Monte Crocione — Attraction in Tremezzina

⚠️: not suitable for children under 12, elderly, people with a physical disability and hikers who have no experience when you want to start via TREMEZZO. (i dont know anything about the other routes, i only judge the route from Tremezzo)

Tremezzo has some good parking places for free right from where the route starts. As a hiker with a moderate experience the first 2.5 hours were destroying, almost to the point my group and i gave up. This will be the steepest part. While you climb and sweat like you've never done before, you can enjoy a beautiful overview from lake como and that's something what gives you motivation to keep on going. After these horrendous 2,5 hours of walking the path is only getting better, so dont worry. You pass some beautiful cows along the way and can spot some local houses. after another hour or 2 there is a cave where you have to go trough to continue the walk to the top. before you enter the cave you have the most magnificent view you can have, in my opinion. Passing the cave you will have a zig-zag path where you sometimes pass a fallen tree which crosses the path, you have to climb over these trees. It took us 5.5 hours (with breaks) to reach the top. You have to start really early if you want to get back on a OK time. This hike did costs us 10 hours and loads of pain in our feet, legs. We couldn’t walk afterwards, not a joke. So to all the people who reviewed this as a easy walk, please be realistic it isn’t at all! It was beautiful and really worth it but think 2 times before...

As others have posted, many reviews do not capture the hike from Tremezzo. Beginning in Tremezzo, it is roughly a 30 minute walk up a bike path to the start of the trail. This walk is uphill in a cobblestone path.

The entire hike from the beginning is quite steep, hiking poles would be tremendously valuable for the descent. The path is paved in a light cobblestone that has faded over the years but is still easy to follow. From Tremezzo expect around 4 hours to the peak at a moderate pace.

Once you approach the peak you are left at a fork in the road. The first path is nearly a 70 degree angle straight toward the cross and summit (see the second picture) . The second route is a low incline , long switchback that takes quite a bit longer to reach the peak.

In our case, we took the straight shot toward the summit. This was the most difficult part of the hike as there really isn't a trail at this point. You're largely holding onto clumps of crabgrass to make the ascent. It is challenging, but the view of the summit is gorgeous. From the summit of monte crocione, you can walk to the mount Tremezzo.

Others have mentioned an area to buy drinks and food as well as a car route, perhaps this is near mount Tremezzo but we did not see this whatsoever.

The descent was tricky without poles and requires time to avoid falling and the pace is not so fast.

In total our time from the ferry, summit, and back was...

Non-experienced hiker experience: We hiked up from the top of Tremezzo. The first 1.5 hours is extremely steep rocky pathway that was very difficult to climb. After you reach Monte Brente the path flattens out a little, but still with a good incline. Great views all along the way. Once you reach the military tunnel there is about 1.5 hours left to the reach summit. I gave up at this point because of the pain and started the return 😓 The way down was just as difficult because of the loose stones. Felt a responsibility to share this experience as many of the reviews talk of a pleasant walk. If you’re a non-experienced hiker I’d suggest driving to the top, parking at the refuge and walking from there. Don’t walk from Tremezzo. Up to the military tunnel and back took us 5 hours. Views unbelievable and worth the pain but it...