Ampezzo · Veneto · Italy
Cinque Torri
Free WWI open-air trench museum; beginner A/B via ferrata at the towers, 10+ comfortable with heights.
At a glance
HazardBeginner via ferrata at the towers needs comfort with heights 1 more in Before you go
The place
Overview
Restored WWI trenches and gun posts among five rock towers, a chairlift ride from the road.
The route line is not in the GPX file yet: it is not confirmed. The trailhead and parking points are.
Used inDolomites, 13 nights
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Before you go
HazardBeginner via ferrata at the towers needs comfort with heights
HazardDescent on trail 440 is sparsely marked
Not checked yet: permit or booking, closures and conditions, altitude
For your group
Who it suits
- From about 6
- Moderate · our grade · 1–1.5 h
- No stroller access
- Wheelchair: not accessible
- For a child: The open-air WWI museum is a short walk from the chairlift's top station trenches, gun posts and tunnels. Keep small children close at trench edges.
- Carrier OK
- Distance: 2 km
- Surface: Dirt, Rock
19 things we have not checked yet
Minimum age, group size, access detail, accessible toilet, accessible parking, capacity, climb, descent, fixed aids, steepest, child time, shape, navigation, water crossings, dogs, toilets, food, shade, picnic.
On foot
The route
Not checked yet: turnaround points
Trail guide: Open trail page
Logistics
How to get there
Directions
To Seggiovia 5 Torri car park
46.51882,12.03741
Bai de Dones, 5 Torri chairlift baseTrailhead
- Elevation
- 1,889 m
- Point
- 46.51839,12.03797
Seggiovia 5 Torri car parkParking
- Fee
- Free
- Point
- 46.51882,12.03741
Not checked yet: public transport, reaches, passes
Season and light
When to go
Access · our judgement · read 18 Oct 2026
Filled: open all monthOutlined: part of the monthDashed: not open
Not checked yet: best weeks, best time of day, snow-free window
Plan around it
Nearby, worth adding
Same corridor
Visual record
Photos
- Cinque Torri tower with the Cortina peaks behindkallerna (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
- Cinque Torri in summer lightClemens Stockner (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab)
Official and booking
Links
Researched2
- OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)read 19 Oct 2026
- OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab)read 19 Oct 2026
Route5
Conditions3
Not checked yet: booking
Provenance
Facts and sources
- Distance
- 2 kmAudley Travel short loop from Scoiattoli, read 18 Oct 2026 · from other hikers
- Time
- 1 hAudley Travel, read 18 Oct 2026 · from other hikers
- Difficulty
- easyguide: virtually flat, read 18 Oct 2026 · from other hikers
- Shape
- looploop around the towers, read 18 Oct 2026 · from other hikers
- Exposure
- noneOur research, read Aug 2026
- Minimum age
- 10 yearsOur research, read Aug 2026
Why it is worth the trip
Our judgement · read 18 Oct 2026: The Cortina tourism board (IAT tourist office) lists the open-air WWI museum here as part of the largest in the Dolomites with Lagazuoi and Sass de Stria; a chairlift serves it.
- Location unconfirmed. The OpenStreetMap route is a 0.64 km cut from the hut with no researched length to check it against; a person must confirm it.
- Unverified. Approximate position, not checked against OpenStreetMap yet.
- Prices and hours from 2026; check before you go. Figures were read in 2026 and are used as a pattern for 2027.
We have checked 27 of 30 facts
3 facts are still to check.
Not checked yet: options and prices; toilets, food, shade, picnic, dogs