Panoramic Point

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Panoramic Point

The footpath you have just taken leads to a spectacular panoramic point overlooking the Bletterbach gorge. It is not a route suitable to everyone: it takes roughly half an hour, unravels in the woods, heading uphill, and requires some carefulness.

If you decide to stay here, take advantage of the view. By now you should know your way around: Corno Bianco is hidden, but it is at your right. The Bletterbach is right below, and in the distance, you can see its top part. The gorge separates the villages of Aldino and Redagno, and you can see the latter on your left.

If the day is clear enough, looking further afield you can see the Brenta Dolomitesand the peak of mount Roen. If you cannot see that far, use your hands! Nearby you can find some rocks, and in the insights, there are suggestions on how to learn something about them by touching them carefully.

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Dolomia and Sandstone in comparison

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Dolomia and Sandstone in comparison

Next to you there are a block of Dolomia and one of Sandstone. They are two very different rocks, of which we spoke in the previous stop. They both come from the Bletterbach gorge, an extraordinary place precisely because it allows to see and study rocks as old as 260 million years old.

Can you feel the difference to the touch? The Dolomia, the rock Corno Bianco, has got a fairly smooth surface, with few sharp edges. The Sandstone is much rougher instead, because it is sand transformed into rock.

The whitish colour of the Dolomia is due to the calcareous algae from which it was formed.

The colour of the Sandstone depends on that of the different grains of sand. The colour red tells that the grains are rich in iron oxide, which oxidized when some ferrous sediments repeatedly got wet and dried; like when rust forms. If there are greyish parts instead, stratification has been quicker, and it has happened under the water level, for example within a riverbed.

Along the path

If you follow the path that leads to the scenic site, you will enjoy a magnificent view on the Bletterbach Gorge. It's a 30 minutes walk, on a rather steep way. This is the view:

Jochgrimm - Gola del Bletterbach

To do: museums

To find out other details like these, visit the museums in this area.

Waiting for you in Aldino there is a Visitor Centre that gives access to the Bletterbach gorge: you will need comfortable boots and a couple of hours time. Here you can find the accessibility details for the exhibition at the Geoparc Visitor Centre:

https://www.hotel.bz.it/de/poi/geoparc_bletterbach-besucherzentrum

At the Redagno GEOMuseum a virtual reality experience is available that allows you to see and understand the Bletterbach gorge from different points of view that would be inaccessible otherwise.The link is: https://www.hotel.bz.it/de/poi/geomuseum_radein

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Use your hands

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Use your hands

Next to you there are a block of Dolomia and one of Sandstone. They have been found not far from here,

But how can you distinguish them? You need to look, and most importantly to touch.

Here are some hints:

Sandstone

Reddish
Rough

Dolomia

White
Smooth

What they are made of: Sandstone is made of sand. That is why it is rough.

Dolomia is made of algae. It seems incredible, but it is just like that. When it formed, many million years ago, these mountains were not mountains: they were lands covered by the sea!