60th itinerary

	VAL TORTA (Val da Fain) - The tour of three passes

	ITINERARY CARD

Zone:	Bernina pass
Mountain Range:	Bernina
Point of Departure:	Parking cableway Diavolezza at 2090 m.
Access:	- From Maloja pass, over St Moritz turn right to Bernina pass untill you reach at right the parking cable of Diavolezza, about 4 km from Bernina, near the railway station. - From Tirano up to the Poschiavo valley, overcome the Bernina pass and after 4 km on the left to arrive to the parking cable Diavolezza
Lenght:	Km 24
Drop:	900 md
Difficulty:	*** (Attention: technical descent over La Stretta pass to the Val Forcola)
Cycle %:	90%
*Max Altitude :*	Passo La stretta m. 2476
Time for the run:	about 4 hours
Maps:	Kompass n° 93 Bernina - Sondrio
Instructions:	From Parking nearby the Diavolezza cable, descending the valley for about 500 meters and take to right a dirtroad with indication Val da Fain (Val Torta) that he climbs inside the side valley located on the far side to the Bernina groups mountains. The dirt road climbs for about 5,5 km until the Alp La Stretta, the becomes path and after 2,5 km you arrive at La Stretta pass (m. 2476) overlooking the Val Forcola below. Now it becomes the technical descent of the path, rather exposed, to do for a good part with bike by hand where you will feel in safe. After about 3 km it crosses the the road that descends to Livigno, that we take on the right and climb until the Forcola Pass (m. 2315). Exceeded the pass, we descend for about 3 km and reach the crossing with the SS 29 from Poschiavo, we turn right going up for other 3 km untill Bernina pass (m. 2323) continuing until the Diavolezza parking.