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08N - Capanna Cristallina - Rifugio Maria Luisa
Next nearby hike: 09S - Robiei - Rifugio Maria Luisa 2.0 mi · 3.3 kmExplore Cristallina →
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
No month meets all three rules below at this spot.
- J-7°-15°159
- F-6°-14°140
- M-3°-11°184
- A0°-7°262
- M5°-3°311
- J10°1°237
- J14°4°215
- A13°4°238
- S9°1°295
- O4°-4°277
- N-2°-10°246
- D-7°-13°173
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
08N - Capanna Cristallina - Rifugio Maria Luisa is a local hiking route in Ticino, Switzerland, about 15 km (9 mi) in length. It is on Cristallina in the Ticino Alps. It lies about 6.4 km north of Formazza.
Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 15 km · 9 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 14 km · 9 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Mountain
- Cristallina (mountain, 2,912 m; GeoNames)
- Mountain range
- Ticino Alps (Lepontine Alps › Northwestern Alps; GMBA)
- Nearest town
- 6.4 km N of Formazza (Provincia Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, Piedmont, Italy) · GeoNames
- Part of
- Via Alta Vallemaggia (local route)
- Country
- Switzerland
- Region
- Ticino
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Ref
- 08N
- Operator (OSM)
- Associazione Via Alta Vallemaggia
- From / to
- Capanna Cristallina → Rifugio Maria Luisa
- Route centre
- 46.4534, 8.4781
- Route start
- 46.4348, 8.4283
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 16116055
- Official info
- viaaltavallemaggia.ch/it/tappe/7n-fusio-capanna-
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
Nearest trails
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2.0 mi · 3.3 km · Ticino
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2.1 mi · 3.4 km · Ticino
08S Capanna Poncione di Brage - Robiei
5.5 mi · 8.8 km · Ticino
11 Capanna Piano delle Creste - Capanna Grossalp
6.1 mi · 9.8 km · Ticino
Sentiero Cristallina
7 mi · 11 km · Ticino
07N - Fusio - Capanna Christallina
8 mi · 13 km · Ticino