Historic site
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Curated by Sondrio e Valmalenco
Ponte in Valtellina
Valtellina village of terraced vineyards under the Sassa d'Entova, with a Renaissance parish church and an ethnographic museum.
- 4Highlights
- 22Routes
- Featured summit · Pizzo di Rodes
Highlights
11 from neighbouring places
Museo parrocchiale ed etnografico di Ponte in Valtellina
A parish and folk museum at Ponte in Valtellina: church silver beside the tools of the terraces.
Chiesa dei Santi Rocco, Sebastiano e Cristoforo
A votive church at Ponte in Valtellina, raised against plague and frescoed inside.
Chiesa di San Lorenzo
A church on the Valtellina slope below Ponte, among the vineyard terraces.
Chiesa di San Maurizio
Ponte in Valtellina's parish church, with a Renaissance front and a tall campanile.
Chiesa dei SS. Giacomo e Andrea
2.3 km away, in Chiuro
Chiuro's parish church, among the Valtellina vineyards on the right bank of the Adda.
Chiesa di San Rocco
3.6 km away, in Piateda
A votive church at Piateda, on the Orobie slope of the Valtellina.
Torre di Castionetto
3.8 km away, in Chiuro
A medieval tower above Chiuro, on the vineyard terrace facing the Orobie.
Riserva Naturale Bosco dei Bordighi
5.5 km away, in Montagna in Valtellina
A riverside wood on the Adda near Sondrio, one of the last stretches of the valley's original forest.
Torre di Mancapane
6 km away, in Montagna in Valtellina
A watchtower on the slope above Montagna in Valtellina, part of the valley's medieval signal chain.
Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate
6 km away, in Montagna in Valtellina
A church beside the Grumello castle rock above Montagna in Valtellina.
Castel Grumello
6.1 km away, in Montagna in Valtellina
A twin-towered ruined castle on a rock spur above the Valtellina, with vineyards below.
La Via dei Terrazzamenti
6.6 km away, in Montagna in Valtellina
A marked route along the Valtellina's dry-stone vineyard terraces between Morbegno and Tirano.
Rifugi all'Alpe Mara
7.6 km away, in Montagna in Valtellina
Huts on the Alpe Mara above Montagna in Valtellina, on the Orobie slope.
Museo dell’Identità e della Cultura Locale
13.5 km away, in Valbondione
A museum at Valbondione on shepherding, mining and life at the head of the Val Seriana.
Chiesa di San Bernardino
14.8 km away, in Valbondione
The church at Valbondione, at the foot of the path to the Serio waterfalls.
Nothing of this kind in Ponte in Valtellina.
Routes
The Orobie Decauville
A flat path on the bed of the narrow-gauge line that once served the Orobie dams, shaded and cooler than the valley below.
- 5.2 km
- Distance
- 30 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 17 min
- Duration
Open route Valtellina OutdoorFrom Rifugio Alpini to Rifugio Gino e Massimo in Grioni
A route into the Armisola valley on the Orobic side, over a boardwalk and a stream bridge to the Grioni hut, with a permit needed to park at Le Piane.
- 8.1 km
- Distance
- 562 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 44 min
- Duration
- 6
- Check-ins
Rifugio Gino e Massimo 1 860 m- Rifugio A.N.A. Piateda 1 550 m
- Rifugio Amici d'Armisola m.1624 (SO) 1 624 m
Open route Valtellina OutdoorIl selvaggio Pizzo di Rodes
The ascent of the Pizzo di Rodes, a 2,829-metre summit set apart among the high Orobie just north of the Bergamo boundary, over the Valtellina.
- 9.2 km
- Distance
- 1 856 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 59 min
- Duration
- 14
- Check-ins
Scialpinismo in Val d'Arigna
A ski tour from Casacce above Ponte in Valtellina, up the road through the Val d'Arigna past the Armisa power station towards the Pizzo di Faila.
- 6.2 km
- Distance
- 1 448 m
- Ascent
- 12 m
- Descent
- 3 h 51 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
The Armisola Tour
A mountain-bike ring from Gaggio di Piateda by forest road to the Le Piane hut and on to the Armisola pasture at 1,630 metres.
- 17.2 km
- Distance
- 658 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 9 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorGravel rurale in Valtellina
A demanding gravel route from Sondrio to Villa di Tirano on the old terraced side of the Valtellina.
- 76.7 km
- Distance
- 1 775 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 28 min
- Duration
- 17
- Check-ins
- Ristorante da Silvio Fancoli 559 m
- Azienda Bondio Cristina 529 m
- Ristorante Belandin 675 m
- Convento di San Lorenzo 441 m
- Osteria al Sole 559 m
- Chiosco 286 m
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Open route Valtellina OutdoorTHE WATER WAY
A loop off the flat Decauville track up trail 255 to the Piane di Piateda, by way of Foppa and the hamlet of Cavrera.
