아르데시오 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

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?

naturalistic

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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.

A small lake hidden among the mountains, reachable also in winter from Alpecorte and Capanna2000