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Lanzada
A Valmalenco village below the Bernina, with the Campo Moro and Alpe Gera reservoirs above.
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- 36Routes
- Featured summit · Pizzo Scalino
Highlights
Le grotte dello Scerscen
A wild side valley above Lanzada below the Scerscen glaciers, with caves worked for its serpentine stone.
Rif. Alpe Ponte 1521m
A hut at 1,521 m on a pasture a few kilometres above Lanzada, open all year.
Rif. Bignami 2382m
A hut at 2,382 m above the Alpe Gera reservoir, the usual base for the Scalino and the Fellaria glacier.
Rif. Carate 2636m
A hut at 2,636 m on the Fellaria side of the Valmalenco, on the Sentiero Roma approaches.
Rif. Mitta 2021m
A hut on the Alpe Musella at about 2,000 m, where the paths to the Marinelli and Carate huts divide.
Rif. Musella 2021m
A hut on the Alpe Musella pastures, on the Valmalenco high route below the Bernina.
Rif. Zoia 2021m
A hut at the Alpe Gera dam, the road head for the Bignami and Marinelli huts.
Rifugio Ca' Runcasch 2170 m
A hut at 2,170 m in the Ca' Runcasch basin above Lanzada, in the Valmalenco.
Rifugio Cristina
A refuge on the Alpe Prabello above Lanzada, in the Valmalenco, on the way to the Passo Campagneda and the Pizzo Scalino.
Ecomuseo della Valmalenco
An ecomuseum in the Valmalenco on the serpentine quarrying and stone-roofing that shaped the valley.
Rif. Cristina 2287m
A hut at 2,287 m on the Alpe Prabello, on the path to the Passo Campagneda.
Rif. Marco e Rosa 3609m
At 3,609 m the highest hut in the Bernina, the last shelter below the Pizzo Bernina summit ridge.
Rif. Marinelli Bombardieri 2813m
A hut at 2,813 m below the Scerscen glaciers, the classic base for the Bernina from the Italian side.
Rif. Poschiavino 1992m
A hut in the upper Valmalenco below the Passo di Canciano, on the old route into the Swiss Poschiavo.
Chiesa della Beata Vergine Immacolata
The most important church of the Valmalenco for its art and architecture, in the village of Lanzada.
Chiesa della Madonna Addolorata
The church of the Madonna Addolorata in Lanzada, in the Valmalenco below the Bernina.
Chiesa di San Carlo
The church of Vetto above Lanzada, traditionally built for the Lavizzari family of Sondrio.
Nothing of this kind in Lanzada.
Routes
Da Campo Moro al Rifugio Cà Runcasch
A short climb from Campo Moro in the upper Valmalenco to the Cà Runcasch hut.
- 2.1 km
- Distance
- 235 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 2 min
- Duration
- 124
- Check-ins
Dal Rifugio Zoia il Tour dei 3 Rifugi
A circuit signed in fuchsia from the Zoia hut to the Campagneda pasture and the Cà Runcasch hut, then by Alpe Prabello to the Cristina hut.
- 10.5 km
- Distance
- 461 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 37 min
- Duration
- 179
- Check-ins
Alta via della Valmalenco
Part of the eight-stage high route around the Valmalenco, some 110 km linking the valley's huts, here crossing the Sasso Bianco.
- 101.4 km
- Distance
- 7 852 m
- Ascent
- 51 h 1 min
- Duration
- 369
- Check-ins
Cima Motta from San Giuseppe
A ski route from San Giuseppe on small roads and forest tracks by the Barchi hamlet, round Lago Palù and up to Monte Motta.
- 6.8 km
- Distance
- 892 m
- Ascent
- 92 m
- Descent
- 2 h 47 min
- Duration
- 40
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorCarate Refuge
A climb from the Campo Moro dam, steep at first, then flattening through larches and out onto wide pasture at the Carate hut.
- 5.4 km
- Distance
- 723 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 9 min
- Duration
- 74
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorChurch, Lanzada, Campo Franscia, Campo Moro (MTB-EMTB)
A long surfaced climb up Valmalenco through tunnels cut in the rock to the Campo Moro reservoir, passing Rifugio Zoia and Rifugio Poschiavino.
