Poncione del Rosso, Pilone, Motto dei Ciapitt e Creste

Information

Date:	17 June 2025
Maximum height:	2207 m
Difference in height:	790 m
Length:	10 km
Kilometers effort:	20.5 kmef
Duration:	5 hours

Huts reached:

Capanna Salei

Lakes reached:

Laghetto dei Saléi

Difficulties (Automatic translation in english)

	From Capanna Salei to Passo del Bùsan.
	From the pass to Pilone (with some T3 passages).
	From Pilone to Poncione del Rosso (with some T3+ passages but also many T2+ sections).
	The climb to Motto dei Ciapitt and then to Creste (with some T3 passages).

Comment (Automatic translation in english)

Twelve years after my last visit to the Laghetto dei Salei area, I return today to climb some of the peaks in the region. This time, however, to save time, I take the cable car from the Vergeletto Valley (20 francs return).
Once I reach the arrival station, I start walking towards Capanna Salei and then climb up to Laghetto dei Salei. I then continue to Passo del Bùsan where, to the left, the path climbs up to Pilone. Climbing up, without too much difficulty, I reach the summit where I stop for a moment to take a break.
The next peak I want to reach is Poncione del Rosso, located along the ridge that continues westwards. I descend in this direction, following a faint trail that disappears from time to time. In some places, there are also small scree slopes to cross. When I reach the point at an altitude of 2111 metres, I start climbing again until I reach the summit of Poncione del Rosso, where I stop to eat.
After the break, I retrace the entire ridge to Pilone, after which I descend to Bocchetta di Ciapitt. Now the third peak of the day awaits me, Motto dei Ciapitt. To reach its summit, I climb along the ridge towards the north-east, which is grassy in the first part but towards the summit has an easy scree slope to cross. I then descend directly and without any particular difficulty back to Passo del Bùsan. I then climb up to the ridges and, after turning back, descend to Capanna Salei, where I take the cable car back to my starting point.

Water (Automatic translation in english)

There is a fountain just above Capanna Salei and then the river, whose water comes from Laghetto dei Salei. Finally, I found a spring 40 metres south-southwest of Passo del Bùsan.