Hike in Valle Varicla: Borno to the Laeng and San Fermo refuges

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Hike in Valle Varicla: Borno to the Laeng and San Fermo refuges

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Hike in Valle Varicla: Borno to the Laeng and San Fermo refuges

05:51

14.5km

990m

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The path that connects the Laeng refuge to the San Fermo refuge passes at the foot of Pizzo Camino and Cima Moren, and passes next to the ruins of the Coppellotti refuge. This area constitutes an unexpected little realm of ridges, ridges and gullies with dolomitic suggestions.

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Last updated: June 8, 2024

Waypoints

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Parking

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2.66 km

Lova Lake

Highlight • Lake

Lake Lova, just above Borno, is an alpine lake which occupies the bottom of a basin of glacial origin, at a little less than 1,300 meters above sea level, between …

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4.19 km

Malga Mignone

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Malga Mignone is closed in winter, but in summer it represents a nice refreshment point. Near the pass there are some benches and a table with a view of Pizzo Camino and the mountains around the plain.

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6.11 km

Rifugio Laeng

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The Laeng refuge is framed by the limestone rock faces of the Pizzo Camino group and Cima Moren. Inserted in an environment full of trees, bushes, flowers and rocks, it …

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10.1 km

San Fermo Hut

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The San Fermo refuge is located at the base of the Corna di San Fermo and next to it there is a small seventeenth-century church dedicated to the hermit saint. …

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14.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.24 km

4.14 km

2.87 km

649 m

570 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.52 km

2.67 km

2.62 km

2.32 km

2.14 km

1.22 km

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Tuesday 13 October

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November 1, 2024,Passo Varicla, giro ad anello da Borno.

Daily excursion starting from Borno at 8 on a cool and clear day. Passage through the western shore of the suggestive Lago di Lova and climb to Malga Mignone from which you can admire Punta est Punta Anita, Cima Crap, Vai Piane and Cima Azendola to the north. To the west the objective of the day, Passo Varicla, a narrow …

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November 17, 2024,Escursione in Valle Varicla, da Borno ai Rifugi Laeng e San Fermo

Very challenging climb up to Malga Zumella, then there are no more signs, you have to go up a meadow

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August 2, 2022,Panoramaweg 'Sentiero Alto' von Borno aus

Starting from Borno, a small town in the Val Camonica at about 900m, our round trip went steeply uphill today with the destination 'Rifugio San Fermo'. Asphalt became gravel became a forest path became an alpine meadow. There were at least two animal encounters (without jingling) before the longed-for Italian hut fare.
The highlight I had hoped for came as …

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September 15, 2024,Che Panorama!!

What a View
I have always admired the Concarena today I can look at it from another side
Even if the real protagonist of today is Pizzo Camino!!
Starting from the parking lot of the church of San Fiorino di Borno our itinerary takes us to Lago di Lova a small artificial lake nestled between green pine forests, from there …

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May 26, 2023

The path that connects the Laeng refuge to the San Fermo refuge passes at the foot of Pizzo Camino and Cima Moren, and passes next to the ruins of the Coppellotti refuge. This area constitutes an unexpected little realm of ridges, ridges and gullies with dolomitic suggestions.
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It starts from the town

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