- 31.7 km
- Distance
- 1 378 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 7 min
- Duration
- 72
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorMount Forbici - A balcony on the Bernina
A steep ride from the Campo Moro dam up to Rifugio Carate Brianza, the approach for the walk to the bocchetta facing the Bernina.
- 6.3 km
- Distance
- 974 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 28 min
- Duration
- 83
- Check-ins
Monte delle Forbici 2 910 m
Rifugio Poschiavino 1 993 m
Bocchetta delle Forbici 2 656 m- Rifugio Carate Brianza 2 636 m
Open route Valtellina OutdoorCristina Refuge and Alpe Prabello
A dirt road to the Cristina hut on Alpe Prabello, a stream-crossed basin with summer grazing under Pizzo Scalino, close to the Campagneda lakes and Lake Mufulè.
- 4.6 km
- Distance
- 280 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 30 min
- Duration
- 94
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorIl giro dei 3 rifugi
A circuit of three Valmalenco huts, Zoia, Cà Runcasch and Cristina, across the Campagneda pastures and Alpe Prabello under Pizzo Scalino.
- 9.2 km
- Distance
- 408 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 9 min
- Duration
- 174
- Check-ins
Capanna Marinelli
The classic Malenco walk from Campo Moro under Sasso Moro and up the Sospiri to the Carate hut and the Bocchetta delle Forbici, reaching Lombardy's oldest refuge above the Scerscen glaciers.
- 8.4 km
- Distance
- 984 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 21 min
- Duration
- 137
- Check-ins
- Rifugio Poschiavino 1 993 m
- Rifugio Zoia 2 021 m
- Rifugio Marinelli Bombardieri 2 813 m
- Bocchetta delle Forbici 2 656 m
- Rifugio Carate Brianza 2 636 m
Lago di Musella 2 600 m
Open route Valtellina OutdoorCampo Franscia, Alpe Campagneda, Alpe Prabello (MTB-EMTB)
A climb from the head of the Valmalenco on paved then dirt road to the high pastures at Rifugio Ca' Runcasch, above 2,100 m.
- 18.8 km
- Distance
- 769 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 24 min
- Duration
- 52
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorL'Alpe Fellaria
A short walk from the Campo Moro parking area, reached by the road up through Franscia above Lanzada, toward the huts of Alpe Fellaria.
- 3.1 km
- Distance
- 346 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 31 min
- Duration
- 65
- Check-ins
Alpe Prabello and Campagneda ponds, on the slopes of Pizzo Scalino
From Campo Moro past the Zoia hut, skirting Monte Spundascia between reservoir and pasture, to the Campagneda tarns and Alpe Prabello below Pizzo Scalino.
- 10.0 km
- Distance
- 430 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 23 min
- Duration
- 134
- Check-ins
- Zoia Alta 2 123 m
- Secondo Settore 2 101 m
- Rifugio Cristina 2 287 m
- Rifugio Poschiavino 1 993 m
- Rifugio Zoia 2 021 m
- Il Cornetto 2 123 m
Open route Valtellina OutdoorAlta Via della Valmalenco stage 5
The stage into the heart of the Bernina, to the Marinelli hut, built in 1880 as one of the first in Valmalenco, and over the Bocchel del Torno.
- 11.6 km
- Distance
- 1 330 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 22 min
- Duration
- 123
- Check-ins
- Rifugio Marinelli Bombardieri 2 813 m
- Rifugio Lago Palù 1 965 m
- Bocchetta delle Forbici 2 656 m
- Rifugio Carate Brianza 2 636 m
- Lago di Musella 2 600 m
- Rifugio Cesare Mitta 2 020 m
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Open route Valtellina OutdoorAlta Via della Valmalenco stage 6
The shortest stage of the Alta Via, over the Bocchetta di Caspoggio at close to 3,000 metres; the shrinking glacier below the pass can call for axe and crampons.
