ITINERARY - - CORNIGA -

TIME: 2 HOURS

ALTITUDE GAP: about 90 mt

DIFFICULTY: easy but with stretches of steep downhill mule tracks

SIGNPOST: a few road signs

CONNECTIONS: to Argegno - by boat, hydrofoil and coach C10 – C20; cablecar to Pigra: info on the phone number 031821344; from Colon- cadenabbia no by coach: C10

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Once in Argegno go to right. When you reach corso and go downhill the cablecar station. the end of the village in to Valle della Camog- From the cablecar sta- front of the old “Work- gia. tion in Pigra go straight ers’ association” fol- After some ups and on till you reach the low the road signs to downs you’ll reach post office and then Corniga. Corniga, turn right into uphill to a Lavatoio Go past the shrine to the mule track leading FROM PIGRA TO COLONNO (washhouse), then turn the Madonna del Soc- Corniga to Colonno.

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ARGEGNO – - ITINERARY ARGEGNO-TREMEZZO-ARGEGNO From Argegno take the cablecar to Pigra. Once there turn left to- DEPARTURE: ARGEGNO wards the village and then right uphill. Reach the Alpe di Colonno, LENGHT: km 35 go down to Rifugio Boffalora and then up to Rifugio Venini. Go round ALTITUDE GAP: 900 mt Monte di Tremezzo and go on to Monte Crocione; go down along TIME: 4 and half hours - 5 hours the grassy slope walk into the woods. Go on till you reach the Via HIGHEST HEIGHT: 1.575 mt dei Monti Lariani and then to the Bocchetta di Nava. From there go DIFFICULTY: challenging downhill on the technical path on the right towards – Rog- aro. After a stretch on a non cycle path reach Cardano and take the road to Volesio. Go back to Argeg- no on Strada Regina.

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