The Alps in the province of Bergamo, in Italian “Alpi Orobie”, belong to the southern Alps and extend for about 80 kilometers between Lake Como in the west and Lake Iseo in the east. They are known for their great biodiversity of flora and fauna and their richness of water, whose erosive power has also given rise to the valleys elongated in the “V profile”.
The Orobie Alps extend fan-shaped north of the provincial capital Bergamo and owes a dense network of mountain shelters and alpine trails to the Bergamo section of the Italian Alpine Club CAI. The paths and climbs are often steep and exposed, partly as a support for rope insurance. Good conditions, absolute safety, freedom from vertigo and climbing ability on easy rocky terrain are the requirements that visitors should possess.
This also applies to the two-part long-distance path “Sentiero delle Orobie” or “Anello delle Orobie” (Orobie Ring) which was established in the 1950s and 1970s. Its most familiar, central-eastern variant winds through the most important valleys and mountains of the Bergamo Alps in eight stages: from Ardesio in the middle Val Serale (Valcanale), through the upper Brembana, the upper Val Seriana and the Valle di Scalve and above the Dolomites the Presolana returns to the starting point.
Le fasi:
Under geoportale.caibergamo.it and rifugi.lombardia.it for further information.
Maps, literature, information
Compasses Maps 104 Alpi Orobie, Bergamasche, 105 Lecco Valle Brembana, 1: 50.000; 13 sheets of Ingenia Cartoguide cover the mountainous region of the province of Bergamo on a scale of 1: 25,000.
Lucio Benedetti / Chiara Carissoni: The Orobie ring – The new central-eastern path / New ring trail in the Bergamo Alps, Lyasis Edizioni, Bergamo 2015 (Italian/English)
Much useful information is available on caibergamo.it; the portal of the Bergamo CAI geoportale.caibergamo.it registers the paths and the cabins and is suitable for the tour (also in English).
News: Passaporto Sentiero ad anello delle Orobie Orientali (Italian)
“A passport to document the exciting journey through the naturalistic beauties of the ring path of the Eastern Orobie which starts and arrives in Ardesio: the new initiative promoted by Vivi Ardesio, CAI Section of Bergamo, CAI Alta Valle Seriana, Visit Bergamo, Province of Bergamo and PromoSerio will begin next year (2019/2020) but passports are ready and can be requested from the Vivi Ardesio Tourist Office starting from the spring season”.
Place of departure and arrival: Valcanale (Ardesio, BG) Support points shelters: Alpe Corte, Twin Lakes, Calvi, Brunone, Merelli Coca, Curò, Albani
Typical trail, n °, trail sign: 220 – 311 Difficulty: EEA [difficulty scale] Main exposure: All Starting altitude (m): 550 Summit altitude / maximum altitude (m): 2295 Total climb height difference (m): 9000 Mobile network coverage 3: 0% coverage
Also called the Ring of the Orobie, this enchanting path crosses the province of Bergamo from one end to the other and connects all the CAI shelters of the southern slope of the Orobie, and sees the town of Ardesio as the starting and arrival point of the entire route .
Every summer hundreds and hundreds of climbers, hikers and tourists walk the “Orobie Ring” among the strong manifestations of nature that meet along a mountain path of over 80 kilometers.
The “Path” is a fascinating route with stages at an altitude of 2,100-2,200 meters, with peaks up to 2,700 meters, which crosses various and suggestive landscapes from all points of view, embellished with mountains of rare grandeur.
The western stretch starts from the Stabina valley while the Central-Eastern sector starts from the calcareous environment of the Valcanale, to join in the area of the upper Brembana valley, go along the high mountain one of the Seriana valley (the circus of the giants of the Orobie between Pizzo Redorta and Pizzo Coca), cross the Scalve valley to end in the spectacular Dolomite environment of the Presolana basin, a place favored by the movement of climbers, not only from Bergamo.
– Percorsi Montani da Ardesio e Valcanale – Visita il sito ufficiale dell’ Anello delle Orobie – Per una guida interattiva del Sentiero delle Orobie visita il sito www.valseriana.eu – Per la mappa dettagliata visita il Geoportale del CAI di Bergamo. – Iniziativa di Investimenti Orobie Ring
