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De Marie al Volano Mountain Hut – Colombé Hut loop from Paspardo
05:46
17.1km
850m
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Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: March 18, 2026
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De Marie al Volano Hut
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View of Pizzo Badile
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🏔️ Pizzo Badile Camuno Profile
- Altitude: 2,435 m a.s.l.
- Location: between Ceto and Cimbergo, in the Adamello group.
- Mountain character: isolated peak, "shovel" shape (hence the name), often called the "Cervino of Camonica".
- Geology: very white limestone upper part, resting on the dark Fasa band, with a granite base of the Adamello massif.
🧗♂️ The Pizzo Badile Camuno via ferrata
One of the best-known and most frequented routes in the area, classified C/D, therefore challenging.
- Total elevation gain: ~1,385 m
- Total duration: approximately 6h30’ (approach + via ferrata + return).
- Difficulty: moderate technical skill required, but physically very demanding.
- Exposure: constant, with equipped sections on smooth slabs and Grade I passages in the woods.
- Mandatory equipment: helmet, harness, via ferrata set (the rock is crumbly and prone to rockfall).
🚶♂️ Ascent Itinerary (from Cimbergo – Volano)
Starting point: dirt road above Cimbergo, near Rifugio De Marie (1420 m).
1) Approach
- CAI Trail 77, steep and with equipped sections already in the woods.
- Passages on smooth slabs with chains and some rocky jumps.
- Exit from the woods with a view of the Volano basin and the middle Val Camonica.
2) Mario Donati Bivouac
- Small wooden structure nestled in the rock, a perfect spot for a break.
- From here, the most exposed section towards the base of the wall begins.
3) Final via ferrata
- Long and continuous steel cable.
- Exposed passages on grassy rocks and oblique traverses.
- Arrival at the fissure that divides the Pizzo in two: from here the summit is close.
🌄 View from the summit
One of the widest in Val Camonica:
- Adamello and Pian di Neve
- Concarena
- Presolana
- Lake Iseo
- Up to the more distant Disgrazia and Bernina on clear days
📜 Historical Notes
- First documented explorations: 1855, Prof. Regazzoni.
- First official ascent: May 25, 1884, Ballardini and Beatrici.
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View of Valle Camonica and Concarena
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📍 Location
- Region: Lombardy
- Provinces involved: Brescia (predominant) and Bergamo (Scalve sector)
- Municipalities concerned: Lozio, Cerveno, Losine, Ono San Pietro, Capo di Ponte; Bergamo side: Schilpario
🧭 Morphological characteristics
- Limestone massif belonging to the Calcare di Esino formation
- Vertical walls, chimneys, sharp ridges
- Impressive elevation gain: ~2200 m from the valley floor in just 5 km
- Presence of particular geological phenomena:
- Frost chimneys (cold air escaping from fissures)
- Marine fossils (limestone algae, corals)
🥾 Hikes and access
La Concarena is wild and little frequented, ideal for experienced hikers.
🌄 Most popular itineraries
- Cima della Bacchetta
- Very demanding itinerary, 4h30 ascent only, requires experience and a surefootedness
- Rifugio Baita Iseo (the only refuge in the massif)
- Access from Ono San Pietro
- Elevation gain ~800 m, loop trail
- Val Varadega
- Simpler trekking (2h30, excluding the final section)
- Long traverses
- Connections towards Mortirolo, Monte Pagano, Laghi Seroti
- High-altitude routes, often on unstable terrain
🌅 Equinox phenomenon
A distinctive and fascinating feature:
at sunset during the equinoxes, the sun sets exactly in the split of the Concarena, creating a luminous effect that seems to "cut" the mountain. The ancient Camuni interpreted it as a manifestation of the "Great Spirit".
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Colombé Hut
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Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
13.9 km
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Surfaces
8.33 km
3.81 km
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1.65 km
207 m
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