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Some of the tracks presented here are set along mountain trails where some passages may require holding to ropes or climbing short ladders, and may have exposed passages without safety protections. These tracts can be a serious danger if faced without the right equipment, awareness and physical condition.
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Hike to Somma Lombardo mountain hut from Riale

Morasco lake, Sabbione lake and Arbola

Val D'Ossola - Val Formazza

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length icon Length:
12.8 Km
time icon Our time:
5h00' walking
climb icon Total climb:
850 mt
height icon Min and max height:
1740 mt - 2560 mt
track there and back icon Type of track:
there and back
surface icon Surface:
trail
panorama icon Panorama:
lakes - mountains
coverage icon Cell network coverage:
very poor
winter icon Traced in winter:
no
bike icon Traced by bike:
no

In 1945 the subsection of CAI of Somma Lombardo was established, immediately aiming to have a mountain hut in high altitude. The chance happened when the works for the Sabbione dam were completed, and the building enterprises decided to sell the converter. This building was made at 2561 MASL, to supply electric power to the railway that carried, from the nearby cave, the inert materials needed to build the dam. The building was bought and renovated by CAI of Somma Lombardo who inaugurated it as a mountain hut on the 13th of september 1959. As of today, the mountain hut is managed directly by the section’s associates.
The itinerary starts from Morasco, passes by the homonymous lake and climbs up along the valley of Sabbione Alp. By the cable car arrival station, used to carry the goods, the trail goes up towards Somma Lombardo mountain hut, where one can admire the sight of the whole basin of Sabbione lake and Arbola glacier.


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