Garda Mountains

The Garda Mountains (Italian: Prealpi Gardesane), occasionally also the Garda Hills, are an extensive mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps in northern Italy.

The Garda Mountains are bounded in the south by the Po Valley and in the north by the Brenta Dolomites, in the east by the Adige Valley and in the west by the Valli Giudicarie.

Their precise boundary, according to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps, is as follows: Lake Iseo – Col di San Zeno – Val Trompia – Passo di Manivia – Bagolino – Storo – Tione – Vezzano – Trento – Val d'Adige/Etschtal – Verona – Brescia – Lake Iseo.

The climate of the Garda Mountains is very mild as a result of its southerly location and the influence of the Mediterranean Sea.

Snow rarely falls in the Sarca valley and on the shores of Lake Garda, and, in spring and autumn, temperatures of between 15 and 20 °C are often experienced.

Satellite picture of Lake Garda
The Sarca valley and steep slopes of the Vendresi
View from Nago-Torbole looking south. On the left shore are the flanks of Monte Altissimo, on the right the massif and Monte Tremalzo.