Cauriol, Mountain summit in Fiemme Alps, Italy.

Cauriol is a 2494 m summit of the Lagorai chain, between the Vanoi valley and the Fiemme valley in eastern Trentino. Two routes reach the top: the Italian way from Passo Sadole (2066 m), which skirts the Piccolo Cauriol and crosses the Busa della Neve, and the Austrian way, paved during the war, which joins it at the Carteri saddle (2343 m).

Austro-Hungarian troops under Lieutenant Schmilauer held the summit, and three Italian assaults were repulsed before the fourth succeeded on 27 August 1916 at about 19:50. Two Alpini platoons of the 65th company, led by Second Lieutenant Attilio Carteri and covered by 65 mm alpine artillery under Lieutenant Federico Moro, took the peak, capturing 17 prisoners; Carteri died there. The Italians abandoned it after Caporetto in October 1917, with some 10,000 Italian dead, mostly from avalanches and cold.

The summit cross carries three plaques commemorating the fallen of the 1915-1918 fighting. The mountain also gave its name to a song of the Alpini, "Monte Cauriòl", about those events. Near the cross, visitors can see the positions and remains of the wartime trenches on the Sadole pass plateau.

Visitors should bring sturdy footwear and weather-appropriate clothing, as conditions change quickly at higher elevations. The best time to hike is from spring through fall, when paths are snow-free and safely passable.

Heavy wartime shelling lowered the summit by about six metres compared with its pre-war height. The mountain also gave its name to a song of the Alpini, the Italian mountain troops, about the 1915-1918 fighting. Near the summit cross stand three plaques commemorating the war dead.