ニョスカの峠・トップ7

If the snow line drops, there will be snow on the Moleno Valley side, and it won't melt away quickly (the sun doesn't even shine in October). This makes this route on the steep slope truly challenging without spikes or poles. The descents from both sides, in particular, should be approached with extreme caution.

The Bocchetta di Rognoi is a mountain pass in the municipality of Verzasca in the canton of Ticino. It is located at an altitude of 2219 meters above sea level between the Pizzo di Vogorno (2442m above sea level) and the Madon (2395m above sea level). The pass forms a connection between the Val della Porta in the south and the Val Carecchio to the north, both side valleys of the Verzasca Valley. The path over the Butta di Rognoi is marked as a white-red-white mountain hiking trail. The nearest mountain hut is the Capanna Borgna on the south side of the pass, from which there are hiking options to the Bochete di Cazzann (Butta Cazzane) and further to the Valle di Moleno as well as to the Passo di Ruscada (and from there to the Magadino plain).

Bocchetta d'Erbea is located between the Gaggio valley and the Molena valley. It is a narrow opening in the rock that divides two very different valleys. The Gaggio valley is green, that of Molena is mainly stony.

Long climb up the pass, but really beautiful and very pleasant to ride

Very nice pass, drive and enjoy

Heading south to the Alps for the first Control Point of the Race, TCRNo9 riders face a parcours that follows in the millenia-old tracks of pass-storming armies and traders — zig-zagging across the Swiss and Italian borders, over the high cols and through the steeply-gorged valleys of the now famous San Bernardino and Splugen Passes, before plunging to Chiavenna at the foot of the Maloja Pass. 2023 marks the 200-year anniversary of the modern road over the Passo dello Spluga. Here riders will free route from the end of the parcours to Control Point 1 in Livigno. Perched high in the Italian Alps, the location will force racers to remain in the mountains en route to Control Point 2. Livigno’s name stems from the old German word for ‘avalanche’ — a reminder to riders not to underestimate conditions here, something they will do at their peril as they traverse some of the highest paved roads in the region before being deposited at the foot of the mighty Stelvio National Park.

The Forcarella di Lodrino is a mountain pass between the Valle Verzasca and the Riviera in the canton of Ticino. Your pass is at an altitude of 2218 meters above sea level on the ridge that leads from Poncione Rosso (2505m asl) in the north to Scima do Precastell (2358m asl). You can cross the pass on an alpine hiking trail (white-blue-white marking). From the village of Lodrino on the east side, this path first leads up to the huts near In Alva and then high above the Val di Lodrino to the crossing. From Lavertezzo in the Verzasca Valley you hike via Cognera and Forno into the Val Pincascia. At the back of the valley you first climb to Alpe Fümègna and then on to Forcarella di Lodrino.

Very nice descent from San Bernardino to the south. You can always see how the new street meanders with its bridge structures.