Easy level ski touring routes

Solitary and peaceful places are the characteristics of this exciting and not-too-long ski mountaineering itinerary, with unique environmental and landscape aspects. From the summit, a vast panorama over the entire Viola valley.

From Arnoga, follow the carriage road halfway up the Val Viola. Past the Permoglia huts, you arrive, where the road gradually begins to climb.

Almost at the end of the climb, you take the diversions to the right for the Sattarona huts, and with a few long hairpin bends, gradually to the left, you reach the wooded boundary.

From here, heading decisively to the left, you enter a vast amphitheater, and, having passed a series of humps, small valleys, and short shelves, you reach the base of the final slope. Follow a counter slope to the left and the final steep section to reach the final ridge. Bending to the right, one can walk along the ridge for a stretch to a high point.

This is a mountain for all seasons, and when snow gently blankets its slopes, it is one of the first ski mountaineering ascents to be traced. Wide slopes are available on the southern side, and the ascent routes are never obligatory except for short sections on the final steepest slopes. The easy access and low altitude differences mean that ski mountaineering trips of even a few hours can be comfortably undertaken; the sunny environment also makes the climbs pleasant even in cold weather.

From the 'Baite di Preguzzon' car park on the left, three hundred meters ahead of the Arnoga hairpin bend, go up following a clearing to the left that leads you through a stretch of woodland to the Baite Cagnol (2015 m) near an old ski lift that has been out of use for years (this point can also be reached from the parking area near the Arnoga hairpin bend (1870 m), and following the state road to Livigno for a few dozen meters, then climbing to the left along the summer road that climbs with a few long hairpin bends to the Baite di Cagnol).

Now, climb a little to the right of a small valley along a steep and dense forest, coming out onto gentler slopes.

Without an obligatory route, you can continue northwards toward the broad ridge of the Motta Grande. In the final section, the path bends slightly to the right, reaching the flat summit.

This is a beautiful, considerable-development ski mountaineering route. A good part of the itinerary is in beautiful wood interspersed with suggestive clearings and characteristic wooden huts. At the wood's exit, you arrive at Alpe Prei, from where you can admire the incredible and imposing northern slope of Cima Piazzi. Continue to the little church of San Colombano and skirt the ski resort's slopes; you will soon reach the peak, where a broad panorama of Valdidentro will surprise you. As far as the Prei huts, this is also a recommended itinerary during snowfall.

From Isolaccia, start climbing up the small road with a gradual slope that begins before the Campo Sportivo. After passing the Pezzel di Sotto huts, continue until the road becomes flat for a vast stretch. Almost at the end, in the Prada Benedida area, leave the main road on the right and follow the mule track that passes above Prescedont and leads to Ciuk.

Here, you take the road above the clearing and resume the road, which, continuing with a few bends and diagonally to the right, leads to the Prei huts at the forest's edge. We now continue on open slopes, gradually bending to the right until we reach the small church of San Colombano; from here, bending northwards, we soon come to the top of the hump where the old ski lift arrives.