The European Trail E5

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The trail E5 is a hiking path that begins from the shores of the Lake Costance, in Switzerland, and arrives to the Adriatic Sea, near Verona, passing through Austria and Germany. Inaugurated on July 2nd, 1972 by the European Hikers Federation, it's one of the six European long journey trails 1.
The route, long more than 600 km (375 mi) with course north-west to south-east, has been traced by the German Hans Schmidt: to cover it all it's needed about one month. It's not necessary to be mountaineer to undertake the E5, but it's enough to be “fond of walking”.

A big leg of the E5, that can be covered in about one week, passes through the Trentino: along the journey there are several resting places (hotels, rooms, refuges).
The segment which goes across the Cembra Valley and the Piné Plateau comes from Salorno-Cauria (Horn Mountain Natural Park):
  • Cauria  (1328 m, 4357 ft)
  • Refuge “della Motta” - Valdonega  (1414 m, 4639 ft)
  • Valda lake  (1360 m, 4462 ft)
  • Road “della Selva” - Zise  (1241 m, 4072 ft)
  • Le Vegiose - Holy lake  (1195 m, 3921 ft)
  • Cembra  (665 m, 2182 ft)
  • Faver  (673 m, 2208 ft)
  • Corvaia - Piazzo  (529 m, 1736 ft)
  • Pyramids of Segonzano  (604 m, 1982 ft)
  • Quaras  (954 m, 3130 ft)
  • Plant of Bedollo  (1060 m, 3478 ft)
  • Regnana  (1215 m, 3986 ft)
  • Redebùs Pass  (1453 m, 4767 ft)
  • Mocheni valley  (Palù dei Mocheni 1350 m, 4429 ft)
  • Erdemolo lake  (2006 m, 6581 ft)

    • The trail is well indicated by white and red signs:  E5

    There is also an alpine version of the E5, called E5 ALP, whose route follows 350 km (215 mi) of military road dating back to the Great War, the so-called Trail of the Peace. The alpine version is the following:
  • Dai Grofi di Regnana  (1220 m, 3675 ft)
  • Ref. Giovanni Tonini  (1900 m, 6234 ft)
  • Ref. Sette Selle  (1942 m, 6371 ft)
  • Sasso Rosso  (2310 m, 7579 ft)
  • Sopra Conella  (2307 m, 7569 ft)
  • Mad. “of the Lake”  (2298 m, 7539 ft)
  • Erdemolo Lake  (2006 m, 6581 ft)

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    Note: part of the information were taken from the leaflet about hiking printed by the Tourist Board of the Piné Plateau and Cembra Valley


    © 2005, Fabio Vassallo