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2026: Various Hikes / Tours

Updates

Sun, February 22, 2026: First hike of 2026, 3 day Hike February 2026: Giornico - Bellinzona (Ticino) .

Some smaller hikes or riding tours:

  • 3 Days Hike February 2026: Giorncio - Bellizona


Highlights

◈ Giornico (Δ 438m), 2026/02/20 10:36
2026/02/20 12:28

3 Days Hike February 2025: Giornico - Bellinzona


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.

Friday 2026/02/20: Giornico - Bascia

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

Saturday 2026/02/21: Bascia - Claro

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

Sunday 2026/02/22: Claro - Castiano/Arbedo (Bellinzona)

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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