- 6.2 km
- Distance
- 511 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 16 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorPIATEDA-RODES
A vertical line from the square at Piateda to the 2,829-metre Pizzo di Rodes, by the Marmitte path, the Decauville and the Alpe Armisola.
- 12.7 km
- Distance
- 2 531 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 24 min
- Duration
- 14
- Check-ins
Pizzo di Rodes 2 829 m
Bocchetta di Santo Stefano 2 378 m- Bocchetta del Reguzzo 2 621 m
- Rifugio A.N.A. Piateda 1 550 m
Open route Valtellina OutdoorPonte, Val Fontana (MTB-EMTB)
A ride from the Valtellina floor into Val Fontana, on tarmac then dirt past Sant'Antonio to Rifugio Massimo Erler and Alpe Campiascio at 1,685 m.
- 34.2 km
- Distance
- 1 406 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 22 min
- Duration
Open route Valtellina OutdoorSondrio - Chiuro
A wine route through vineyards and orchards from Sondrio by Ponte in Valtellina to Chiuro.
- 26.5 km
- Distance
- 274 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 37 min
- Duration
Open route Valtellina OutdoorTowards Pessa
A climb from the Le Piane hut, permit needed, west into the woods on trail 252 to the Alpe Pessa huts and the ridge above the Val Venina.
- 5.8 km
- Distance
- 431 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 51 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorSulle tracce di S. Stefano in Val d'Arigna
A long steep climb into the Val d'Arigna above Ponte in Valtellina, on the Orobie side of the valley.
- 15.3 km
- Distance
- 1 572 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 43 min
- Duration
- 13
- Check-ins
Ponte, Val' Arigna, Foppe, Prataccio (MTB-EMTB)
A climb into Val d'Arigna on the Orobie side, gentle tarmac as far as the Armisa power station and then a steep dirt and concrete ramp above it.
- 22.3 km
- Distance
- 1 138 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 8 min
- Duration
Open route Valtellina OutdoorWine Bike Tour 6 - Storia
A route along the steep Rhaetian slope among terraced vineyards, old villages and their cellars.
- 26.1 km
- Distance
- 291 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 35 min
- Duration
Mule track of the Val d'Arigna
A climb on the old mule track into the Val d'Arigna, the side valley above Ponte in Valtellina, gaining height steadily from the floor.
- 7.6 km
- Distance
- 481 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 17 min
- Duration
Open route Valtellina OutdoorLakes of Saint Stephen
A steep climb from the Val d'Arigna above Ponte in Valtellina to the lakes below Santo Stefano, on the Orobie watershed.
- 5.7 km
- Distance
- 1 081 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 2 min
- Duration
- 4
- Check-ins
Lago di Sopra 2 124 m- Baita Spanone 1 559 m
- Malga S. Stefano 1 867 m
- Lago di S. Stefano 1 848 m
Open route Valtellina OutdoorPiateda
A long climb out of Piateda into the Orobie side valleys above the Valtellina, on forest roads and old mule tracks.
- 34.0 km
- Distance
- 1 671 m
- Ascent
- 12 h 18 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
La Via dei Terrazzamenti
A stretch of the terraces route above Chiuro, following the drystone walls that carry the Valtellina vineyards.
- 33.6 km
- Distance
- 1 008 m
- Ascent
- 10 h 27 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Resnati-Tempesti Bivouac
A wild walk in the Val d'Arigna facing Pizzo Coca, from Ca' Pizzini above the Armisa power station by forest road and mule track past the Michelini huts.
- 5.5 km
- Distance
- 922 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 35 min
- Duration
- 1
- Check-ins
Open route Valtellina OutdoorPonte in Valtellina
A road and track climb from the station at Ponte into the Val d'Arigna, up to the Armisa power station in the Orobie.
- 34.2 km
- Distance
- 1 603 m
- Ascent
- 11 h 58 min
- Duration
Sentiero del Sole
The section of trail 302 from Dalico to Santa Maria, crossing the Valfontana, the Rhon valley and the Val Rogna on the sunny Valtellina side.
- 20.7 km
- Distance
- 971 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 17 min
- Duration
Open route Valtellina OutdoorThe Rhon Valley
A demanding walk off the usual lines into the Val Rhon above Ponte in Valtellina, on the Orobie flank.
- 9.0 km
- Distance
- 1 041 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 15 min
- Duration
Open route Valtellina Outdoor
No routes of this kind in Ponte in Valtellina yet.
The region's own picks
Featured route
The Orobie Decauville
A flat path on the bed of the narrow-gauge line that once served the Orobie dams, shaded and cooler than the valley below.
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Data sources
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