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Malga Foresta

Length: 6.2 km / Change in level: 97 m / Difficulty: easy


... nevertheless with unique highlights. The path winds along the western shore of the famous Lake Braies, with its emerald waters. An impressive panorama awaits you at Malga Foresta. The excellent cuisine of the malga is the icing on the cake of this pleasant trip, also suitable for strollers and small children.

Malga Cavallo

Length: 5 km / Change in level: 660 m / Difficulty: medium


Malga Cavallo is nestled in the Braies Dolomites; it has a beautiful sun terrace, a Tyrolean stube, typically South Tyrolean delicacies and an invigorating Swiss pine grappa that is invigorating for the body, soul, and spirit. And on the way up, nature offers the hiker an impressive mountain panorama of the Fanes-Senes-Braies.

Malga Stolla

Length: 10 km / Change in level: 400 m / Difficulty: medium


Malga Stolla is a very small but unique mountain cabin. It can be reached from the uphill town of Ponticello or, more conveniently, from the Prato Piazza car park to a flat and downhill path. The ascent is accompanied by the thundering Stolla stream. The excursion is suitable for families.

Other mountain huts & restaurants to visit

  • Malga Brunst

  • Malghe dei Colli Alti (Tabià de Fojedora)

  • Rifugio Biella (Croda del Becco)

  • Rifugio Prato Piazza

  • Rifugio Vallandro

  • Malga Prato Piazza

  • Malga Putz

10 easy hikes - walks

Excursions around Lake Braies

Length: 3.6 km / Change in level: 50 m / Difficulty: easy



Emerald, turquoise, crystalline: Lake Braies is not just any alpine lake - and you will notice. If you walk around the lake, clockwise or counter clockwise, always keep your camera ready! It was here that the hit TV series "Un passo dal cielo" was shot, with Terence Hill as the protagonist (later adapted for the German audience with the title "Die Bergpolizei - Ganz nah am Himmel")

San Vito - Monte di Braies - Ferrara - San Vito

Length: 3.3 km / Change in level: 110 m / Difficulty: easy


This family friendly trail starts in San Vito, a small natural gem, and offers beautiful views of Ferrara, as well as impressions of the Monte di Braies with its ancient farmsteads.

Path of the springs

Length: 1.5 km /Change in level: 180 m / Difficulty: easy



The “Path of the Springs” in the Braies Valley is a pleasant walk, suitable for children and adults. Didactic panels accompany the walkers along this path featuring fountains that will delight children. Launch yourself in this pleasant discovery of the springs of the Braies Valley.

Other beautiful walks & trekking in Braies and surrounding area

  • Ferrara - Masi Hanslerhof/Stauderhof - Maso Branter - Borgo Untergasse - Soccer field - Ferrara

  • Ferrara - Lake Braies Viktor-Wolf-Edler von Glanwell path

  • Lake Braies - Malga Foresta

  • Lumber mill - Ponticello

  • Prato Piazza - Rifugio Vallandro

  • Prato Piazza - Malga Stolla

  • Lumber mill - Plung - Lärcher - Lumber mill

7 excursions of medium difficulty

Lake Braies - Malga Pra della Vacca

Change in level: 500 m / Difficulty: medium



Malga Pra della Vacca pasture is an authentic natural paradise: colourful butterflies and numerous alpine flowers, such as the mountain yellow poppy, mountain carnation, gentian and alpine stars, have their own habitat here. The excursion starts at Lake Braies Passing next to the Riedl/Novalino block, continue to the hut.

San Vito - Malga Wöggealm

Length: 2.4 km / Change in level: 299 m / Difficulty: medium



On a comfortable gravel road, this route leads us to the unmanaged Wöggealm hut. Starting point: the Steinwandthof farm in San Vito. Along the high way, you have a dreamlike view over the whole Braies Valley. After about an hour you arrive at the Wöggealm hut. Your sandwiches will definitely have another taste if eaten sitting on a blanket amid the fragrant grass!

Other excursions of medium difficulty not to be missed

  • Prato Piazza - Monte Specie

  • Ponticello - Malga Stolla - Prato Piazza

  • Lake Braies - Malga Casera

  • Lake Braies - Baita del cacciatore

  • Braies Vecchia - Malga Putz

13 challenging day tours - round trips

Lake Braies - Malga Casera Vecchia - Capannine dei Colli Alti

Length: 7 km / Change in level: 659 m / Difficulty: medium-difficult



From Lake Braies, this very beautiful but challenging tour takes you through the Val Foresta, passing by the mountain restaurant with the same name to Malga Casera Vecchia. From here you go up a steep path up to Capannine Colli Alti, located in a sunny and quiet position at 2,114 meters above sea level, surrounded by unspoiled nature. Not to be missed: a visit to Lake Colli Alti, just below the Passo Croce, known for its striking beauty.