- 4.7 km
- Distance
- 232 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 30 min
- Duration
- 64
- Check-ins
- Rifugio Roberto Bignami 2 401 m
- Rifugio Marinelli Bombardieri 2 813 m
- Bocchetta di Caspoggio 3 000 m
Open route Valtellina OutdoorAl cospetto di sua Maestà Lo Scalino
A walk to the Cristina hut in the Valmalenco, held throughout beneath Pizzo Scalino, the peak taken as the symbol of the valley.
- 12.8 km
- Distance
- 618 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 24 min
- Duration
- 102
- Check-ins
Sotto la piramide del Pizzo Scalino
A steep climb from the Campo Moro reservoirs into the basin beneath the pyramid of Pizzo Scalino, the emblem of the Valmalenco, above Lanzada.
- 7.9 km
- Distance
- 1 379 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 21 min
- Duration
- 86
- Check-ins
Miniera della Bagnada e dintorni
An almost level walk by the Bagnada mine above Lanzada, a former talc working in the Valmalenco now open as a mining museum.
- 4.2 km
- Distance
- 55 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 16 min
- Duration
- 12
- Check-ins
Alpe Prabello - Cristina Refuge with joelette
A dirt road to the Cristina hut on Alpe Prabello, manageable with a joelette given four helpers on the two steep pitches, passing the Cà Runcasch hut and the Cornetto farm.
- 9.1 km
- Distance
- 302 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 53 min
- Duration
- 102
- Check-ins
- Rifugio Cristina 2 287 m
- Rifugio Ca' Runcasch 2 170 m
- Il Cornetto 2 123 m
- Stallone di Campagneda 2 214 m
Open route Valtellina OutdoorSentiero Italia D26N - Stage Marinelli-Bombardieri Refuge to Cristina Refuge at Alpe Prabello
A long stage down from the Marinelli-Bombardieri hut over the Bocchetta di Caspoggio at almost 3,000 metres, past the Bignami hut and the Alpe Gera reservoir to Alpe Prabello.
- 18.1 km
- Distance
- 820 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 7 min
- Duration
- 80
- Check-ins
- Rifugio Roberto Bignami 2 401 m
- Casa guardiani diga 2 103 m
- Passo di Campagneda 2 628 m
- Pass da Cancian 2 498 m
- Bocchetta di Caspoggio 3 000 m
Open route Valtellina OutdoorSentiero tematico-glaciologico Luigi Marson
Three linked paths from the Bignami hut explaining the glacial landscape, reworked after twenty years to account for how far the ice has withdrawn.
- 5.3 km
- Distance
- 373 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 28 min
- Duration
Campo Franscia
A climb above Lanzada to Campo Franscia, the hamlet on the road up to the Campo Moro reservoirs in the Valmalenco.
- 19.0 km
- Distance
- 914 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 46 min
- Duration
- 94
- Check-ins
Sentiero Italia D25N - Stage Rifugio Palù Rifugio Marinelli-Bombardieri
A Sentiero Italia stage from Lago Palù past the Musella and Carate Brianza huts on the long climb to the Marinelli Bombardieri hut at 2,813 m.
- 10.9 km
- Distance
- 1 180 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 48 min
- Duration
- 76
- Check-ins
- Bocchetta delle Forbici 2 656 m
- Rifugio Carate Brianza 2 636 m
- Lago di Musella 2 600 m
- Rifugio Cesare Mitta 2 020 m
- Rifugio Alpe Musella 2 021 m
- Bocchel del Torno 2 203 m
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Open route Valtellina OutdoorIl faggio secolare di Lanzada e l'Alpe Ponte
A short walk to the old beech above Lanzada and the Alpe Ponte, sunny and sheltered from the wind, so worth doing out of season.
- 3.3 km
- Distance
- 240 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 29 min
- Duration
Alta Via della Valmalenco stage 7
A long but straightforward stage from the Bignami hut across glacial streams to Alpe Gembrè, then by wide mule track up the quiet Val Poschiavina to its passes.
