Alpine Lakes Trek

Five days full of emotions and nature, five days dedicated to alpine water: this is the promise of this new high-altitude route suspended over the Upper Vallemaggia, bordering adjacent regions. Countless lakes to discover. Sometimes it is the surprise of a tiny, hidden pool nestled in a mountain crevice, or the ripple of a small lake that from afar already attracts our curiosity and offers a grassy beach for a well-deserved break, or the calm surface of a basin quietly dedicated to renewable energy production. Or the flowing water: springs and waterfalls, streams, brooks and creeks from which three of the main rivers of the Lepontine Alps arise: Maggia, Ticino and Toce. And that is not all. There is also icy water: large and small glaciers illuminating our path.

There is also the crossing of borders. Every step opens our eyes to a new basin between Vallemaggia, Formazza and Leventina. Landscape and panorama constantly change their layout and appearance. We are beyond the forest limit, and spaces are open, ready to offer us generous visions of an alpine world that is half sky. And home to countless animal species, from ibex to chamois, from golden eagle to peregrine falcon, from marmot to ermine to fox and white hare.

Not forgetting hospitality. From the unattended refuge, where we enjoy cooking ourselves, to the typical alpine hut run by people who know how to spoil us, to the mountain hotel with rooms and showers: the evenings are also dedicated to discovery and diversity.

In short, a journey where water will not be the only wonder.