Monte Spino, 1486 m

Through a charming high valley to a jagged rocky ridge While Monte Pizzocolo, which dominates the picture on the western side of Lake Garda with its clear shape, makes an impression with its form alone, a peak to the west of it, Monte Spino, is at first glance just a forbidding, jagged rocky ridge, which should be of particular interest to climbers. Wrong! Its main summit is also easily doable for hikers. An additional plus on this tour is the Rifugio Pirlo allo Spino, which for many is already a destination in its own right, as it is one of the few fully staffed mountain huts in the western Garda mountains. This CAI Salo accommodation hut is also a popular destination for mountain bikers, although they pedal up from Gaino, so they don"t touch our ascent route. The building may take some getting used to, but the hut staff are friendly and the food is quite good. If there is still time after the tour, we should definitely pay a visit to Gardone Riviera with its lush Mediterranean vegetation and the "Vittoriale" park, which was created by the poet Gabriele d"Annunzio.(Automatically translated by DeepL)