Rio del Laghetto

Technical descent enriched by an amazing waterfall on a smooth granitic face shaped by waterflowing.

 

Difficulty: v4 a2 II
Period: june to september
Length: about 1 km
Alt. difference: 200 meters (1100-900)
Rope descents: 11, higher descent 70 meters (30 + 40)
Bolts: very good - 2022
Duration: 55' approach + 2h 45' descent + 10' coming back
Shuttle: 0 km
Equipment: 4 ropes 60 meters long

 

Access: leave the highway A26 at Romagnano Sesia and take the national road N299 towards Borgosesia, Alagna. Follow the indications for Alagna, passing over the villages of Borgosesia e Varallo; go on until Campertogno, about 43 km far from Romagnano. Once in Campertogno, go beyond the traffic light and park the car in a open space on the left, in front of the campsite.

Approach: leave the parking following a non-asphalt road which runs down to the Sesia river and cross its bed on an iron footbridge. Go on the right, pass over few houses and turn on the left on a stone rise. Go on for another 40 meters and reach a road. 80 meters more and then turn left on an signed track and after 50 meters pass through a grassy field until you reach another signed track. The path now rises up meandering and offering beautiful sights of the village and goes up into the chestnut grove; at the altitude of 1100 meters on the sea level, on the left of a wooden hut, there's a trace of a path (be careful not to slip) going down to a big flat rock over the river. A short rope descent, tied up to a tree, leads into the gorge.

Coming back: the last falls end into a pool near a ford; do not go on because the ending fall is not belayed. Go back to the iron bridge.

Note: thanks to Paolo Testa for updating data.

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