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Baceno
An Antigorio valley village above the Toce gorges, known for the church of San Gaudenzio and the Uriezzo canyons.
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Highlights
7 from neighbouring places
Capanna Enrico Castiglioni
A hut at the northern end of the Alpe Devero plain, above Baceno.
Museo dell’Alpeggio all’Alpe Devero
A museum of pasture farming on the Alpe Devero, opened in 2005 to record the valley's herding year.
Torchio di Croveo
A great timber wine press at Croveo in the Valle Antigorio, of a kind once shared by whole hamlets.
Alpe Crampiolo Azienda Agrituristica
A farm and pasture at Crampiolo on the Alpe Devero, above Baceno in the Veglia-Devero park.
La Baita
An inn and restaurant at Crampiolo on the Alpe Devero, built to sit within the pasture landscape.
Vie lunghe all’Alpe Devero
Long granite routes on the walls around the Alpe Devero, in the Veglia-Devero park.
Chiesa Monumentale di San Gaudenzio
A Lombard Romanesque church above Baceno dedicated to Gaudentius, first bishop of Novara, enlarged in the fifteenth century.
Chiesa di San Gaudenzio di Baceno
The church of San Gaudenzio above Baceno, lit at night above the Antigorio gorges.
Museo Mineralogico di Premia
8.2 km away, in Premia
Minerals and crystals from the Ossola valleys, shown at Premia in the Valle Antigorio.
Terme di Premia
8.2 km away, in Premia
Thermal pools fed by a warm spring in the Valle Antigorio, open to the mountains.
Il Veglia, un parco naturale sorridente!
8.9 km away, in Varzo
The Alpe Veglia, a protected basin of pastures and summer farms below the Monte Leone above Varzo.
Orridi e Marmitte della Valle Antigorio
9 km away, in Premia
Gorges and glacial potholes cut into the Antigorio granite, with walkways above the pools.
Santuario Don Lorenzo Dresco
9.2 km away, in Premia
A small sanctuary in the Valle Antigorio, above the Toce.
Bouldering a Foppiano
9.4 km away, in Crodo
Granite boulders in the woods at Foppiano in the Valle Antigorio, a long-established bouldering ground.
Parco Naturale Alpe Veglia-Devero
9.5 km away, in Crodo
A nature park of two high pasture basins above the Ossola, with lakes and Walser paths between them.
Nothing of this kind in Baceno.
Routes
5 from neighbouring places
Escursioni facili
An easy walk at Baceno in the Valle Antigorio, below the Devero pastures.
- 5.7 km
- Distance
- 238 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 55 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
Trekking
A steady climb above Baceno in the Antigorio valley, on the wooded slopes below the Devero plateau.
- 14.6 km
- Distance
- 675 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 59 min
- Duration
- 153
- Check-ins
Via Arbola Tappa 2: Alpe Devero
The second stage of the Via Arbola, based on the Alpe Devero above Baceno, with a heavy day of climbing in the high Ossola.
- 21.0 km
- Distance
- 2 409 m
- Ascent
- 14 h 27 min
- Duration
- 105
- Check-ins
PERCORSO MTB
A gravel ring above Alpe Devero, climbing past the two Sangiatto lakes to the Bettelmatt pastures by way of Alpe Crampiolo.
- 21.6 km
- Distance
- 760 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 38 min
- Duration
- 155
- Check-ins
PERCORSO SLOW TREK
An unhurried route around Baceno in the Ossola, laid out for slow walking between the hamlets of the Antigorio valley.
- 8.3 km
- Distance
- 300 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 41 min
- Duration
- 123
- Check-ins
Via Arbola Tappa 1: Baceno
The first stage of the Via Arbola, climbing steeply out of Baceno past the Arco Romano into the mountains above the Antigorio valley.
- 11.3 km
- Distance
- 1 640 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 29 min
- Duration
- 46
- Check-ins
PERCORSO MTB: Veia di Scuetar (Via degli Scoiattoli)
A gravel loop out of Baceno to the Croce di Esigo viewpoint, passing the Alpe Scarpiola and the waterfall on the Rio di Agàro.
- 29.7 km
- Distance
- 1 658 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 5 min
- Duration
- 7
- Check-ins
Escursioni
A short climb from Baceno up to the hamlet of Osso on the flank of the Antigorio valley.
- 6.6 km
- Distance
- 379 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 39 min
- Duration
- 4
- Check-ins
Via dello Sbrinz
A long stage of the Sbrinz route, the old cheese-carriers' road from central Switzerland over the Alps into the Ossola.
- 20.7 km
- Distance
- 761 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 8 min
- Duration
- 35
- Check-ins
Tourist Office Formazza Valley 1 285 m
Fondovalle 1 215 m- Piedilago 720 m
- Ufficio turistico 782 m
MTB del Toce Tappa 2: Premia
8.3 km away, in Premia
A climbing stage up the Toce valley from Piedilago to Premia and on past Sagersboden to the hamlets of Ponte and Fondovalle.
- 18.7 km
- Distance
- 1 284 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 15 min
- Duration
- 23
- Check-ins
- Fondovalle 1 215 m
- Piedilago 720 m
PERCORSO MTB: Alpe Deccia Tour
11.2 km away, in Crodo
A ride from Crodo on quiet roads and tracks, climbing past the Cistella campsite to the La Parigia viewpoint above the valley.
- 26.1 km
- Distance
- 1 231 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 29 min
- Duration
- 7
- Check-ins
- Pozzo piezometrico 581 m
PERCORSO MTB: Arvenolo e il Muro del Diavolo
11.3 km away, in Crodo
A ring route from Crodo on low-traffic asphalt and gravel tracks, passing the Rifugio Monte Zeus and a megalithic dry-stone complex.
- 19.9 km
- Distance
- 604 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 20 min
- Duration
- 15
- Check-ins
PERCORSO MTB: Alpeggi di Varzo
12.1 km away, in Varzo
A loop above Varzo on a mix of surfaced and gravel service roads, climbing through the Veglia-Devero park country to the Rifugio Pietro Crosta.
- 54.9 km
- Distance
- 2 692 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 30 min
- Duration
- 9
- Check-ins
MTB del Toce Tappa 3: Formazza
14.6 km away, in Formazza
A stage from the Toce waterfall up the Val Formazza to Rifugio Maria Luisa and on to the Passo di San Giacomo at 2,313 m.
- 16.0 km
- Distance
- 2 313 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 5 min
- Duration
- 185
- Check-ins
No routes of this kind in Baceno yet.
The region's own picks
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Escursioni facili
An easy walk at Baceno in the Valle Antigorio, below the Devero pastures.
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