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Posted: **Tue Jun 29, 2010 10:19 pm**

gabriele wrote:Monte Garzirola (2116m) could be the easiest (finest) choice : you need to use the postal bus to val Colla
you could make a fine trip crossing the ridge from Monte Bar to Garzirola and coming down to Colle San Lucio

Thanks, I'll research it a bit more tonight!
Edit: Nice, that's only 18.6km's away! I could even walk that

Posted: **Wed Jun 30, 2010 2:32 pm**

stefschuermans wrote:2 hours to saas
2 hours to zermatt
2 hours to gran paradiso
under 2hours italian side of zermatt
2.5 hours to aosta valley
2.5 hours to grindelwald

You'll be in paradise!!!

wouterb wrote:I'd like to hang around quite close to Lugano...

Posted: **Wed Jun 30, 2010 4:25 pm**

gabriele wrote:Monte Garzirola (2116m) could be the easiest (finest) choice : you need to use the postal bus to val Colla
you could make a fine trip crossing the ridge from Monte Bar to Garzirola and coming down to Colle San Lucio

Gabriele, I've looked into this and I think I've located Val Colla (red dot). I haven't figured out yet where I could take a bus, but I'd figure it out once I'm there. From there, would it be hard to find the route up Gazirolla?

I have however no idea where Monta Bar or Colle San Lucio (is that where the Rifugio San Lucio is?) are located. Could you point me in the right direction (North, West,...)? How hard do you think this trip would be and would it take me about two days?

Posted: **Wed Jun 30, 2010 4:59 pm**

the starting point is Corticiasca - up to monte Bar - ridge to Garzirola - down (S) to S.Lucio - back on foot to Bogno or Scareglia
I did it with skis 5 or 6 times some years ago, starting from Milan at 7 in the morning, we used to take here the learners at the first lesson of my ski-mountaneering school
If you like it you could also, from Colle S.Lucio, follow the ridge to gain the Cima di Foiorina

there's a refuge on Monte Bar :
info@capannamontebar.ch

here the timetable of the postal service from Lugano to Corticiasca just enter the starting hour

http://www.camptocamp.org/uploads/images/1235403111_1522600273.jpg
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Posted: **Wed Jun 30, 2010 5:49 pm**

Thanks again! That bus link helped me a lot! Nice picture too.

Posted: **Wed Jun 30, 2010 6:11 pm**

If you really don't have much time and want to do a nice hike close to town, check out my SP page San Salvatore. There is suppose to be a Via Ferrata there too!
Lugano is a beautiful place. Enjoy it. cheers.

Posted: **Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:20 pm**

Thanks Andre. I'll definitely check it out.

Edit: I think I might be able to do that one after work on monday. Our hotel is in that area too... .

Posted: **Sat Aug 28, 2010 1:23 pm**

andre hangaard wrote:If you really don't have much time and want to do a nice hike close to town, check out my SP page San Salvatore. There is suppose to be a Via Ferrata there too!
Lugano is a beautiful place. Enjoy it. cheers.

Planning to climb San Salvatore on monday. Got to go to Lugano again for work on monday and tuesday. Oh and this time it's for a job interview.

Posted: **Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:10 pm**

Thanks Novak, that's what I ended up doing last time I was there.

Posted: **Sat Aug 28, 2010 2:34 pm**

Novak2 wrote:I knew you're a good boxer

éh?

Posted: **Sat Aug 28, 2010 5:06 pm**

Ok, maybe I should've posted a new thread. I'm no longer looking for things to do. This time I won't have any time, except for a little bit after work. And that time will be used to climb san salvatore.

Posted: **Sat Aug 28, 2010 5:07 pm**

@ Novak, I know what you meant, I just didn't understand why this came up... .

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