ブランツィのおすすめ登山＆山歩きルート

from Branchino, you arrive at the Alpe Corte refuge, before it, past the lake, there is a refuge

A nice place to stop to enjoy an excellent view of the Twin Lakes.

It requires a little more effort and a detour from the usual twin lakes loop route, but why not?

I pass through a beautiful grassy basin dominated by the limestone walls of the Arera

taken from the website https://rifugiobranchino.blogspot.com/ Our aim is to revitalize the beautiful "Neel" mountain pasture, in the upper Valcanale, between the municipalities of Ardesio and Roncobello. We renovated the Branchino refuge on the remains of a previous structure, therefore without building anything new. The refuge was built on what remained of the hut for the workers who worked, at the beginning of the century, on the "Branchino dam", a structure of which you can still see, going up, the plinths of the cableway for the supply of material. I have not yet had time to learn more about the fate of this artifact, but it seems that the sides of the lake, although filled with cement to try to waterproof it, have never had the characteristics suitable for the basin and therefore the project was abandoned. We are left with the lake and... the refuge. For any information you can contact us at 3312637020 or by email at rifugiolagobranchino@gmail.com

The Rifugio Baita Neel (or Baita Bassa dell'Alpe Nevel) is located in the upper Valcanale, along the path that goes up to Lake Branchino. The hut has twelve beds (eight in the mezzanine and four, two of which are bunk beds, in a room on the ground floor), a gas and wood stove with dishes and pots, a bathroom with shower, heating with a wood stove and fireplace, electric light with photovoltaic panels. Outside there is a barbecue and a wooden table with benches.

Lake Branchino is located in the Orobie Prealps, between the Seriana and Brembana valleys, on the administrative border between the municipalities of Ardesio and Oltre il Colle. It is possible to reach the lake from three different points: from the Seriana valley, starting from Valcanale, a hamlet of Ardesio and following the CAI trail number 220 that reaches the Alpe Corte refuge and, passing alongside numerous huts, goes up to the Branchino refuge and then to the lake; from the Brembana valley, from the town of Roncobello via a carriage road that touches the locality of Costa Superiore and the hamlet of Capovalle. A little further upstream the trail becomes a path, along which follow the signs for the Branchino pass; from the Serina valley, via trail number 222 that goes up to the Capanna 2000 refuge and then continuing along the Sentiero dei Fiori

Started halfway up the climb the Afternoon recording with a snowy path, with crampons doable by everyone without difficulty. Landscape that always offers breathtaking views. Having arrived at the pass practically alone and with the sun that was now setting, the muffled silence gave us a feeling of lightness and wonder.