| Hereafter
we shortly describe the race, pointing out times
of route, set on the possibilities of a common excursionist.
From the Pasturo central square (650 m), along the
San Calimero street, you should follow a cart way
with the trail sign n. 33
ignoring the side ramifications, up to the chapel
devoted to Maria Regina Pacis.
At the following alternative, take the left path,
walking straight ahead on a long way in the wood,
until meeting the mule-track that climbs from the
Colle Balisio. When you reach the crossing with
the path of the Traversata Bassa, you should follow
it, in direction of the Pian Resinelli, that
can be reached after long but not fatiguing walk
(about 3 hours from Pasturo). When you leave the
refuge Soldanella (1354 m) at your back, you go
toward the refuge Alippi, at the bottom of the south-western
slope of the Grignetta.
From here, crossing the Sentiero delle Foppe, with
two hours and half of walk, you get to refuge
Rosalba (1730 m). We are in the hearth of the Grignetta,
facing the walls where generations of mountaineers
have climbed, coming from Lecco and every where in
the word. Steeples and pinnacles have eccentric
forms that often offer an incredible panorama, completed
by the foreshortenings on the lake. Crossing the
not so easy Sentiero Cecilia, you go out on the
Cresta Cermenati and shortly after, the peak of
the Grigna Meridionale is reached (2177 m), in one
hour and a half from the refuge Rosalba. From the
top, with the help of a chain, you will walk down
along the northern slope, to the Canalino Federazione,
that should be faced with caution, and you will
reach the Buco di Grigna (named also Bocchetta Campione
), from which, turning to the left, you will
continue down towards the refuge Elisa (1518 m),
that is reached in one hour and a half of descent
(from the top) not always easy. A beautiful path,
in some parts equipped with chains and ropes, hands
to a fork between the Sasso dei Carbonari and the
Sasso Cavallo (Val Cassina), historical walls that
lean out on the lake of Como, and from here to the
refuge Bietti (1715 m). The following stage is the
refuge Bogani (1822 ms), on the northern slope of
the Grignone, reached in one hour of walk from
the refuge Bietti. Afterwards you should begin the
path toward the top of the Grigna Settentrionale
(2409 m), for which it is necessary to estimate
approximately two hours and a half of walk. The
refuge Brioschi, just under the peak, appears, after so many hours of hiking like a pleasant
mirage. Passing first the Bocchetta di Releccio
and then the Bocchetta della Bassa , now you should
go down along the steep oriental slope of the Grignone
until you reach the refuge Pialeral (1320 m). The
path is now in the North-East direction and trough
a long easy slope you get the little church
of San Calimero (1499 m), in a splendid panoramic
position. Leaving this place you
should continue down to the refuge Riva (1020 m)
and from there you return to Pasturo, where, once
arrived, our marvellous Trekking delle
Grigne is completed. |
