At Li Murus leave the trail and ascend to the upper chalets (2007 m). A faint path leads to the right through two gates and around a grassy rib. On this rib ascend pathless along the forest edge, where you meet a faint path again. At a water intake the path makes a wide arc to the right leading up to the pasture La Plana. The path disappears. Ascend keeping slightly to the right, but avoid being misled by cattle tracks to traverse to the right too early. The correct faint path reappears at an altitude of ca. 2230 m. It leads almost horizontally south-eastward around some grass and scree ribs into a little valley between two large scree walls. A faint, intermittent path ascends north-eastward through the valley. Three large boulders between 2400 and 2500 m help to orientate (they are charted on the map). On the faint path you reach the lower two boulders without difficulties. More or less pathless ascend almost exactly northward to flatter terrain, where the third boulder stands. Above the boulder you will find another faint path in the grass to the left of a scree gully. This gully begins at the top of a couloir in the summit ridge. The faint path (again intermittent) remains left of the gully, traverses it further up (caution, loose rubble!) and zigzags to Pass da Valüa (2672 m). Now turn north-westward along the ridge and the border. Above the scree couloir, where the aforementioned long scree gully begins, a thin path in a steep slope leads gently ascending to the south ridge of the secondary summit. Follow the fairly well tiered ridge to the secondary summit. Climb the last few metres easily up to the main summit.

Descend on the same route back to Viano. From Salina you could (1817 m) descend via Campasc to Viano (signpost), for a change.

From San Romerio the trail is marked to Li Murus and the main route. Saves ca. 1¼ h as compared to the main route. You reach San Romerio e.g. from Le Prese via Canton and Barghi, 2½ h, T2.

Descend north-eastward on the border ridge. From a steep slab zone climb down a dihedral to the scree face. It is easier to branch off to the north face from the summit. At the first saddle return to the ridge and follow it to Bocchetta di Valle Piana (2719 m). Now descend steeply to the right and back to Pass da Valüa. Add ca. 30 min. to the main route, T5.