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UpdatesSun, February 22, 2026: First hike of 2026, 3 day Hike February 2026: Giornico - Bellinzona (Ticino)
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Some smaller hikes or riding tours:
- 3 Days Hike February 2026: Giorncio - Bellizona
 ◈ Giornico (Δ 438m), 2026/02/20 10:36
 2026/02/20 12:28
  3 Days Hike: Giornico - Bellinzona |
A few days with mild temperatures during the day in Ticino, and decided to go for the first hike of 2026.
Arriving in Bellizona by train and taking train further back to Bodio and then the bus to Giornico where this hike starts.
Previously Giornico was the end of a previous hike in 2023, so I was curious of the hike, although flat along river Ticino (same name as the canton).
Nature is still asleep, the temperature is spring-like, but the sun is still low so no new leaves on bushes or trees yet - warm north wind though, yet above on the mountains the peaks are still snow covered.
So, first day I hike moderate just 3-4hrs and have to divert a bit and go left-hand side on the Ticino, as the path is closed on the right-hand side, so I walk a bit into Bascia village and leave it again and
rejoin the hike path on the right-hand side, about 1-2km I find a nice spot in the bushes close to the river.
 ◈ Giornico (Δ 452m), 2026/02/20 10:28
 ◈ Giornico (Δ 445m), 2026/02/20 10:28
 ◈ Giornico (Δ 451m), 2026/02/20 10:29
 ◈ Giornico (Δ 451m), 2026/02/20 10:30
 ◈ Giornico (Δ 445m), 2026/02/20 10:30
 ◈ Giornico (Δ 438m), 2026/02/20 10:36
 2026/02/20 11:10
 ◈ Bodio TI (Δ 404m), 2026/02/20 11:10
 ◈ Bodio TI (Δ 430m), 2026/02/20 11:13
 ◈ Personico (Δ 369m), 2026/02/20 11:50
 ◈ Personico (Δ 379m), 2026/02/20 11:50
 ◈ Personico (Δ 381m), 2026/02/20 11:57
 ◈ Personico (Δ 382m), 2026/02/20 11:58
 ◈ Personico (Δ 382m), 2026/02/20 11:58
 ◈ Personico (Δ 363m), 2026/02/20 12:02
 2026/02/20 12:28
 ◈ Pollegio (Δ 348m), 2026/02/20 12:29
 2026/02/20 12:50
 ◈ Biasca (Δ 356m), 2026/02/20 12:57
 2026/02/20 13:07
 ◈ Biasca (Δ 340m), 2026/02/20 13:10
 ◈ Biasca (Δ 345m), 2026/02/20 13:20
 ◈ Biasca (Δ 346m), 2026/02/20 13:20
 ◈ Monzello, Iragna (Δ 344m), 2026/02/20 13:56
 ◈ Monzello, Iragna (Δ 344m), 2026/02/20 13:56
 ◈ Monzello, Iragna (Δ 344m), 2026/02/20 13:56
Moderately good sleep, the night got very chilly, apprx. 3°C and it took long to get warmer, at 10:30 apprx. 6°C but quickly reaching 10°C around 11:00 and through afternoon apprx. 15°C in the sun.
Further south Lodrino, and then crossing river to left-hand side, some milky clouds and temperature falls immediately to 10°C and still north-wind.
Cresciano, and further to Claro, two small villages and a bit south of Claro on the river I find a nice spot again, in the bushes - just ~4hrs, about the same as yesterday; further south I would be too close to Bellinzona and too narrow to find a good spot, too close to train tracks and highway, both sources of sleepless nights.
 2026/02/21 11:32
 2026/02/21 11:33
 2026/02/21 11:33
 ◈ Biasca (Δ 327m), 2026/02/21 11:33
 2026/02/21 11:47
 2026/02/21 11:58
 2026/02/21 12:45
 ◈ Verscio, Riale di Lodrino, Lègri, Lodrino (Δ 314m), 2026/02/21 12:45
 ◈ Verscio, Riale di Lodrino, Lègri, Lodrino (Δ 314m), 2026/02/21 12:45
 ◈ Cresciano (Δ 318m), 2026/02/21 13:22
 ◈ Cresciano (Δ 316m), 2026/02/21 13:26
 ◈ Cresciano (Δ 319m), 2026/02/21 13:47
 ◈ Cresciano (Δ 319m), 2026/02/21 13:47
 ◈ Cresciano (Δ 319m), 2026/02/21 13:47
 ◈ Cresciano (Δ 323m), 2026/02/21 13:48
 ◈ Cresciano (Δ 323m), 2026/02/21 13:48
 ◈ Cresciano (Δ 325m), 2026/02/21 13:49
 ◈ Cresciano (Δ 326m), 2026/02/21 13:54
 ◈ Preonzo (Δ 299m), 2026/02/21 15:27
 ◈ Preonzo (Δ 292m), 2026/02/21 15:28
Better sleep than before, still ~5°C at night, and only slowly warming up at 9:30, and leave the site at 10:15 - and enter Castiano and decide to get on the train there, about ~6km before Bellinzona which I know already from previous year.
Getting train to Bellizona, and from there home again.
 2026/02/22 10:25
 2026/02/22 10:27
 ◈ Ca d'Ossola/F. Ticino, Castione (Δ 299m), 2026/02/22 10:33
 ◈ Castione (Δ 281m), 2026/02/22 10:35
 ◈ Castione (Δ 289m), 2026/02/22 10:50
 ◈ Castione (Δ 299m), 2026/02/22 10:50
 ◈ Castione (Δ 298m), 2026/02/22 10:53
 ◈ Castione (Δ 295m), 2026/02/22 11:02
 ◈ Castione (Δ 295m), 2026/02/22 11:02
Was a brief hike, the flat profile was good for a first hike, the nights were chilly regardless of multiple layers of cloths and took long time ~11:00 to warm up again above 10°C again.
That's it.
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