Trail 2, after a short section in the woods, cuts halfway up the final wall to the black ski slope named after Leonardo David, an unforgettable Gressonese ski champion. It then continues for a long stretch on a dirt road, cuts through the forest to join the initial section of the red ski slope, which ascends until it rejoins the dirt road that leads up to the Weismatten chairlift arrival station.

The route

After parking, follow the paved road for about 400 meters until you first cross the ski lift track and then a wide grassy slope.

The first marker indicates trail 3. The 2 starts at the bottom corner

As soon as you reach the first bend to the left, you will find the beginning of Trail 2 on the right (you can see a yellow marker on a boulder).

The start of trail 2

The section in the forest is very short, and the trail is very wide with gentle turns, being also a mountain bike trail: after passing a little more than 100m of elevation gain, going up to the left, you come out at the height of a small house that is halfway up the final wall of the black ski slope, which you cross by continuing horizontally.

The wall of the black track is cut

You climb a short distance up the slope until you reach the middle station of the chairlift.

The middle station of the chairlift

We then continue along the dirt road (in winter itself a ski slope, blue). You will find after a very short time on the left the signs for La Cialvrina hotel/restaurant (about 1656m), which can also be reached by car. You pass it, and when you meet a paved hairpin bend you stay on the dirt road.

After Cialvrina continue on the dirt road to the right

The section on the dirt road always has a fairly constant gradient, except at one point where it becomes particularly steep.

Steep section of the dirt road

Continue for about 600 meters more, neglecting a marker on the right-hand side that indicates a detour to Trail 1W…

The pole indicating the direction for the 1W to the right

…and you will come to a point, at about 1776m, where you will find on the left a road leading to some isolated huts ( David’s Huts)…

David’s cabins at the junction for Trail 2

…while instead on the right is a snow cannon with a yellow “2” stamp painted on it and on the base.

The 2 turns right at this cannon

The trail cuts right, passing behind the cannon.

Trail 2 can be seen behind the cannon

This image shows the final section of the trail, from David’s huts onward.

The final section of the route

In the final section, the trail cuts upward for a short distance and returns to the red ski slope, which it crosses and skirts going up the right…

You skirt the red runway going up

…until it reaches a dirt road that in 400 meters leads to the arrival of the Weismatten chairlift (2055m)…

The arrival at the chairlift station

…and to the adjacent Casa Capriata – Rifugio Carlo Mollino, 2040m . The tea pavilion is located between the station and the refuge.

Capriata House, the Carlo Mollino Refuge

Possible continuations

Two main routes depart from Weismatten:

1. the challenging 1A, which leads up to the beautiful Frudière Lakes.

Lake Superior Frudière

2. the more affordable 3A that leads up to Punta Regina, surely the most popular destination for hikers in this area.

Punta della Regina

In addition, Following 3A, you can go all the way to the Garda Pass (at the base of Punta della Regina), and from there take the detour to the left, the starting point of the challenging path 1B Sequentially touching the peaks of the mountains Rena, Taille and Taf, and then descend to meet the path 1A near the Taf collar. Thanks to that path, one can return directly to Weismatten without passing through the peaks of the three mountains again.

Finally, still following trail 3A (which is in common with trail 3B), at Lake Gombetta you can continue straight ahead, without climbing to Punta della Regina, and thus arrive at Colle Ranzola, from where you can return directly to the valley following trail 3.

The Ranzola Pass and the chapel