The Croda Negra

Reaching The Croda Negra of Val Visdende is quite simple, however the view that accompanies us along the way is spectacular. Being able to go up to Dignas alpine Hut by car, we immediately find ourselves very close to the Italian-Austrian border crest, immersed in a beautiful larch forest. We continue, climbing up to Dignas Fork, a wide mule track that after a few bends, takes us to the top where we find some barracks that served as a border guard post. We leave the road that continues towards Austria and head east, on a very beaten path, marked with CAI-172, also known as the Traversata Carnica stretch.

We are walking along the border ridge, climbing on the Italian side of the Croda Negra. The route now becomes steep and in some places exposed on steep grassy slopes overlooking the Val Dignas. Almost on the crest of the mountain a small piece of metal rope helps us to overcome a simple rocky stretch, after which we are now at the top. At this point we are at high altitude and we always continue towards the East, overcoming some minor peaks until we reach the summit with its 2438 m asl.

THE CRODA NEGRA AND HER CREST

Very present on the site are the remains of military ambushes, composed of long war trenches and open spaces that housed various barracks, visible, for the most part, by exiting the path that cuts the Croda Negra just below the ridge, and walking instead the walkways that they wind higher sometimes also passing on the Austrian side.