Hikes near Malesco
Malesco (806 m) sits in Piedmont (Piemonte), Italy. MR. ALPS lists 23 waymarked hiking trails starting from or crossing the area, 173 km of marked route in total. They run from 3.1 km to 23 km, the longest being M00 - Via del Mercato da Masera a Re (prima sezione). 23 of them record their elevation gain, between 223 m and 2373 m.
The trail network at a glance
- Waymarked trails
- 23
- Total marked distance
- 173 km
- Shortest route
- 3.1 km
- Longest route
- 23 km
- Elevation gain
- 223–2373 m (on 23 trails)
- Difficulty recorded
- on 1 trails
- Route maps available
- on 23 trails
Walking times are estimates calculated from distance and elevation gain using Naismith's rule, and exclude stops.
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M00 - Via del Mercato da Masera a Re (prima sezione)
The Via del Mercato follows an ancient road used from the Middle Ages to the 19th century by merchants, woodcutters, herders, and emigrants travelling between Domodossola and Locarno. Passing through villages like Crana, Druogno, and Trontano, the route threads through terraced hillsides once planted with vines — including the ancient Ossola grape variety *Prünent* — with the Vigezzina-Centovalli Railway tracing the same valley below.
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M14 - Malesco - Bocchetta di Cortechiuso
From Malesco to Fondo li Gabbi in Val Loana, partially following the road and then for mule track at Alpe Scaredi gate of the Val Grande, then with easy path, in the high meadows, to the Bocchetta di Cortechiuso
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M25 - Promez - Forcola di Larecchio
From Promez bivio M21 to Forcola di Larecchio
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M27 - Vocogno - Piana di Vigezzo
From Vocogno bivio M00 to Piana di Vigezzo bivio M25
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M08a - Siberia - Alpe Cima
From Siberia to Alpe Cima bivio M08
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M29 - Craveggia - Bocchetta della Cima
From Craveggia to Bocchetta della Cima
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M35 - Zornasco - Alpe Fontana Verde
Initially very steep path once you reach the ridge follow it with easier slopes. A small stretch at altitude 1147 on a steep slope on the north side requires attention. The last stretch from altitude 1410 to Alpe Fontana Verde is suitable for tourists
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M11 - Buttogno - Monte Mater
From Buttogno to Monte Mater
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M08 - Santa Maria Maggiore - Rifugio Al Cedo
The trail follows a historic mule path through Valle Vigezzo, where the scent of pine needles accompanies walkers along a route worn by generations of mountain travellers, ending at Rifugio Al Cedo.
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M31 - Craveggia - Bocchetta della Cima
From Craveggia bivio M29 to bivio M29 presso Bocchetta della Cima
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M24 - Bivio M14 presso Patqueso - La Cima
From Bivio M14 presso Patqueso to La Cima
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M09 - Druogno - Monte Mater
Signposted route. From Sagrogno onwards steep and after Alpe Braghi very steep. First you travel through beech forests and then through coniferous forests until you come out onto the meadows of the very panoramic peak
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M33 - in Bies - Bocchetta di Sant'Antonio
From bivio M31 presso in Bis to Bocchetta di Sant'Antonio
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M21 - Toceno - San Pantaleone
From Toceno - bivio M00 to San Pantaleone - bivio M25
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M16 - Malesco - Cappella del Group
From Malesco bivio M14 to Cappella del Group
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M10 - Malesco loc. Gaia - Bocchetta di Vald
From Malesco loc. Gaia to Bocchetta di Vald
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S31 - Finero - La Cima
From Finero to La Cima
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M37 - Villette - Bocchetta di Sant'Antonio
An interesting path between larch groves and blueberry meadows following the ancient mule track on which the wealthy lords of the belle epoque went to the thermal baths of Bagni di Craveggia
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S31a - La Cima - Passo Forcola
From La Cima to Passo Forcola
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M06 - Druogno - Pizzo Ragno
From Druogno bivio M00 to Pizzo Ragno
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Sentiero Salèi e Pizzo Zucchero
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Alta Via dei Gridoni - Tappa 1
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Alta Via dei Gridoni - Tappa 2
More hiking near Malesco
Other walking bases within 40 km of Malesco, each with its own trail list:
- Prestinone, Piedmont (Piemonte) — 23 trails, 2.2 km away
- Colma di Craveggia, Piedmont (Piemonte) — 24 trails, 2.3 km away
- Santa Maria Maggiore, Piedmont (Piemonte) — 21 trails, 3.1 km away
- Toceno, Piedmont (Piemonte) — 22 trails, 3.2 km away
- Crana, Piedmont (Piemonte) — 21 trails, 3.7 km away
- La Piana, Piedmont (Piemonte) — 24 trails, 4.4 km away