To Lago del Sabbione and Alpe Bettelmatt - Round trip

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To Lago del Sabbione and Alpe Bettelmatt - Round trip

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To Lago del Sabbione and Alpe Bettelmatt - Round trip

08:32

19.2km

1,220m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 6, 2024

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 7.57 km for 1.09 km

After 10.5 km for 11 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

4.05 km

Alpe Bettelmatt

Highlight • Settlement

Beautiful alp very quiet and surrounded by mountains, easily reachable from the dirt road or otherwise from the steeper path among the shrubs

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5.82 km

Rifugio Città di Busto

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Beautiful mountain hut with great kitchen

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6.54 km

Piano dei Camosci

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful floor with a 360 ° view with a convenient and well-equipped Città di Busto refuge nearby

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10.4 km

Rifugio Claudio e Bruno

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Refuge surrounded by glaciers with two very kind and helpful managers, always ready to prepare a hot meal.

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12.5 km

Lake Sabbione

Highlight • Lake

Nice alpine lake with an outstanding view of the "Punta d'Arbola" along with its glacier

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17.0 km

Parking

19.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.3 km

2.61 km

1.13 km

1.09 km

Surfaces

13.6 km

2.09 km

1.79 km

1.39 km

330 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 10 October

7°C

-1°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 6.0 km/h

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Comments

August 23, 2024,giro alto dei rifugi in alta Formazza, Claudio e Bruno, 3A e Città di Busto

A great classic of Formazza, in the company of Manuel, Marco and the inexhaustible Leone. We climb up to 3A, passing by Claudio and Bruno, a refuge at 2960 m and from there we descend to Piana dei Camosci among the debris of the former Siedel glacier. We graze the Città di Busto, descending to Alpe Bettelmatt and then to …

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August 21, 2024,Giro dei rifugi-città di Busto A, 3A, Claudio e Bruno, Somma Lombardo, Bim Se Al Lago

It took me a lot of effort, but this time I got a lot of stamps from the refuges in the upper Fomazza valley.
All of them were excellently made, well looked after both inside and out, managed by capable staff.
The lunch stop was 3A, at 2960 m: a tough climb, partially still on a snowfield, but the welcome …

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