The super panoramic Bassetta, a mountain without a summit

The La Piazza - Monte Bassetta route coincides with a section of the much longer and more challenging Sentiero Bonatti, an alpinist and explorer who lived at the foot of these mountains.

The starting point is the locality La Piazza, already panoramic with beautiful huts scattered around the wide meadow. The path is marked at the fountain, at 990 m altitude; it goes flat - to the left - among the higher huts, then enters the forest. The first part is a long traverse, then it climbs in switchbacks among the birches, with views of Lake Mezzola, up to the modest Monte Foffricio (1,258 m). The ascent continues along the ridge between Valtellina and Valchiavenna. The forest limit is about 1,600 m above sea level. Monte Bassetta is a wide grassy hill, without a real summit, but the panorama - from every point - is truly 360 degrees. The "summit" of the mountain is at 1,746 m altitude.

The return follows the same itinerary.