Val Nardis is a little-visited, vertical valley surrounded by lush, wild nature. It is isolated yet easily accessible and is one of the access points to Presanella.
Val Nardis is a side valley of Val Genova. To reach it, you must take the road at the bottom of the valley, which starts in Carisolo, to the locality of Ponte Verde, before the popular Nardis Waterfalls. If the road after La Prisa restaurant is closed (seasonal closure), it is necessary to walk a short distance to Ponte Verde.
You will then enter the narrow, rarely travelled Val Nardis (signpost 210), which was once traversed by shepherds and cattle grazing in the pastures of Malga Nardis and the higher Malga dei Fiori.
During the First World War, the area around the alpine huts was affected by war emplacements, and the cableway was built in 1916 from the Carisolo glassworks to Monte del Tamalè was essential for transporting supplies and the first artillery pieces destined for Passo Scarazzon delle Rocchette. The transport of supplies was also entrusted to Russian porters and prisoners housed at Malga Nardis and near the cableway's arrival station. The Val Nardis cableway continued its valuable work for the entire duration of the conflict
Continue your journey on La Via delle Valli, where you can choose to explore any of the 50 proposed valleys. Find out more at: www.campigliodolomiti.it/laviadellevalli.
You will find signs and stamps in the valleys from July 2025.
THE NEIGHBOURING VALLEYS:
From Val Nardis you can reach:
- Val Nambrone. Continue to climb along path 210 from Malga Nardis to Malga dei Fiori, and then on to Bivacco Roberti. Continue along path 219 which turns right (do not climb towards the Presanella peak) leading to Passo dei Quattro Cantoni. Follow path 219 from here to reach Rifugio Segantini, from where you can descend into Val d'Amola and then Val Nambrone (path 211).
- Val delle Rocchette. From Val Nardis you can reach Val delle Rocchette by crossing Passo Scarazon delle Rocchette. Once you are in Val Nardis, you then descend into Val Genova.
However, be careful: this crossing is strongly discouraged without the accompaniment of a mountain guide, ideal environmental conditions, and excellent mountaineering skills. There is no real path, only a faint track on unstable and dangerous terrain.
