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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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Trekking to Lake Toggia and Boden lakes

Riale plain - Toggia alp - Maria Luisa lodge - San Giacomo pass - Lake Kastel

Val D'Ossola - Val Formazza

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Length:
17 Km

Our time:
5h30' walking

Total climb:
915 mt

Min and max height:
1730 mt - 2400 mt

Type of track:
ring track

Surface:
dirt road - trail

Panorama:
lakes - mountains

Cell network coverage:
partial

Traced in winter:
no

Traced by bike:
no

The trail starts from Riale plain, on the road along the mountain slope that holds lake Kastel, passing in front of Maria Luisa lodge and by the Toggia lake. An artificial reservoir that was made possible with a dam built in 1932.
On the opposite side of the dam there is a series of organized pylons that once held the amazing WAGRISTORATORE, a mountain lodge designed by Architect Piero Portaluppi (who designed seven hydroelectric stations and the famous restaurand on top of Toce's waterfall).

The Wagristoratore was launched in 1930, managed by "Società Anonima Alberghi della Formazza". It was made of two train wagons, laying on the pylons, one was a restaurant and the other had rooms. The inital project had some kind of chalet joining the two wagons, but it was never realized.

Unfortunatley only the pylons remain today, the wagons were probably dismantled during the second world war, when San Giacomo pass became an escape path to Switzerland.

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