Snowshoeing Druogno-Alpe Campra

From Orcesco car park, head towards the village, climbing in a south-westerly direction until you come across a dirt road. Follow this road for a short flat stretch to the right. You will reach the signposted junction with the mule track, which comes from the hamlet of Orcesco and rises south-west to a wide depression.
After a couple of sections on a slight slope, interposed with a short ascent, you reach Rio Lupo valley, which you can cross via a wooden bridge. On the opposite side, the mule track rises with regular hairpin bends into the beautiful beach forest, heading predominantly southwards. Further up, you will come to the dirt road. This road, which is flanked by a few rocky outcrops, has replaced a stretch of the mule track, which resumes on the left of the road a little further on. You will encounter the road again just before you enter the Alpe Motta pasture, which completely ascends and then briefly re-enters the forest, where a short section on a slight slope takes you to the large snow-covered pastures of Alpe Campra, from where you can admire much of Vigezzo Valley.

INFO: www.caivigezzo.org

From the trunk road in Druogno, drive to the Vigezzina-Centovalli railway station in Orcesco, a hamlet in Druogno (around 820 m).

Take trunk road 337 to Druogno.

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560 m

1 hr 45 min