A Hike from Ceresola (Valtorta) to Piani di Bobbio

Overview ~ Notes ~ Flora ~ Photos

  

Left: Waking east, descending from Passo del Gandazzo 1660m.
Center: View from Piani di Bobbio into Valsassina with Grigna in the background left,
Right: View from Piani di Bobbio toward Zuccone dei Campelli 2159m.

Overview

Length: 3 hours
Duration: 9.4 km
Elevation gain: 406 m
Location: Italy, Lombardy, Val Brembana, Valtorta

Notes

The access to Piani di Bobbio is typically from Barzio (Lecco provice) where there is a cable car. We’ve always come up from the Valtorta (Bergamo province) side, where there is no cable car. At Rifugio Trifoglio in Valtorata there is a large parking lot. In the winter, there is a chair lift to take you up (not a cable car) and in summer, just your legs.

We did a hike from Piani di Artavaggio and Piani di Bobbio in 2023, see the post Hiking Between Piani di Artavaggio and Piani di Bobbio. But during that hike we stayed high and didn’t descend into Valtorta.

We’ve skied twice at Piani di Bobbio, so it was fun to see what the ski slopes and meadows look like in the summer. Answer: full of grass and wildflowers!

We made a small loop hike today, starting and stopping in località Ceresola, steps away from the parking lot. There is a bar/restaurant there to grab something before and after the hike. In Piani di Bobbio, there are several rifugi to choose from as well.

Flora

[Asteraceae] Cirsium sp.

[Asteraceae] Jacobaea sp. - not 100% sure about this identification.


[Liliaceae] Lilium bulbiferum

[Ranunculaceae] Aquilegia atrata

Photos

  

Left: Beech forest in Valtorta.
Center: Descending on località Ceresola (Valtorta).
Right: Hike tracks.

  

Left: Passo del Cedrino in Valtorta.
Center: Piani di Bobbio and Zuccone dei Campelli 2159m.
Right: Walking on a ski slope of Piani di Bobbio above Valtorta, view east.