Hiking in the Alps

With blue skies and an afternoon ahead of us Kristen, her friend Mike, Shannon, Jeannie and I headed an hour north near Airolo, Switzerland to go for a hike. We hiked up Alpe die Pesciüm to Lago di Tremorgio (meaning Three Basins). The hike took around 3 hours including a little lunch break.

 The hike wound back and forth up the mountain with varying degrees of difficulty. Every turn we took provided stunning views all around, with one more beautiful than the next.

Views from the hike

When we reached the top we were able to see Lago di Tremorgio, a beautiful bright blue glacial water lake. The lake is thought to have been formed by a potential meteorite creating a large circular crater about 670m (2,198 ft) in diameter and up to 57m (187 ft) deep.

Shannon, Me & Jeannie with Lago Tremorgio behind us

A few days later, Kristen and I decided to hike up to Denti della Vecchia (The Old Woman's Teeth), a group of PreAlp Mountains reaching 1,492 meters above sea level. The "teeth" are made up of dolomitic rock from the Upper Triassic. With over 123 different routes available, the Denti have become well known in the free climbing world with people from all over coming to climb.

Denti Della Vecchia (Picture from Wikipedia)

Kristen and I started our hike around noon and headed up to a lodge for a quick lunch surrounded by Swiss cows. We were then met by Chris then headed on to the Denti.

Me and Hugo with the Dente we scaled behind us

Kristen and I first thought that we would hike around the denti but instead we hiked/rock climbed up one instead. The last part of the hike there were no trails and we scaled the rocks, squeezed through crevices and tried to keep our footing to get to the top.

Scaling Rocks: NBD

The views from the top were absolutely breathtaking and since the weather conditions were perfect we could see for miles. This hike was amazing and something that not many people know exist in Lugano. I am so glad I was able to experience it.

View from the top