Salèi and Pizzo Zucchero Trail (Route 638)
Spruga – Comologno · Ticino · Switzerland
Difficulty scale
Historic recorded designation; not verified as fitness or technique.
These groups reflect the recorded general designation, not a verified fitness or technical grade. Terrain, exposure, chains and ladders must be assessed separately; read the source notes. No SAC grade is inferred.
- Official technique (source wording)
- medium mountain hiking trail
- Official fitness (source wording)
- difficult
SAC T-grade: not verified
Painted waymarks: not verified
Official route sourceSafety and route notes
Existing editorial notes, not live trail status. Any check date below applies only to that static check; recheck official notices and local conditions before departure.
- Snow-free conditions are required; independently check hut and cable-car schedules, and do not substitute the cable-car shortcut for this complete route.
- Summer hiking entry: snow-free conditions are required.
- No independently established fixed opening months or SAC T-grade are asserted.
- Federal closure/diversion layer checked on 24 October 2026: no reported closure or diversion intersects this exact route; absence of a notice is not an assurance that the route is open.
- Recheck official notices, local conditions and weather before departure.
Map and track
Track with 2,267 imported points
Altitude and elevation
Elevation profile
About the trail
Climb from Spruga through the Onsernone woodland and old alpine paths to Alpe Pescéd and the Laghétt di Salèi area. Continue through Alpe Salèi to Pizzo Zucchero, return along the summit spur and descend through Val Lavadina and Lig’ünc to Comologno. The full official variant includes the summit excursion and starts in Spruga, not at the Vergeletto cable-car station. Official reference: 12 km, +1150/−1100 m, 5.33 hours. Complete federal track: 12.08 km, accumulated +1105/−1132 m. Official classification: medium mountain hiking trail; difficult fitness. The official page describes a steep initial ascent, a summit path that becomes steeper near Pizzo Zucchero, and many steps on the final descent. The roughly 1,100-metre ascent demands good fitness. Snow-free conditions are required; independently check hut and cable-car schedules, and do not substitute the cable-car shortcut for this complete route. Summer hiking entry: snow-free conditions are required. No independently established fixed opening months or SAC T-grade are asserted. Federal closure/diversion layer checked on 24 October 2026: no reported closure or diversion intersects this exact route; absence of a notice is not an assurance that the route is open. Recheck official notices, local conditions and weather before departure. Official original name: Sentiero Salèi e Pizzo Zucchero. Source: https://schweizmobil.ch/en/hiking-in-switzerland/route-638. Geometry licence: OGD BY. Attribution: Bundesamt für Strassen, Kanton, Stiftung SchweizMobil.
Getting there and access
- Location:
- Spruga – Comologno · Ticino · Switzerland
- Track start:
- 46.20037, 8.56809
- Parking:
- No data
Start coordinates: 46.20037, 8.56809
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