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Madesimo
Ski village at 1,550 metres in the Valle Spluga, below the Emet and Groppera peaks on the road to the Spluga pass.
- 13Routes
Routes
Madesimo Andossi with joelette
A joelette-accessible route from Madesimo out to the Andossi pastures, high in the Chiavenna valley near the Swiss border.
- 5.3 km
- Distance
- 245 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 42 min
- Duration
- 12
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorMontespluga Val Loga bivouac
A climb from the Montespluga plain over pastures and then steep switchbacks to the Val Loga bivouac, first built in 1978.
- 4.5 km
- Distance
- 847 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 10 min
- Duration
- 34
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorIl Pian dei Cavalli da Campodolcino
A long ascent from Campodolcino to the Pian dei Cavalli, a plateau above 2,000 m between the Starleggia and Febbraro valleys with Mesolithic sites.
- 25.4 km
- Distance
- 1 154 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 49 min
- Duration
- 10
- Check-ins
Campodolcino - Isola- Pian dei Cavalli - Campodolcino bike loop.
A climbing loop from the valley floor at Campodolcino by way of Isola and the old Via Spluga inn, up to a hut at 1,826 m.
- 25.3 km
- Distance
- 1 138 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 19 min
- Duration
- 10
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorMai Tardi Refuge
A short climb from Madesimo on the Andossi path through larch and fir to the Mai Tardi hut at about 1,800 m.
- 1.7 km
- Distance
- 224 m
- Ascent
- 55 min
- Duration
- 7
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorMadesimo - Lake Emet and Bertacchi Refuge - Niemet Pass
A climb from Macolini above Madesimo to Lake Emet at 2,192 m and the Bertacchi hut, then on to the Niemet pass on the Swiss border.
- 8.2 km
- Distance
- 624 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 4 min
- Duration
- 20
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorIsola Val Febbraro Passo Del Baldiscio
A climb from Isola into the Val Febbraro, long a smuggling valley, past its waterfall to the lakes at the Baldiscio pass.
- 7.5 km
- Distance
- 1 084 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 18 min
- Duration
- 4
- Check-ins
Rifugio Baldiscio m.2321 2 318 m
Passo di Baldiscio 2 353 m
Laghetto del Mot 2 350 m- Lago Grande 2 302 m
Open route Valtellina OutdoorOld road to Pianazzo
An easy lit path from Madesimo down to Pianazzo, passing the hundred-metre Catino fall and the Pianazzo fall; usable with a pushchair.
- 1.7 km
- Distance
- 17 m
- Ascent
- 34 min
- Duration
- 1
- Check-ins
- Cascata di Pianazzo 1 265 m
Open route Valtellina OutdoorMadesimo Lake Emet
A steep short climb from Macolini to the Bertacchi hut beside Lake Emet, continuing to the border marker at the Niemet pass.
- 2.4 km
- Distance
- 500 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 50 min
- Duration
- 14
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorTo the Baldiscio Lakes
A climb above Isola past the huts of Cà Raseri and through larch wood to the Baldiscio lakes; the access road needs a paid permit.
- 7.2 km
- Distance
- 1 046 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 6 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
- Rifugio Baldiscio m.2321 2 318 m
- Lago Grande 2 302 m
Open route Valtellina OutdoorCardinello Gorge
A walk from Isola into the Cardinello gorge, where the old road to the north is cut and stepped into the rock wall of the valley.
- 4.1 km
- Distance
- 11 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 33 min
- Duration
Open route Valtellina OutdoorCircular route Madesimo - Motta - Lago Azzurro - Alpe Groppera - Alpe Pianello
A circuit from Madesimo up to Motta and the Lago Azzurro at 1,860 m, then across the hillside by Alpe Groppera to Alpe Pianello.
- 5.4 km
- Distance
- 380 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 52 min
- Duration
- 5
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorMontespluga Black Lake
A short climb from the Montespluga reservoir past the Suretta falls to the Black Lake, a dark tarn the poet Giovanni Bertacchi wrote about.
- 2.3 km
- Distance
- 395 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 30 min
- Duration
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