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Routes Switzerland Ascona-Locarno Sentiero Cristallina - Stage 1: Bignasco - San Carlo
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Sentiero Cristallina - Stage 1: Bignasco - San Carlo

Long-Distance Hiking · Ascona-Locarno
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    Photo: Mariano Berri, Ascona-Locarno Tourism
m 1200 1100 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 12 10 8 6 4 2 km Cable car San Carlo-Robiei Capanna Basòdino
The Val Bavona is marked by steep mountain slopes, wild vegetation, much rock and stone, and 12 rustic hamlets. Of particular note: dwellings built into fissures in the cliffs. Worth seeing: 50m-high waterfall in Foroglio. 
difficult
Distance 12.7 km
4:15 h
840 m
340 m
942 m
440 m

Author’s recommendation

Saving metres in altitude

There is a bus between Bignasco, Post and S. Carlo (Bavona), Funivia that saves about 550 metres in altitude.

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Author
Mariano Berri 
Update: January 31, 2023
Difficulty
difficult
Technique
Stamina
Highest point
942 m
Lowest point
440 m
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Track types

Asphalt 0.90%Forested/wild trail 88.35%Road 10.73%
Asphalt
0.1 km
Forested/wild trail
11.2 km
Road
1.4 km
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Rest stops

Capanna Basòdino

Tips and hints

The trail can be booked on www.eurotrek.ch.    

Start

Bignasco (440 m)
Coordinates:
SwissGrid
2'689'997E 1'132'784N
DD
46.340418, 8.607609
DMS
46°20'25.5"N 8°36'27.4"E
UTM
32T 469803 5131946
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Destination

San Carlo

Turn-by-turn directions

Bignasco-Fontana-Ritorto-Foroglio-Roseto-Faedo-Sonlerto-San Carlo

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Coordinates

SwissGrid
2'689'997E 1'132'784N
DD
46.340418, 8.607609
DMS
46°20'25.5"N 8°36'27.4"E
UTM
32T 469803 5131946
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Arrival by train, car, foot or bike

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Equipment

  • Trekking backpack (approx. 50 liters) with rain cover
  • Comfortable and sturdy footwear, second pair of shoes / sandals if necessary
  • Adequate and durable outdoor clothing in multiple layers
  • Change of clothes,
  • Telescope sticks
  • Sun and rain protection
  • Snacks and drinking water
  • First aid kit
  • Penknife
  • Mobile phone
  • Headlight
  • Maps
  • Travel documents
  • Toilet bag and travel towel, travel detergent and clothesline, camping equipment if necessary (tent, sleeping mat, sleeping bag, cooking equipment), hut equipment if necessary
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Difficulty
difficult
Distance
12.7 km
Duration
4:15 h
Ascent
840 m
Descent
340 m
Highest point
942 m
Lowest point
440 m
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Routes Switzerland Ascona-Locarno Sentiero Cristallina - Stage 1: Bignasco - San Carlo