Madesimo - Rifugio Bertacchi (Refuge Bertacchi)
General Notes:
Altitude Difference: 525 m
Time:1h 30'
Phisical Effort: Normal
Difficulty: E
Description:
The start of this easy trip is placed in Macolini, a small fraction of Madesimo, to reach it we must pass Madesimo following the paved road that passes near the chairlift Arlecchino, in this short stretch we must pay attention, if we do not know Madesimo well, in order to avoid to enter in the limited traffic areas, ZTL, which are marked accurately.
The road ends near the start of our trip,we will find a short and wide dirt track where we can leave our cars, here we will find the first signs for the Bertacchi refuge and Lake Emet.
After parking we walk along this dirt road for a few meters, we will find a ban on access for non-agricultural vehicles and after a few meters, thanks to a beautiful wooden bridge, we will overcome one of the many streams in the area, beyond which we will find a small playground with swings and benches.
After the bridge, we will continue to follow the dirt road, until we meet a boulder where the path splits, following the signs and the trail signs we will turn right and begin to climb more clearly.
We begin to climb towards the refuge, the slopes become higher even if it remain simple; the path goes up surrounded by nature and in particular in the middle of two waterfalls that delimit our track, although the slopes are high enough the continuous presence of hairpin bends one in a row to the other allows us to recover and breathe, the track is not dangerous at all is wide enough and the only point slightly more "exposed" is made safer,even if not dangerous,by some chains of 2-3m that give us greater safety.
After the short exposed stretch, the environment changes profoundly the scenarios open and the slopes decrease, we will overcome a bridge over the river that comes from the waters of Lake Emet.
After the bridge now the refuge is close, we will face for about 10 ' a slight climb with a beautiful track that will lead us to the refuge from where we can decide to climb to other destinations.
