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Ornica

Village at the head of the Val Stabina, with a restored watermill and a bakery museum.

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Highlights
5
Routes
2 554 m
Featured summit · Pizzo dei Tre Signori

Highlights

All 2 from neighbouring places

Museum

Ethnographisches Museum des oberen Brembana-Tals
3.4 km away, in Valtorta
A museum at Valtorta on herding, cheese-making and winter life at the head of the Brembana valley.
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Mountain hut

Rifugio Olmo
9.8 km away, in Mezzoldo
A hut above Mezzoldo in the upper Val Brembana, below the San Marco pass.
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Routes

15 from neighbouring places

Hiking route Moderate
Alle falde del Monte Valletto
A pasture circuit under the Valletto in the Orobie, over the Passo Salmurano and the Colletto del Monte Avaro past the Casera Valletto.
11.3 km
Distance
905 m
Ascent
5 h 45 min
Duration
95
Check-ins
Open route GPX in Lombardia
Hiking route Difficult
Rifugio Lecco - Rifugio Cesare Benigni
A hut-to-hut traverse under the Pizzo dei Tre Signori, over the Passo del Gandazzo and the Bocchetta d'Inferno by way of the Rifugio Alberto Grassi.
15.3 km
Distance
1 374 m
Ascent
7 h 50 min
Duration
281
Check-ins
Open route GPX in Lombardia
Hiking route Moderate
Rifugio Benigni - Rifugio Cà San Marco
A high traverse above Ornica from the Rifugio Benigni to Ca' San Marco, on the old Venetian road over the Brembana watershed.
8.8 km
Distance
378 m
Ascent
3 h 37 min
Duration
89
Check-ins
Open route GPX in Lombardia
Hiking route Difficult
L'anello tra Olmo e Cusio
A long loop on quiet lanes and paths between the old villages of the upper Val Brembana, over the Colle di Santa Maria Maddalena with the Orobie in view.
28.0 km
Distance
1 088 m
Ascent
9 h 19 min
Duration
13
Check-ins
Open route GPX in Lombardia
Hiking route Moderate
Da Cusio al Rifugio Benigni
A short but steep climb up to the Rifugio Cesare Benigni above Ornica, passing the Casera Valletto on the way.
4.0 km
Distance
775 m
Ascent
3 h 1 min
Duration
48
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- Rifugio Cesare Benigni 2 220 m
- Casera Valletto 1 624 m
Open route GPX in Lombardia
Hiking route Easy
Una ricca palude ai Piani Olimpici
2.9 km away, in Valtorta
A flat, very short walk across the marshland of the Piani Olimpici above Valtorta, in the upper Brembana valley.
762 m
Distance
10 m
Ascent
12 min
Duration
Open route GPX in Lombardia
Cycling route Moderate
La ciclabile della Valsassina
10.8 km away, in Pasturo
A valley cycle path through the Valsassina from Barzio down to Cortenova, passing the Rocca di Baiedo crags and the Cascata dello Sprizzottolo.
13.6 km
Distance
80 m
Ascent
1 h 21 min
Duration
4
Check-ins
- Casa delle guide 583 m
Open route GPX in Lombardia
Cycling route Difficult
Miniera di Cortabbio (LC) e dintorni
12.6 km away, in Primaluna
A long ride in the Valsassina taking in the Cortabbio mines, where guided galleries show how the miners worked underground.
27.4 km
Distance
674 m
Ascent
2 h 59 min
Duration
5
Check-ins
- Casa delle guide 583 m
- Agriturismo Gulliver 559 m
Open route GPX in Lombardia
Mountain bike route Difficult
San Simone in MTB
13.8 km away, in Valleve
A hard climb from Valleve into the high basin of San Simone and on to the Passo di Tartano, past Casera Sessi and the Baite dei Fontanini.
19.3 km
Distance
1 036 m
Ascent
2 h 49 min
Duration
93
Check-ins
Open route GPX in Lombardia
