Alpine Lakes Trekking

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 neighboring regions. Countless lakes to discover. Sometimes it is the surprise of a tiny and secluded water mirror nestled in a mountain crevice, or the ripple of a small lake that from afar already attracts our curiosity and will offer us its grassy shore for a well-deserved break, or the calm surface of a basin silently dedicated to renewable energy production. Or the flowing water: springs and waterfalls, rivulets, streams and brooks from which three of the main rivers of the Lepontine Alps arise: Maggia, Ticino and Toce. And that's not all. There is also icy water: large and small glaciers illuminating our path.

Then there is 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 tree line, and the spaces are open, ready to offer us generous visions of an alpine world that is half sky. And home to countless animal species, from the ibex to the chamois, from the golden eagle to the peregrine falcon, from the marmot to the ermine to the fox and the white hare.

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

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