Cucchetto (CH) - 1 571 meters
Nr 83
80th summit in Switzerland
This was the second peak of today's short 2 peaks hike (Pizzo di Corgella - Cucchetto).
Having said that, this wasn't the one that we had planned for this day as in summer we try to go to the much higher summits which in this period are not/less covered in snow.
What happened this morning was, that we drove up to Passo San Gottardo with all maps and a specific plan in our minds but were surprise by very cold temperatures (6° at 2000 meters, strong winds and really bad visibility) and therefore decided that it was not the right day to walk up other 1000 meters... it's July!!
A quick plan had to spring to mind and luckily I had one ready which was planned a few months back but couldn't be done because of some closed streets (due to some army manoeuvres). So we drove back (actually almost back home) and proceeded with these two peaks which are much lower but were in that part of Ticino where the weather was nicer and warmer.
The Cucchetto is nothing special and is basically just a smaller version of the Pizzo di Corgella which we reached 20 minutes before. In fact, it's more the peak-bagging glory which brought us here but the fact that the best pics of the day were made here maybe is the reason for it all :-).
We passed by this peak by leaving path 311 (page 293) at 1540 meters when walking down from Pizzo di Corgella and just walked up 2 minutes to the top of it. To understand how we got up here in the first place please check the previous peak (nr. 82) or the link to the route of the Hike below.
What's a bit weird about this mountain is that there are basically 3 peaks up here and not only two..for some reason though the one in the middle has no name on any official map and gets completely neglected although it's higher than Cucchetto.
The peak itself is listed at page 294 of the fifth volume of the CAS (Guida delle Prealpi ticinesi) and is actually a side-peak with special mention.
Level: T2+ (the + is because the walk down is pretty steep and slippery even if most of it is on a clear path)
With Katrin
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