- 13.4 km
- Distance
- 593 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 48 min
- Duration
- 94
- Check-ins
- Rifugio Cristina 2 287 m
- Rifugio Roberto Bignami 2 401 m
- Passo di Campagneda 2 628 m
- Pass da Cancian 2 498 m
Open route Valtellina OutdoorLanzada-Campo Moro
A road ascent up the Valmalenco to the Campo Moro and Gera dams, used as a time-trial climb in the 2018 women's Giro.
- 15.4 km
- Distance
- 1 119 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 27 min
- Duration
- 69
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorCampagneda Pass
An old mule track from Campo Moro past the Zoia hut through crags and mountain pine to the Alpe Campagneda pastures and lakes, finishing at the Campagneda pass.
- 5.3 km
- Distance
- 630 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 37 min
- Duration
- 92
- Check-ins
- Zoia Alta 2 123 m
- Secondo Settore 2 101 m
- Rifugio Poschiavino 1 993 m
- Rifugio Zoia 2 021 m
- Il Cornetto 2 123 m
Open route Valtellina OutdoorScerscen Valley
A variant to the Marinelli hut from Alpe Musella, threading the Scerscen valley between steep serpentinite walls past abandoned asbestos workings and the old Alpe Scerscen.
- 9.0 km
- Distance
- 948 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 18 min
- Duration
- 39
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorUn po’ di Islanda in Valmalenco
A cool, shaded route to the meltwater lagoon below the Fellaria glacier, dotted with small icebergs; the larches around it turn colour in autumn.
- 12.3 km
- Distance
- 4 786 m
- Ascent
- 25 h 17 min
- Duration
- 85
- Check-ins
Loop of Lake Gera and Rifugio Bignami
A circuit from the Alpe Gera dam over the wall to the Bignami hut, then down across the meltwater channels of the Fellaria glacier to Alpe Gembrè.
- 8.2 km
- Distance
- 540 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 25 min
- Duration
- 85
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorL'Alpe Musella
A walk up to the stone huts and pastures of Alpe Musella in the upper Valmalenco, on the usual approach to the Marinelli hut.
- 8.1 km
- Distance
- 401 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 58 min
- Duration
- 74
- Check-ins
Alta Via della Valmalenco stage 8
The closing stage of the Alta Via, from Alpe Prabello by mule track to the peat bogs of Alpe Acquanera, then along the Acquanera-Cavaglia-Palino ridge back toward the valley.
- 11.5 km
- Distance
- 161 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 14 min
- Duration
- 55
- Check-ins
- Rifugio Cristina 2 287 m
- Piazzo Cavalli 1 720 m
- Lago dei Montagnoni 2 160 m
Open route Valtellina OutdoorAlpe Gera - Alpe Val Poschiavina with joëlette
From the car park up a concrete ramp to the crest of the Alpe Gera dam, then along the lake's right bank and through a rock tunnel to the flat pasture of Val Poschiavina.
- 7.5 km
- Distance
- 280 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 27 min
- Duration
- 27
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorLa selvaggia Alpe Musella
A climb into the pastures of Alpe Musella, a remote basin of stone huts below the Scerscen glaciers in the upper Valmalenco.
- 7.9 km
- Distance
- 563 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 40 min
- Duration
- 14
- Check-ins
Mufule' Lake Ring
From Alpe Largone on the Campo Moro road, a tractor track and paths 350 and 349 lead over undulating ground to Lake Mufulè, returning as a loop.
- 5.5 km
- Distance
- 340 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 19 min
- Duration
- 12
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorSentiero Italia D27N - Stage from Rifugio Cristina to Alpe Prabello - Rifugio Cederna Maffina
A short, steep Sentiero Italia stage from the Cristina hut over the Passo degli Ometti and Passo Forame, rounding Pizzo Scalino toward the Cederna Maffina hut.
- 6.0 km
- Distance
- 808 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 4 min
- Duration
- 11
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina Outdoor
No routes of this kind in Lanzada yet.
The region's own picks
Featured route
Da Campo Moro al Rifugio Cà Runcasch
A short climb from Campo Moro in the upper Valmalenco to the Cà Runcasch hut.
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