Tuesday hike! A sunny 21°C is forecast.
The plan is to walk up from Maggia around the Valle del Salto tour.
Rendezvous 1: Zurich HB under the Blue Angel 08.25
Rendezvous 2: Locarno Train Station, 10.45 bus stop A
Rendezvous 3: Maggia 11.20
Easy-paced walk:
Distance: 9 km, hiking trail.
Ascent/Descent: = + 750 m/- 750 m
Hiking Time: 4 h
We might go higher up the valley depending on the fitness of the group.
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Maggia and the "Valle del Salto tour":
https://www.ticino.ch/en/itineraries/details/Maggia-and-the-Valle-del-Salto-tour-/138496.html
What to bring: good walking shoes, sunscreen, a hiking pole, a picnic blanket and a swimsuit if you want to swim at the waterfall in Maggia.
This hike contains no Llamas.
How to get there:
From Zurich we take the 08.33 train (platform 9, direction Venezia) then change at Bellinzona taking the 10.19 train (platform 3, direction Locarno) to Locarno. Then take the 10.50 bus (Stop A, direction Cavergno) to Maggia, arriving 10.17 in Maggia.
From Zug join the train at 08.59 h platform 2 (direction Venezia).
From Lugano take the 10.05 train (platform 4, direction Locarno) arriving 10.38 in Locarno.
To return:
We take the bus back to Locarno (xx.05, xx.35).
DISCLAIMER
*This is not a guided tour. Instead, this is a casual meetup of individuals responsible for their actions, choices and judgment. The organizer is not responsible for any injury or other accidents that might happen during the hike. By signing up on this activity, the participants agree that the organizer will not be held responsible in any way. Although the hike is not complicated, it is each individual responsibility to ensure that they can do the hike and check out the trail.
*The organizer may make a guess about snow conditions from recent experience above, but does not warrant on the accuracy of the hike's description, and is not responsible for what the weather may bring (or may have brought, snow or otherwise)
*If you are unsure, do the research yourself such that you can come to your own conclusion and judgement.