Lake Braies - Malga Casera Nuova - Monte Nero - Val Foresta

Length: 8 km / Change in level: 650 m / Difficulty: medium-difficult


It starts from Lake Braies, passes through the Riedlhof/Novalino farm and continues on the hiking trail to the Casera Nuova mountain huts, from where you continue on a narrow path up to the Monte Nero pass. To go down, you have to face a rather steep path, with a stretch secured by metal cables, which ends in Val Foresta.

Other challenging one day tours

  • Lake Braies - Malga Foresta - Capannine dei Colli Alti - Lake Colli Alti - Val dei Larici

  • Lake Braies - Malga Foresta - Valle Rio da Lato - Passo Foresta - Val dei Larici

  • Lake Braies - Buco del Giavo - Rifugio Biella - Val dei Larici

  • Lake Braies - Sasso del Signore - Forcella Lavina Bianca

  • Ponticello - Malga Posta - Sasso Rosso di Braies - Valle Rio della Casera

  • Ponticello - Malga Cavallo - Monte Alpe di Camoscio - Valle Rio della Casera

  • Prato Piazza - Malga Cavallo - Ponticello

  • Braies Vecchia - Monte Serla - Monte Lungo - Malga Putz

  • Braies Vecchia - Malga Putz - Sasso del Pozzo

  • Ferrara - Malga Brunst - San Vito

  • San Vito - Cima Pra della Vacca - Lake Braies

6 challenging day tours - high altitude crossings and routes

Lake Braies - Sasso del Signore

Length: 4 km / Change in level: 739 m / Difficulty: medium-difficult


A chapter of the history of the Alps was written here in 1897, when after several unsuccessful attempts the first ascent to the Sasso del Signore was succeeded. For a long time this dolomitic peak was considered invincible. From Lake Braies, you will pass the steep and exposed walls up to the Forcella del Grande Apostolo, then continue up to the Forcella di Lavina Bianca and finally along the ridge to the summit.

Prato Piazza - Malga Cavallo - Ponticello

Length: 4.7 km / Change in level: 665 m / Difficulty: medium-difficult


Set off conveniently from Prato Piazza. Heading west you walk towards the Gumpa Plain (Gumpalboden), passing under the Croda Rossa d'Ampezzo, up to Crodetta (Gaislleite). In the distance, below, you can see the Malga Cavallo hut. To face this excursion, you must not suffer from vertigo and be sure-footedness.

Bagni di Braies Vecchia - Monte Serla

Length: 14.2 km / Change in level: 1,107 m / Difficulty: medium-difficult


Where do you start? From the old baths of Braies Vecchia! From here you climb a nice path to Malga Putzalm, then continue on Alta Via No. 3. It's very scenic, but - watch out! - the ground is often uneven! On a partially exposed path you reach the final destination, which is the summit of Mount Serla with a 360° panorama.

Other challenging one day tours

  • Lake Braies - Buco del Giavo - Malga Cavallo - Ponticello

  • Lavina Bianca - Monte Alpe dei Camosci - Ponticello

  • Lumber mill - Ponticello - Prato Piazza

11 peaks

Monte Pra della Vacca

Length: 3.4 km / Change in level: 640 m / Difficulty: medium


North of Braies there is one of the most panoramic elevations: Monte Pra della Vacca. The not too difficult ascent to the summit starts on the forest road to Lake Braies in the direction of the Riedl / Novalino farm, then goes up to the Casera Nuova huts and, from there, with a last uphill stretch, up to the summit.

Cima dei Colli Alti

Length: 5.8 km / Change in level: 1,202 m / Difficulty: difficult


From Cima dei Colli Alti, you will enjoy an extraordinary view of the surrounding mountains. The excursion starts from Lake Braies. We pass through the Riedl / Novalino farm, continue towards the Casera Nuova hut, from where the challenging climb to the Forcella di Braies begins. The top is reached on partly grass and partly rocky slopes. The effort will be rewarded with breathtaking views!

Monte Specie

Length: 9.5 km / Change in level: 310 m / Difficulty: easy


Starting from Prato Piazza, a very picturesque and popular plateau, we head towards the panoramic top of Monte Specie. On gravel road No. 34, you can climb without difficulty to Forcella del Monte Specie, and from here in about half an hour to the summit cross. Already during the climb there are impressive views of the Braies Dolomites. Once at the top, there is a 360°view of the most beautiful Dolomites, such as Tre Cime, the Cadini Group, Monte Cristallo and the Marmolada.

Other peaks not to be missed

  • Monte Muro

  • Croda del Becco

  • Sasso del Signore

  • Sasso Rosso di Braies (Rosskopf)

  • Peak of Mount Vallandro

  • Mount Serla

  • Mount Lungo

  • Sasso del Pozzo/Monte dei Bagni

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