The Trail of the Hamlets and Monte Molinasco: the contrade of San Pellegrino Terme and the three crosses above the valley
The hamlets and Monte Molinasco
Above the spa and the art nouveau of San Pellegrino lies a valley of hanging hamlets: stone houses, hay barns, tiny churches, linked by mule tracks people used every day. The Trail of the Hamlets strings them together and ends at the three crosses of Monte Molinasco, at 1,179 metres.
The experience
From the valley floor we climb to Pradello and then Alino, the village wedged below the saddle, and continue on the mule track to Cà Boffelli. From there a last stretch through the wood reaches the meadow of the Alpini hut and, ten minutes on, the crosses and the Molinasco chapel.
The descent changes slope and passes Vettarola and Frasnito: 12 kilometres and 830 metres of climb in all, on trail and short paved stretches between the hamlets.
Eight hundred and thirty metres of climb in autumn call for layers and poles. Lunch is packed; the Alpini hut opens at weekends and the guide checks the week before. San Pellegrino is reachable by bus from Bergamo.
By car from Milan about one and a half hours (A4 to Bergamo, then up Val Brembana): parking at San Pellegrino Terme. Without a car: train to Bergamo and the Val Brembana bus, which stops in front of the spa.
How hard is it, really
What's included in the price
Itinerary
One day, approximate times. The final details come in the group chat.
Apple MapsHow do you get to San Pellegrino Terme? By carpooling.
You say so when booking, then you get organised in the Telegram group. Contacts and costs are agreed between you: a seat isn't guaranteed.
What to bring
A list made for this hike. No technical gear: just good shoes and a well-packed backpack.
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