CAMPERTOGNO, Fraz. Tetti – Alpe Argnaccia – Punta Sivella

Route description

This is the normal and most popular way up to Punta Sivella, passing through the beautiful and vast Alpe Argnaccia.The first section of the trail is part of the Art Trails, the “Campertogno-Cangello Art Trail,” which touches on the fourteen niches illustrating the life of the Virgin Mary, the two churches of Madonna degli Angeli and Callone, the Argnaccia plateau and the Cangello Alp. Punta Sivella, which rises between Valle Artogna and Val Sassolenda thanks to its location, offers a splendid view of the surrounding landscape. On the peak every year in August, Holy Mass is celebrated.

The route starts from Tetti, a hamlet of Campertogno. After crossing the village, you reach near the cemetery where the carriage road ends (and where there are some car parking spaces). You then take the mule track lined with low walls and meet the first of the small chapels on the Art Trail. The mule track begins to climb, crosses a stream and continues to where the oratory of Madonna degli Angeli stands. The trail enters the woods, crosses the stream again on wide stones and continues on a beautiful mule track always lined with the little chapels until it reaches Madonna del Callone (1092m).

It then crosses a beech forest and shortly afterwards reaches the splendid shelf of Alpe Argnaccia, (1183m).

The Alpe features a small lake on which are reflected characteristic mountain cottages, the alpegggio and a small chapel. The path to the left leads to the alpine huts

Our route points west, flanked by low walls, through characteristic cottages surrounded by meadows, ash and conifer groves

We approach Alpe Cima (1260m), leaving the route leading to Becco della Guardia on the left, and shortly afterwards reach Alpe Cangello (1364m) where there are some huts, a fountain and a old little church. Turn left and enter Vallone Massero, touching Alpe Cascine. You climb into the pasture of Alpe Campo dei Frei (1477m) and enter the fir and larch forest before reaching the Sella (1583m). The route follows the southern flank until it reaches Alpe Vasnera (1743m). From this alpine pasture, still frequented by shepherds, the route to Vasnera Pass begins. Instead, the trail continues uphill, which becomes steeper, near the Fontanone shelf. Hovering on the opposite slope some large rocks, you reach Punta Sivella or Ciciozza (2523m). A small chapel, dear to the citizens of Campertogno, was built on the summit in 1942, from which the cross rises.

The peak can also be reached by route 274a coming from Alpe Campo in Valle Artogna.