Ski tour Difficult
Valli di Tartano gran tour con cli sci
14.7 km away, in Tartano
A long, demanding high route through the Tartano mountains, crossing Passo di Lemma and Passo del Vallone within sight of the granite walls of Val Masino.
13.5 km
Distance
1 342 m
Ascent
1 184 m
Descent
5 h 5 min
Duration
27
Check-ins
Open route GPX in Lombardia
Hiking route Difficult
Da Valtorta al Rifugio Grassi
3.1 km away, in Valtorta
A steep climb from Valtorta to the Grassi hut, on the crest between the head of the Brembana valley and the Valsassina.
6.5 km
Distance
1 016 m
Ascent
4 h 11 min
Duration
31
Check-ins
Open route GPX in Lombardia
Hiking route Moderate
Dai Piani dell'Avaro ai Laghi di Ponteranica
2.5 km away, in Cusio
A steep short climb from the pasture plateau above Cusio to the lower of the two mountain lakes, passing the Rifugio Monte Avaro on the way.
2.7 km
Distance
432 m
Ascent
1 h 43 min
Duration
55
Check-ins
Open route GPX in Lombardia
Hiking route Easy
Walk in the forest in Valgerola
6 km away, in Gerola Alta
A short walk through fir forest in the Val Gerola, cool in summer and silent under snow.
1.8 km
Distance
201 m
Ascent
50 min
Duration
43
Check-ins
- Cioky Bar 1 456 m
- Casera Pescegallo 1 448 m
Open route Valtellina Outdoor
Hiking route Difficult
Valgerola Lakes Tour
4.8 km away, in Gerola Alta
From Pescegallo on trail 148 to the Trona dam, built in the early 1940s for power, then over scree and old mine workings to the Lago dell'Inferno at 2,072 m.
14.8 km
Distance
1 141 m
Ascent
7 h 25 min
Duration
149
Check-ins
Open route Valtellina Outdoor
Hiking route Moderate
In Valgerola al Rifugio Salmurano
4.8 km away, in Gerola Alta
A short climb in the Val Gerola to the Salmurano hut, just below the pass of the same name on the Orobie crest.
2.9 km
Distance
399 m
Ascent
1 h 35 min
Duration
55
Check-ins
- Cioky Bar 1 456 m
- Rifugio Salmurano 1 848 m
Open route GPX in Lombardia
Hiking route Easy
Ecomusenses, the accessible trail in Valgerola
6.9 km away, in Gerola Alta
A paved, shaded kilometre in the Val Gerola with scent beds, sound instruments, touch panels and gnome houses, laid out to be walked by anyone.
639 m
Distance
10 m
Ascent
12 min
Duration
Open route Valtellina Outdoor
Hiking route Difficult
Pizzo dei Tre Signori, symbolic peak among three provinces
4.8 km away, in Gerola Alta
A climb from Pescegallo on trail 148 past the Trona and Inferno reservoirs to the Pizzo dei Tre Signori, the peak where three provinces meet.
7.8 km
Distance
1 214 m
Ascent
4 h 55 min
Duration
173
Check-ins
Open route Valtellina Outdoor
Hiking route Moderate
Laveggiolo Trona Soliva with joelette
8.2 km away, in Gerola Alta
A dirt road from the car park at Laveggiolo, 1,460 m, into the Val Vedrano, over a wooden bridge and round the mountainside towards Trona Soliva; joelette-friendly.
13.3 km
Distance
512 m
Ascent
4 h 23 min
Duration
12
Check-ins
- Rifugio Trona Soliva 1 900 m
Open route Valtellina Outdoor
Hiking route Easy
Gerola Alta - Ecomusens path with joelette
7.3 km away, in Gerola Alta
The Valgerola ecomuseum's multi-sensory trail, walked out and back with a joelette because the last link of the loop is not yet passable.
1.8 km
Distance
169 m
Ascent
1 h 2 min
Duration
Open route Valtellina Outdoor
Hiking route Difficult
Rododendri in Val Gerola
4.8 km away, in Gerola Alta
A demanding round in the Val Gerola timed for the rhododendron flowering, when the slopes above the huts turn deep pink.
14.0 km
Distance
1 041 m
Ascent
6 h 49 min
Duration
188
Check-ins
Open route GPX in Lombardia