Monte San Giorgio

Information

Date:	27 September 2008
Maximum height:	1096.7 m
Difference in height:	850 m
Length:	9 km
Kilometers effort:	20.3 kmef
Duration:	5 hours

Difficulties

	Da Riva San Vitale ad Albio.
	Da Albio fino in vetta.
	Dalla vetta fino a Cassina.
	Da Cassina fino a Riva San Vitale.

Comment (Automatic translation in english)

The Monte San Giorgio has numerous paths to climb. One of the longest is the one that starts from Riva San Vitale. Near the cemetery there is a large parking area where to leave the car. Then you go up a small road and just before you get to Albio you leave it to follow a well marked path that leads us to the summit. For the return you can redo the same path or go down from the south side up to Cassina. Shortly after Cassina I diverted from the main mule track and entered the Val Serrata. About halfway up the valley you reach a path (not marked on the map) that comes off from the main one and heads towards the river. After a hundred meters you reach the cave called "La Bögia", on the west side of the valley. With a length of more than 300 meters, La Bögia is the longest cave in the mendrisiotto. Inside, after about thirty meters, we find a pond and continue to be equipped. Continuing the tour you return to the main path and continue down to Meride. From here you take another path that takes us back to the start.