ロッサの絶景の山頂・トップ17

Level T4 ascent, difficult route for experienced hikers, but with few exposed sections and easily passable. Caution is advised in late summer due to snow.

Mesocco Castle San Bernardino Castle Mesolcina Calanca The ruins of Mesocco Castle stand on top of an imposing rocky hill that rises steeply from the valley floor. This imposing fortress stands in the center of the valley, forcing the Moesa River into a wide bend in a narrow, impassable gorge, leaving only a narrow passage to the west. Mesocco Castle is protected on three sides by steep cliffs. Only to the northeast, on the upstream side of the valley, does the slope slope more gently. Climbing up the old access road to the castle from the north side, you first reach the Church of St. Maria del Castello and are already on the castle grounds, which were once surrounded by a defensive wall. The impressive ruins consist mainly of the remains of defensive works built in the last decades of the 15th century, i.e., during the final phase of the castle's life. Among them are numerous ruins from earlier eras, so that the castle's current appearance reveals its eventful history, which has its roots in the early Middle Ages. Graubünden Ferien, Alexanderstrasse 24, 7001 Chur https://www.graubuenden.ch/de/ausflugsziele/castello-di-mesocco

After a short climb you reach the entrance

Highest peak in the canton of Ticino, called "Adula" there. Thanks to its height and its position towards the south, the Rheinwaldhorn offers a first-class view, which is compared to that from Monte Rosa. It is climbed accordingly often, not least because the normal routes do not present any great technical difficulties. The shape of the Rheinwaldhorn is an irregular, four-sided pyramid with a summit slope running from north to south. To the south, towards Val Malvaglia, the least known side, a rock face breaks off steeply. The other three sides are more or less heavily glaciated: the broad, sweeping western flank of the Vadrecc di Bresciana, the much narrower one to the north with the craggy Läntaglet and the broad eastern flank with nameless snowfields down to the so-called "origin", the source of the Hinterrhein. The most common ascents from the three SAC huts Adula, Länta and Zapport lead over these flanks in both summer and winter.

At Alpe della Bolla you can enjoy the tranquility of nature by letting yourself be embraced by the surrounding mountains. In the meadow you can also see some stone houses.

Mesocco itself is one of the largest castle complexes in Switzerland. In addition to various ruins located on the slopes outside the town, there are excellent intact remains of the castle and the Romanesque church of Santa Maria. It's worth a visit slowly.

Pizzo di Claro or Visagno, at 2727 m, is a beautiful, little-frequented peak located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grisons. The climb from Piz de Molinera is more demanding than that of the east side.

From the path you can see the Mesocco Castle, one of the largest castle complexes in Switzerland, which from the beginning of the 13th century until 1526 constituted the imposing nucleus of the valley.