On our second full day staying in Cortina, we drove southeast 30 minutes and parked by the side of the road to hike up to the Cinque Torri (“five towers”), which was a strategic military location and battleground during WWI. Today it serves as a prime location for hikers to congregate and enjoy some fantastic views. It took us just under two hours to reach the top. The trail was quite a bit more difficult than the Tre Cime hike with lots of loose rocks and steep grades to overcome, while also navigating a fairly busy two-way trail that was only one-body wide in some spots. Our original plan had been to go back the way we came, but we didn’t feel much like following that same path in the opposite direction, so instead we decided to hike down under a chair lift, which worked out pretty well! Our stats for this hike were 5.4 miles, 3.5 hours, and 1,700 feet of elevation gain. And best of all, zero painful falls!
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