Snowshoeing at the Cima Gardiola

The trekking on the snow, in the beautiful sunny days, offer landscapes that have nothing to envy to the summer hiking itineraries, indeed! The Cima Gardiola, in the Maritime Alps, is a splendid destination for a snowshoeing.

To reach the Cima Gardiola, (mountain not far from the Artesina ski resort) The starting point is the Certosa di Pesio. Leaving the trail along this characteristic and impressive historic building is a fascinating start.

From the Certosa di Pesio, we go into a forest whose reddish fronds, in December, are particularly beautiful.

A characteristic of this trekking is that the path is well signposted and you are not likely to get lost, what is obvious in winter, when the snow covers the paths and makes everything uniform. Furthermore, on weekends you will certainly find tracks, because the hiking itinerary for the Cima Gardiola in winter is beaten by snailing lovers as those of ski mountaineering.

Once the path comes out of the woods, the view can range on the arch of mountains around and, going up, on all the Western Alps.

Approaching the summit the landscape becomes a high mountain, even if the Cima Gardiola comes "just" at 1889 meters. The view from the highest point repays of the 1000 meters of height difference.

After the snowfall, the ski descent here gives very great satisfaction, but even with snowshoes you can throw you in crazy racing hopping on the snow.

In general, this trip is a fantastic solution for a snowshoe on well-marked trails and with panoramas that give great satisfaction, so ... good trip !!
always in the maritime Alps, even more spectacular is the Trekking from Monesi to Monte Saccarello , passable in both summer and snow and offering amazing views.

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