Snowshoeing Toceno-Colma di Toceno

After leaving your car near Capanno degli Alpini, beside the last houses of Arvogno, take the old mule track used by Toceno residents 50 m higher up, which zig-zags up through a pine forest on the sunny side of Valle Vigezzo. There are signs at the start of the mule track (route M25 – SI – GTA) which leads to Colma di Toceno (Colma di Fuori) and white/red signs on the clearly visible route.
After you exit the forest, climb up the snow-covered peaks past a few huts on the alpine pasture, from where you can admire one of the valley’s most enchanting landscapes: from the Ticino mountains to the Val Grande and the Swiss mountains of Canton Vallese. After crossing a wide road, turn left and continue slightly downhill until you reach the Colma di Dentro, from where you can admire a panoramic view of Valle di Arvogno, Pioda di Crana and Scheggia.
Near a beautiful renovated hut, towards the east, a flat path begins that leads past rhododendrons and ancient larches to Piana di Vigezzo. From the gondola lift arrival station, a wide, snow-covered road leads first to the buildings that overlook Valle Vigezzo and then to Colma di Toceno, on the uphill mule track, which you later also descend.

INFO: www.caivigezzo.org

From the trunk road in Santa Maria Maggiore, follow signs for Toceno and from here take the road to Arvogno.

Take trunk road 337 to Santa Maria Maggiore, then Toceno and Arvogno.

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700 m

2 hrs 30 min

Occasionally, there may be a danger of avalanches in the section between Colma di Fuori and Piana di Vigezzo, whether you follow the path on the north side of the summit or opt for the dirt road on the south side (the suggested return route).
A safer alternative to reach the Piana is to ascend directly from Colma di Fuori in a north-easterly direction towards the summit, continuing to the Piana constantly following the ridge. Please note that this choice may cause interference with the ski slopes. We therefore ask you to pay the utmost attention and to be highly cautious.