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Lago Tremorgio - Pizzo della Sassada – Fusio

Lago Tremorgio - Pizzo della Sassada – Fusio Pizzo della Sassada 2706 m

Difficulty

T4
Ascent

2:45 h, 935 m
Descent

3:15 h, 1500 m

Gneiss pinnacles and veins of white powder

Dreaded by tunnel engineers and taxpayers alike, a vein of white, sugary dolomite runs from Passo della Greina across Lukmanierpass, Val Piora and the region of Tremorgio as far as Binntal in Upper Valais. Those who feel the white powder trickle through their hands at Passo Campolungo can imagine why this powdery rock was a worry to the engineers who worked on the Gotthard base tunnel. Deep in the mountain a so-called multifunction station (a labyrinth of caverns, tunnels and ventilation galleries, with trains stopping and railway lines crossing) was planned, 3 kilometres from Faido. However, a layer of powdery, sugary, crumbling dolomite, several hundred metres thick, forced the engineers to move the station. This delayed the construction of the whole tunnel and cost an additional 100 million Swiss Francs. «He who constructs on the Gotthard knows that he fights against the devil», Moritz Leuenberger, then Swiss Federal Councillor said, when work on the tunnel began. From the hikers’ point of view, however, dolomite veins are magnificent stripes in the landscape.

To the left is Pizzo della Sassada, the ascent goes along the ridge where sun and shadow meet. © Remo Kundert

Route description

Lago Tremorgio – Valle dei Cani P. 2537

From the station of the aerial cable way hike to the restaurant at Lago Tremorgio and ascend the face up to Alpe Campolungo. Along some white dolomite veins the blue-white-blue marked trail, occasionally only a faint path, winds its way up the crest to the saddle at 2537 m (Valle dei Cani).

Valle dei Cani P. 2537 - Pizzo della Sassada - Valle dei Cani P. 2537

To the left (south) the ridge to Pizzo della Sassada awaits the hiker. The huge boulders are easy to walk on, so that, sidestepping to the right and left, you reach P. 2644 quickly. Here the ridge goes steeply down 20 metres. Therefore, keep to the right descending through a steep gully (or to the left on steep grass interspersed with scree) to reach the next saddle. Then again without any difficulties follow the ridge to Pizzo della Sassada at 2710 m. From the main and the secondary summits to the south-east you have a splendid view into the upper Valle Maggia. The return to P. 2537 Valle dei Cani is on the ascent route.

Valle dei Cani P. 2537 - Passo Campolungo - Fusio

From P. 2537 follow the ascent route down to the bifurcation at the dolomite veins at 2298 m. Now turn southward to reach Passo Campolungo and follow the well-maintained hiking trail which leads past Corte di Pianascio into Val Pertus and finally to a small road. It brings you down to Fusio (from 1636 m with some shortcuts) at the very end of Valle Maggia.

Additional information

Departure point

Lago Tremorgio, Bergstation (1848 m)

Informationen zur Seilbahn Rodì - Lago Tremorgio: www.ticino.ch/de/commons/details/Seilbahn-Rodi-Lago-Tremorgio/1001.html

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Rodi, Posta

End point

Fusio, Paese (1280 m)

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Fusio, Paese

Time: Lago Tremorgio – Valle dei Cani P. 2537 2 h.

Valle dei Cani P. 2537 - Pizzo della Sassada - Valle dei Cani P. 2537 1 h 15 Min.

Valle dei Cani P. 2537 - Passo Campolungo - Fusio 2 h 30 Min.

Difficulty / Material: On Pizzo della Sassada the use of the hands is needed. There it pays off to ascend on or as close as possible to the ridge line. The short descent to P. 2645 in the col is steep and slightly slippery, but not exposed.

Waypoints

Passo Campolungo (2317 m)