New Year's Eve/New Year: Snowshoe tours Capanna Cristallina - Poncione Val Piana

This snowshoe tour takes us into a fascinating mountain world in Italian-speaking Switzerland at the turn of the year.
Switzerland. Certainly a rewarding and enjoyable way to start the new year!

Program:
New Year's Eve, December 31, 2025: We meet at 09.03 am at the train station in Airolo/TI.
We take the post bus to Ossasco (1313m) in the wild and romantic Bedretto Valley.
From here we hike with snowshoes on our feet through beautiful forest at the beginning
and then through the long Val Torta up to the Passo di Cristallina,
where we end the year in the pleasantly warm and heated Capanna Cristallina (2575m). Ascent approx. 5 hours.

New Year, January 01, 2026: To start the new year, we complete a rewarding snowshoe tour to the
Poncione Val Piana (2660m). Our route starts over the Passo della Cima di Lago (2697m), approx. ¾ hours.
On the north side, there is a short, somewhat steep descent to the dwindling Ghiacciaio di Valleggia,
which we cross and ascend on the west side to a crossing at point 2589, approx. 1 ½ hours.
Depending on the snow conditions, we climb the superstructure of Poncione Val Piana (2660m), approx. ½ hour.
The summit area is relatively steep and somewhat exposed.
From the highest point, we enjoy the beautiful view of the entire Val Bedretto and the peaks of the Gotthard region.
We finish with a varied, sometimes somewhat steep descent through the Val Cavagnolo to All' Acqua (1613m), approx. 2 ½ hours.
We take the post bus back to Airolo, where we finish this beautiful start to the year at around 3.50 pm at Airolo station.


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