Vetta del Vallone (CH) - 2 135 meters
Nr 28
This was the 3rd peak out of the 6 summit hike (Cima Calescio, Camoghè, Vetta del Vallone, Monte Segor, Gazzirola, Cima Moncucco) we had programmed for today.
It's located on the boarder between Switzerland and Italy. I'm signing it on the swiss map as it's in my "Ticino Summit Project" and we also started off in Switzerland.
The Peak itself is the second highest of the day and therefore gives nice views of the surroundings, moreover as for today it was the most eastern one, it gave a great view of the Southern Lepontine alps in Italy.
We started the ascent directly from the ridge which comes from Monte Segor following the path 249 explained in the official guides of the CAS (Swiss Alpine Club), page 246 of the 5th volume (Guida alle prealpi ticinesi). The route is shown in the first two pictures below.
Level information:
This route (the final summit ascent) is a T3, having said that, we reached Monte Segor, Vetta del Vallone and Gazzirola through a T4 Ridge coming from the Camoghè which was completely off-path with some really exposed sections, where you've had to use your hands for a quick climb on the rocks. I wouldn't recommend this passage to anybody with fear of heights (paths 251 or 256, pages 247/254 of the 5th CAS volume (Guida alle prealpi ticinesi).
I personally loved that ridge which absolutely needed some focus and gave the whole hike a really interesting twitch.
With Katrin
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