Italy: recommended paper maps for hiking in Trentino and Alto Adige

pasta_paul

For a spring time holiday in Trentino and Alto Adige / Südtirol in Italy, I am planning to do a number of day hikes in the areas around Riva del Garda, Trento, and further up north, Brixen / Bressanone. Most of these hikes will be in the hills and lower mountains there. Nothing extreme: no via ferrata or demanding alpine hiking (i.e., only trails up to and including CAI scale EE ( Escursionisti Esperti )), avoiding any remaining snow unless...

Originally asked by JeroenHoek on Stack Exchange (outdoors) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Short answer 4LAND is the best bet for the areas around Riva del Garda and Trento, but as of January 2023 they still lack coverage for parts of Alto Adige / Südtirol north of Brixen / Bressanone. Medium-length answer Good maps: Geo4Map, 4LAND, l'Escursionista, Fraternali (check coverage for your region). Poor maps: Tabacco Bad maps: IGC Terrible maps: Kompass Long answer The quality and availability of Italian topographic maps varies greatly per region. The underlying problem is that the Italian topographic service has no proper base map of the country. The last time they mapped the whole country was in Mussolini times. Since the 1950s they seem to be about halfway through in a new survey....

Full answer by gerrit: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/a/28770 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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