Schwarzhorn - Corno Nero
Peak · 2439 m · Dolomites
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A cross and a small Madonna statue stand on the bare rock at 2,439 m, high above Passo Oclini. The peak rises alone over the village of Aldino and the Monte Regolo ridge, with no neighbour close enough to crowd it.
From the flat, isolated top the ground falls away on every side, and on a clear day the view runs from the Zillertal and Stubai Alps in the north to the Dolomites' Catinaccio in the south, and from the Lagorai peaks and the southern Garda mountains to the Ortles group in the west. The peak is built from the reddish-grey quartz-porphyry of Bolzano, part of a volcanic rock plate 2,000 km squared wide and 4,000 m thick that solidified around 285 million years ago. It rises alone above the village of Aldino and the Monte Regolo ridge in the southeast of South Tyrol. Its neighbour across the pass, Corno Bianco, is built of pale dolomite, and hikers usually take in both summits from Passo Oclini in a single outing. Schwarzhorn and Corno Nero both simply mean black horn, in German and Italian alike, describing the colour of the rock.
What you see
A cross and a small Madonna statue stand on the open, rocky summit, high above Passo Oclini.
Practical
The standard route follows the north flank from Passo Oclini and reaches the summit in about an hour; a longer approach climbs from Redagno to the south.
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