4. Etappe Gotthard Tunnel Trail (Lukmanierpass - Cari)

Benvenuti in Ticino. We are now moving in the Italian-speaking area, through the stony Val Termine up to the Passo dell'uomo and around the Pizzo delle Colombe, which seems somehow out of place in its appearance. Its peaks rise sharply into the sky and its flanks shimmer bright orange or white. It is the dolomite that gives it its shape and colour and collects in the hollows in the form of sugar. Best suited as decorative sand, if there is still room in the backpack. The highlight of this stage awaits us on the Passo Predelp, when we get a glimpse of the Valle Leventina.

Overnight: www.utoepizzomolare.ch

Along the pass road and on the signposted hiking trail (green Klerber "Gotthard Tunnel Trail") we hike south to the plain of Casaccia. Here we cross the river and continue our way eastwards, over the Alpe Lareccio to Lake Cane. Here we continue southwards and climb progressively to Passo Predelp. This is followed by a steep descent to Predelp di Sopra and further with a small counter-climb to Capanna Prodör.