Rifugio Menaggio, from Monti di Breglia

Introduction

A highly satisfying hike that can be done in both the summer and winter seasons. If carried out in summer, it is best to avoid the hottest months, as the route is almost entirely in the sun.

Description

Leave the car at the car park beside the church in Breglia and take the tarmac road with signposts for the Menaggio refuge, Monti Grona and Bregagno. Immediately to the right is a path that cuts across the hairpin bends of the road and, under a dense wood, leads to Monti di Breglia (996 m). The path passes by beautiful buildings and comes out onto a cart track, which you soon leave to take a path to the left, near a rest area with a fountain, indicating the Menaggio hut. Continuing along the path, you come to the turnoff for the "low path", which is currently inaccessible due to construction work. Follow the signpost for the "high path" and, still climbing up through the birch forest and undergrowth of ferns and broom, you arrive with several hairpin bends at the deviation with indications for the hut (on the left) and for Monte Bregagno (on the right). Follow the narrow path that leads level to the Menaggio hut (1400 m), located on an enchanting natural terrace at the foot of Monte Grona with a superb view of Lake Como.