18. Walking tour to the Malga dei cavalli (alp of the horses)

Starting point: Parking place Prato Piazza. From mid July till the end of September limited traffic (accessibility barrier from 10:00 till 16:00, descent any time possible)
At a quick view: Prato Piazza – Alpe Cavallo – Valle del Rio Casera – Albergo Ponticello
Difference in altitude: 420 m to go up and 880 m in the descend – in low season there is no bus between Ponticello/Brückele and Prato Piazza/Plätzwiese.
Highest point: Crodaccia, ca. 2340 m
Time of walking: 4 hours (Prato Piazza – Alpe Cavallo 2 ½ hours, Alpe Cavallo – Albergo Ponticello 1 ¼ hour)
Trail: From the parking up at Prato Piazza to the Hotel Croda Rossa, there starts at the right path nr. 3 to the malga cavallo/Rossalm. Path nr. 4 leads you down to Brückele/Ponticello.

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Huts

Malga dei Cavalli/Rossalm (june – october), albergo Ponticello

Physical requirements

A way where you need equilibration and not to be high shy.

Panorama

View to the group of Cristallo and the Three Peaks.

Indications

In low season, spring and autumn when there is no shuttle bus from Brückele/Ponticello up at Prato Piazza/Plätzwiese you need to calculate 1 ½ hours more going up. This high mountain walk through the rocks is really beautiful with excellent views not only at the Tre Cime.

Further hiking tours!

Rifugio Berti hut To the rifugio Berti hut in the Val Grande Valley.