Piani di Erna - Resegone (Rifugio Azzoni)

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Leave the car in the cableway parking area (1,5 euros per day) ad buy a cableway return ticket (10 euros). Get off the cablecar, you can go right on the street or cut through the meadow in front of the bar, in both way you'll get to the crossroad shown on the POI. We suggest to rise from the Lecco side, a 4km rising path with a few rocky sections where you must be careful (Difficulty level EE).

Follow the signs for the trail n°5, inside the wood. Go left in the trail n°1 once you reach the fork. From now on, the trail becomes progressively rockier. The landscape is really nice, both for the lake and the mountains. Just after this small spring, the rocks become a bit challenging, you must use hands to keep rising the path. The trail is narrow and also a bit busy, the last part seems more a climb than a walk, you must be in good physical condition to afford the path. You are now approaching the Azzoni refuge, in a couple of minutes you'll reach the top, a bit crowded indeed but the landscape can be absolutely rewarding due to lake and montain view.

You could go back from the same path, but if you prefer a safer path we suggest you to walk down on the trails n°17 and n°7, on the other side of the mountain. Follow the signs just outside the refuge, initially on the rubble and then inside the wood, the landscape is less impressive than the previous one but the walk is really easy. You'll find the path n°7 crossroad, go left and just follow the signs in order to reach the starting point.

This return trip is a bit longer than the other (6km vs 4km), if you really don't want to take any risk you could decide to rise from this side, although the panorama is less impressive. The whole path is about 10km long with a difference in altitude of about 700 meters uphill (circular route).
Prices for the cable way refers to adults on weekends and holidays; check the official web site in order to find fares up-to-date http://www.pianidibobbio.com/en/piani-d-erna

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