Upper Val Taleggio Loop

Up there, where Val Taleggio ends and the ridges begin, silence sounds like wind on the grass and distant cowbells. This loop climbs from the meadows of Capo Foppa to the two historic passes of the upper valley, Grialeggio and Baciamorti: ancient stone gateways to Val Brembana, travelled for centuries by shepherds, merchants and herds.

The route

You start from Capo Foppa, above Pizzino, following CAI waymark 153C. The trail first descends through the woods to the bottom of a small valley, then climbs steadily through beeches and pastures to the Passo di Grialeggio, at about 1,700 metres. Here you take CAI 102, which runs along the watershed past the huts of Giacom and Venturosa: the most panoramic stretch, with open views of limestone spires and Orobie peaks.

The return from Baciamorti

From the Passo di Baciamorti (1,540 m), CAI trail 153 descends gently through the pastures of Baita Baciamorti back to Capo Foppa, with the whole Val Taleggio at your feet. It is the hour when the light grows low and the meadows look like velvet.

Good to know

• Start and finish: Capo Foppa, Taleggio.
• Waymarks: CAI 153C, 102 and 153 – route checked on OpenStreetMap.
• Figures: 10.3 km, about 1,150 m of ascent, 5.5 hours excluding stops.
• For whom: fit hikers (CAI grade E). Avoid the ridge in snow, ice or fog.

Keep discovering the valley

Back down in the valley, wander among the houses of Pizzino, the village on the rock, or head for the valley's other iconic summit with the Monte Cancervo plateau.

Photo - Ago76 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) (reworked)