Pizzo Tre Signori

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Pizzo Tre Signori

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Pizzo Tre Signori starting from Premana or from Paglio. Tour of the Bitto lakes.

In the iron valley, the route follows the Varrone up to its springs and it continues towards the summit of Pizzo Tre Signori. The route follows the military muletrack, which starts at the bottom of Premana, nearby the industrial area, up to the Bocchetta di Trona. Then it continues towards the summit of Pizzo Tre Signori. On the way back you can opt for the tour of the “Bitto lakes”. Another route to reach the summit of Pizzo Tre Signori starts from Paglio and it continues passing by Santa Rita.

Distance and difference in level

Premana – Pizzo Tre Signori. Ascent: 1700 m. Length: 14 km. Difficulty level: E.

Tour of the lakes (ring from Rifugio Falc). Ascent: 600 m. Length: 6 km. Difficulty level: EE.

Paglio – Pizzo Tre Signori. Ascent: 1170 m. Length: 15,5 km. Difficulty level: EE.

Linked itineraries:

Pizzo Tre Signori Ski Alp

Valle dei Forni

Alpe Varrone

Malga Artino and Laghit Ski Alp

Santa Rita e Fope Grande Ski Alp

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Premana - Valle dei Forni

The route follows the military muletrack up to the Bocchetta di Trona and it starts at the valley floor, nearby the industrial area. You can also reach it on foot from via Risorgimento. After one hour walk, the valley opens up and you pass through the mountain pastures of alpeggi Forno, Casarsa e Vegessa. fornisotto e sopra premana

Upper and lower Alpe Forno

Valle dei Forni - Alpeggio Varrone

Proceeding along the valley you reach an altitude of 1600 m a.s.l.: the vegetation becomes sparse, giving way to the pastures of Alpe Varrone. On the right side of the valley there are the old abandoned iron mines ; the cheesemakers produce the Bitto in the dairy hut.

The dairy hut in Varrone

The cheesemakers produce the Bitto

Alpe Varrone – Rifugio Falc – Pizzo Tre Signori

Right after Varrone you leave the muletrack and continue on a gravelly track… At the spring of torrent Varrone, under the summit with the same name, you must take a sip of the purest water! When you reach the Rifugio Falc you can see Pizzo Trona on the left and Pizzo dei Tre Signori on the right; in the middle there’s lago d’Inferno (“Hell”). Going up Pizzo dei Tre Signori there are some ferrata stretches. The itinerary for Pizzo Trona is more difficult, even dangerous in some stretches. Lago Inferno

Lake Inferno

Rifugio Falk

Tour of the Bitto lakes

From Pizzo Tre Signori you can continue towards the Bocchetta d’Inferno and start the tour of the Bitto lakes: Inferno, Rotondo, Zancone and Trona. The path for bocchetta Paradisino and lake Rotondo is gravelly and some stretches are technical. In the rocky landscape you may see ibexes and marmots. Lago Rotondo

Lake Rotondo

Lake Zancone

Instead of starting from Premana you can follow this itinerary. The starting point is at Alpe Paglio. It follows the same track as the itinerario del Giir di Oluc until Laghitt. . Then it continues passing by Santa Rita and bocchetta di Piazzocco. Rifugio S. Rita

Rifugio Santa Rita

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Pizzo Tre Signori

Pizzo Tre Signori starting from Premana or from Paglio. Tour of the Bitto lakes. In the iron valley, the route follows the Varrone up to its springs and it continues towards the summit of Pizzo Tre Signori. The route follows the military muletrack, which starts at the bottom of Premana, nearby the industrial area, up to the Bocchetta di Trona. Then it continues towards the summit of Pizzo Tre Signori. On the way back you can opt for the tour of the “Bitto lakes”. Another route to reach the summit…

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Deleguaggio Lakes

A circular route to Deleguaggio lakes From Premana to Premaniga and Cortese crest. Going down the opposite side you reach Lago di Sopra (“Upper Lake”) and Lago di Sotto (“Lower Lake”), then the mountain pasture of Deleguaggio. Challenging itinerary with some equipped stretches. Linked itineraries: Pizzo Alto and Mount Legnone.

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Rasga Fraina Caprecolo

Val Fraina’s mountain pastures: Rasga, Caprecolo, Fraina A hidden valley with three beautiful mountain pastures. It’s the perfect itinerary for families and for trained bikers.

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Val Fraina

From Premana to Fraina by bike. For mountain bike or e-bike, the route is mostly dirt patch and has some cemented stretches. Suitable for trained bikers.

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Alpe Varrone

From Premana to Alpe Varrone by bike The route follows the military muletrack which starts from the industrial area.

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Premaniga Solino Deleguaggio

From Premana to Premaniga. then Solino and Deleguaggio. Starting from Sant’Antonio Church or from via Martiri di Cefalonia you can choose to walk either the agro-forestry-pastoral road or the path; both of them pass by some pastures: Descolo, Pezzapra, Mosnico. Once you reach Premaniga you can find the Bar Ristoro Premaniga. On the way back you can take a longer walk and pass by Solino and Deleguaggio (be careful: the path for Deleguaggio is quite long).

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Valle dei Forni (Forni Valley)

The Valle dei Forni: the mountain pastures Forno, Casarsa, Vegessa, Artino, Varrone Along the family-friendly muletrack which goes up the Varrone torrent, in a hour and a half you reach the mountain pastures Forno, Casarsa and Vegessa. Going up on the right, passing through Casarsa, in half an hour you can reach Barconcelli. If you continue on the muletrack you can reach Artino and Varrone.

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Mount Rotondo and Colombana

From Premana to Mount Rotondo Through the narrow Fraina valley you go up to Bocchetta di Stavello and further up to Mount Rotondo (2495 m a.s.l.) A second itinerary brings you to Bocchetta Colombana passing by the mountain pasture of Fraina.

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Pizzo Alto

From Premana to Pizzo Alto You start from Sant’Antonio Church or from via Martiri di Cefalonia. You go up to Premaniga and then towards Cortese crest.