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Savogno Mule Track – Savogno — Historic Village loop from Piuro

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Savogno Mule Track – Savogno — Historic Village loop from Piuro

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Savogno Mule Track – Savogno — Historic Village loop from Piuro

08:59

14.2km

1,670m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 14, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 673 m for 66 m

After 963 m for 65 m

After 1.17 km for 11 m

After 4.00 km for 1.14 km

After 9.79 km for 1.14 km

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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369 m

View of Acquafraggia Waterfalls

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Probably the best view of the falls 🤩👍🏻🤣

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833 m

View of Borgonuovo

Highlight • Viewpoint

Splendid panoramic view of Borgonuovo

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859 m

View of Acquafraggia Waterfalls

Highlight • Viewpoint

From here it goes steeply down 😱💦🤣

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1.72 km

Ruins of Stalle dei Ronchi

Highlight • Historical Site

The remains of the place, including the old well

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2.12 km

Information Panels About the 1618 Piuro Landslide

Highlight • Monument

Natural disasters are life-threatening and they stir up emotions. In 1618, a landslide caused a stir that destroyed the small town of Plurs/ital. Piuro in the upper Bergell valley in Graubünden completely destroyed. The site was and is below Monte Conto, whose rich deposits of Lavezstein, a soft and refractory slate, were extensively mined for centuries. The landslide, which was triggered by the excavations and excavations in the rainy summer of 1618, occurred on the evening of September 4th, according to old calendar calculations on August 25th

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2.32 km

Savogno Mule Track

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“Only” 2,886 steps up a steep mule track separate Savogno from the rest of the Valchiavenna and the rest of the world. From the town of Sarlone in Borgonuovo di Piuro, not far from the Acquafraggia waterfalls, follow the mulattiera, the mule path that leads straight into the forest and up the mountain, always along the terraces of dry stone walls where the vines once grew.

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7.24 km

Lago dell'Acquafraggia

Highlight • Lake

It is the alpine lake from which the waters that form the waterfalls of the same name flow.

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10.2 km

Ruins

11.7 km

Savogno — Historic Village

Highlight • Settlement

Savogno is located along an important communication route that brings the upper Rhine valleys directly into contact with Valchiavenna. Already in the Middle Ages it was a transit point for those going to Chur, capital of the Three Gray Leagues.

The town was inhabited until the 1960s as an important transit point towards the Val di Lei, but with the progressive exodus towards the towns of the valley, it became almost uninhabited. Of the 400 original inhabitants, the last one abandoned the town in 1968. Currently, in addition to the managers of the refuge, only a few families return from time to time to their original home.

To reach Savogno there is no road, but a long staircase that climbs between the chestnut trees on the rugged side of the mountain. You go up for about ten minutes, always staying in the woods, in sight of the stream. A mule track then deviates towards the east and leads to a large, steeply sloping deforested space where minute vine terraces and meadows invaded by brambles surround numerous huts, partly built of wood. Traces of previous intensive agricultural use become increasingly evident as you climb the steep slope above the houses.

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14.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.0 km

563 m

332 m

215 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.06 km

5.40 km

1.83 km

613 m

188 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Savogno Mule Track – Savogno — Historic Village loop from Piuro

View of Acquafraggia Waterfalls

View of Borgonuovo

View of Acquafraggia Waterfalls

Ruins of Stalle dei Ronchi

Information Panels About the 1618 Piuro Landslide

Savogno Mule Track

Lago dell'Acquafraggia

Savogno — Historic Village

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