Col Margherita - Geological Trail - Lake Cavia - San Pellegrino Pass

The excursion allows you to explore the Col Margherita area, straddling the Trentino and Veneto regions, with a suggestive panorama of the Costabella-Cima Uomo-Sas de Valfredda coastline, the northern chain of the Pale di San Martino and the Agordino mountains.

From the San Pellegrino Pass, take the cable car to Col Margherita. From the top station of the cable car, descend along the dirt road that follows the ski slope (path no. 695). You then reach "Forcella di Pradazzo", where path no. 658 from Valles Pass also joins. Now follow trail no. 695, which descends between pastures and stones in the direction of the "Cavia" reservoir. Pass downstream of the reservoir, taking you to the opposite bank. You return to the rocky slope, with a few ups and downs, arriving at "Col Caviette", from where you return to trail no. 658. Follow it and you will soon reach the balcony of the "Pale del Cargol". You round the porphyry promontory to the south, cross a stony basin and, finally, the ski slope descending from Col Margherita. The path now points towards the pass. Between small clearings, thick rhododendron bushes and sparse Swiss stone pine and larch woods, you reach the valley station of the cable car.