti

1. Via Ferrata Trail – Corno Battisti Tunnel loop from Raossi

2. Corno Battisti – Rifugio Lancia loop from Raossi

3. Via Ferrata Trail – Corno Battisti Tunnel loop from Raossi

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