Alta Via della Valmalenco stage 5

This is the classic stage that allows you to enter the heart of the Bernina group, in an area still characterized by the presence of large glaciers, among the largest in the Italian Alps. The Marinelli hut is one of the most important and well-known alpine refuges; it was also the first, along with the Corna Rossa hut (later Rif. Desio, temporarily unusable), to be built in Valmalenco back in 1880. After passing the Bocchel del Torno, in a setting marked by strong naturalness, you descend along ski slopes, partly recently developed, to reach and follow the ancient mule track that from Lanzada led to Rif. Marinelli, through extensive woods, the pastures of Alpe Campascio and the higher ones of Alpe Musella. Above Alpe Musella, at about 2240 m, you meet the path coming from Campo Moro and continue alternating moraine flats and steep slopes until Rif. Carate, just a few meters from the Bocchetta delle Forbici, where the most spectacular and well-known view of the Bernina group opens up, reflected in the waters of the homonymous small lake