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Alpe di Fanes Grande

Veneto  >  Italy

A picturesque high-altitude plateau in the Fanes-Senes-Braies Nature Park in the Italian Dolomites.

Added* by Mileta Čeković
Most recent update 17 Eylül 2025

Description

Alpe di Fanes Grande, with its altitude of above 2000 meters, is an ideal habitat for many alpine species, like Boğmaklı Ardıç, Göknar kargası, Sarıgagalı dağkargası, Dağ Bülbülü, Büyük dağbülbülü, Küçük Huş İsketesi, Ketenkuşu, Çaprazgaga, Dağ incirkuşu, Çam baştankarası and many others, while Kuzgun, Sarıgagalı dağkargası, Arı Şahini, and Kaya kartalý may be soaring between the surrounding peaks.

The area is part of the Fanes-Senes-Braies Nature Park and the IBA Dolomites.

Details

Access

Alpe di Fanes Grande can be reached from the southeast via the parking place Plan dall' Ega or from the north via the Pederü Mountain Hut. Click on the 'P' marking on the map for the first option.

Terrain and Habitat

Scattered trees and bushes , Forest , Grassland , Plateau , Mountain , Valley , Lake

Conditions

Mountainous , Rocky , Open landscape

Circular trail

No

Is a telescope useful?

No

Good birding season

Summer , Autumn , Spring

Best time to visit

Summer

Route

Narrow trail

Difficulty walking trail

Strenuous

Accessible by

Foot

Birdwatching hide / platform

No

Extra info

The ascent from the parking place Plan dall' Ega' Ega to Col de Locia (the mountain pass and entrance to the Alpe di Fanes valley) is very steep (30-40% gradient) and requires very good fitness and sure-footedness, as well as cautious descent.

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