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Valasco Hut – Lower Valscura Lake loop from Rifugio Valasco

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Valasco Hut – Lower Valscura Lake loop from Rifugio Valasco

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Valasco Hut – Lower Valscura Lake loop from Rifugio Valasco

04:54

12.4km

650m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly walkable paths. Sure-footedness required.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime

Waypoints

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Start point

Alpine Hut

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Valasco Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

This refuge was for many years the hunting lodge of Vittorio Emanuele II of Savoy. It is located on the Valasco plain, an enchanting place in any season of the …

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1.03 km

Valasco Stream Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

This is a beautiful waterfall that pours under the bridge on the Upper Floor of the Valasco.

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3

5.37 km

Lago del Claus

Highlight • Lake

Beautiful lake in a very quiet place, about halfway between the Portette lake and the lower Valscura lake. You meet it when you make the Valasco ring

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5.96 km

Military Mule Track in Valle Gesso

Highlight • Trail

Wonderful mule track immersed in a magical environment.

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6.34 km

Ex-Military Mule Track (Mulattiera Ex Militare) in Parco Naturale delle Alpi Marittime

Highlight • Trail

The former military mule track that connected the Barracks of Druos and the Barracks of Valscura with the Ricoveri di Fremamorta and the Ricovero Umberto I, still in excellent condition, dates back to the early twentieth century.

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6.35 km

Section of the Old Military Road

Highlight • Trail

This is the last part before the refuge

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7

7.06 km

Lower Valscura Lake

Highlight • Lake

Beautiful lake in the park of the Maritime Alps accessible by easy mule track from the Piana del Valasco.

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8

8.50 km

Tunnel Along the Mule Track

Highlight • Structure

small stretch of tunnel with a great visual effect

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12.4 km

End point

Alpine Hut

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.80 km

5.66 km

981 m

Surfaces

6.34 km

2.94 km

1.91 km

1.24 km

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