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High path (hostel San Bernardino - Pian San Giacomo)

20.3 km
7:10 h
694 mhd
1619 mhd
Panorama
verso il Passit

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Lago Passit
The walk begin to the hostel from San Bernardino and along the way you have a magnificant view from the Mesolcina valley.
Technique
Fitness
Highest Point  2299 m
Lowest Point  1173 m
Best Season
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Start
San Bernardino pass
Destination
Pian San Giacomo
Coordinates
46.495657, 9.171488

Details

Description

The path begin from the hostel from San Bernardino. The slow walk take you in a tipicaly alpin botany. You reach first the alp de Muccia and then the alp Vigon and at end the Confin Bass. The path bring you to the pass di Passit with his 2 small lakes. From the top of the pass 2028m you descend until 1847m along the alps that are worked from a herder during the sommer. By overpass the Cima de la Duleira, after 45 min you reach the alp d'Arbea at 1823m. Then you begin the descend to the valley getting across the montains Paradiron and Valineu and reaching in less then 2 hours Pian S.Giacomo.

Option for San Bernardino: the route can be cut in Confin Bass (the station in the middle of the aerial railway) reaching the village of San Bernardino trough the "Bosch d'Isola".

Option for Pian San Giacomo: the route can be cut just after the alp d'Arbea, descending the montain from Cebi e Pignela. From that point you can reach the Pian San Giacomo with the forest way.

Directions

Public Transport

Bus from Bellinzona or from Thusis

Anreise Information

Highway from Bellinzona direction San Bernardino

Parking

car parking in San Bernardino along the river Moesa

Waypoints

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Attraction San Bernardino Mesolcina Calanca
Passo del San Bernardino
The San Bernardino Pass is a natural oasis easily accessible by the homonymous road. Starting point for numerous excursions or simply to relax at high altitude.
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La fattoria dell'azienda agricola Biobarnom
Farm Shop San Bernardino Mesolcina Calanca
Caseificio Dulcis in Fundo

A shop with gastronomic products produced by the Biobarnom farm and much more, on the main street of Pian San Giacomo.

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Art Gallery San Bernardino Mesolcina Calanca
Scimmie - Pian San Giacomo - mMoMAm

The monkeys are located in Pian San Giacomo near the postbus stop.

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Attraction San Bernardino Mesolcina Calanca
San Bernardino Pass

The San Bernardino pass represents the entrance to the Moesa region. Once a crucial point of trade on the north-south axis, it is now a place for recreation, sport and leisure.

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Restaurant San Bernardino Mesolcina Calanca
Ristorante Ospizio

The restaurant at the Ospizio del San Bernardino offers simple dishes and refreshing drinks for all travelers who reach the top of the pass.

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Lake San Bernardino Mesolcina Calanca
Laghetto Moesola
The Moesola lake is an alpine body of water located on the San Bernardino Pass, at an altitude of 2,063 msm.
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Chapel San Bernardino Mesolcina Calanca
Cappella di San Giacomo

The chapel dedicated to San Giacomo is located in the homonymous village Pian San Giacomo shortly after the bridge that crosses the river Moesa.

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Responsible for this content: Ente Turistico Regionale del Moesano (ETRM).

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