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We
arrive at Milano Malpensa at noon, and a little more
than one hour
later we have reached the Alps at Lago Maggiore. Beatiful
views on the
road towards the town
Stresa.
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There
is a small road from Verbania up to Piancavallo on 1250m
altitude.
Here is a large parking place, and it's free
of charge! |
A
small road, built during world war one, first leads us some 500m
through a forest.
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After
that it opens up. Here's a view down towards Lago
Maggiore
more that 1000 altitude meters below. |
The
route is horizontal and easy to walk, but quite spectacular. |
Monte
Morrissolo.
Instead of going directly for the peak you can use the road
to the
right, leading to the military tunnels. |
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The
tunnels were built during world war one, and lead into
a system where
you must find a stone stairway, leading up
the mountain. |
Instead
of using the stairway, leading to a military
observing point, climb to
the right of it up to the three
crosses. One of the crosses seem to have
fallen during
the winter. The climb is a little exposed and demands
some care. Martin
recuperates after the climb. |
The
town Cánnero Riviera, seen from the view point. |
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From
the three crosses there is just a few meters to the
high
point
on
Monte Morissolo, 1311m. Here's a view to
the
south and the Po valley. |
To
the north are some higher mountains. The snow and the excellent
visibilty makes it astonishing. In fact, we can see
all the way to the
Appeninian mountains today. |
Going back,
we take the time to climb Monte Morissolino
as well. We
didn't plan to get tired of the additional 150
altitude meters, but in the deep
snow it's difficult to walk.
Snowshoes would have been perfect here. |
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there is a great reward in reaching the summit. Here's
Dante
looking to the east. |
Looking
to the west, we see Monterosa rising far beond 4000m. We will get
closer acquainted to these mountains during the coming days |
Another
picture to the east. |
