Mount Ortigara - Guided Historical ExcursionThe Calvary of the AlpsMount OrtigaraScheda tecnicadifficultiesMediaAltitude difference650 mTime6:00 (4:00 walk)PeriodLate spring, summer, early autumnAccessibilityAdults and children with Visual and auditory problems. One-wheel Joelette on requestSchool to which it is addressedEighth grade and high schools 2ndThe routePiazzale LozzeScale WellNorth RiftHilfsplatz (first aid of the 1st Btg. of the 1st Rgt.Ksch. Trient)Mount Ortigara (2 chippies)Campigoletti (works Mecenseffy "Stunzpunkt Florio" and the "Meceseffy flankenwerke")Agnella ValleyOrtigara poolOrtigara BaitMonte Lozze ChurchPiazzale LozzeInterestsHistoricalMount Ortigara (Sacred Area)is one of the most well-known and frequented mountains of thePlateau. The scene of one of the bloodiest clashes during World War II,Action K better known as the Battle ofthe Ortigarain June 1917, which saw for the first time the joint use of all the Italian Alpine Battalions and numerous Infantry regiments.The Mecenseffy Works that dominate the Agnella valley, the "nest" of five machine guns carved inside the so-called" Biancardicave " located along the steep western slope that from altitude 2101 descends to the underlying agnella pass, beyond a complex system of roads, mulebooks and logistics centers.EnvironmentalClimbing you will notice the passage between the upper limit of the vegetation. Significant is the typical karst geology with the presence of numerous sinkholes.