Rick and I just stayed in the Lugano area for a hike today, deciding to take the bus up to the town of Brè, on Monte Brè, and then start hiking uphill towards the MUCH high Monte Boglia.
In 11 years I have never made it all the way to the top, and I did not break that record! So that is why I call this a senior citizen hike, because a younger person would have no trouble.
We are above the town of Brè, which you see down below. Across lake Lugano on the left is Mt. Sighignola, (Italy) on the far right is Monte Brè, and the pointy one a bit further back is Mont San Salvatore.
After one hour of hiking UP hill on a very nice path (which is also a mountain bike path), we come to a fork in the path. Go left and it leads you around the mountain to the Alpe Bolla (restaurant, inn on top of the mountain). Go right and it takes you up and around to the right to the very top of Monte Boglia. The sign says another 2 hours uphill to reach the top! We decided to turn around (not enough time in our day to push it), and we hike over to this big mountain meadow full of high grass and wild flowers.
We spread out our picnic sheet and enjoy lunch with a view!
There were many of these VERY bright pink flowers. This one with a butterfly on it.
We could have gone even higher in this meadow, but the photo is very deceiving. The grass is high and thick and the ground a bit uneven. It's not easy to walk!
Me in the meadow!
More of those beautiful, bright pink flowers.
Purple flowers! At first I thought this might be Monkshood, which is found wild in the Alps, and is about the most poisonous plant there is! But I'm pretty sure this is not it, after checking on the internet. Phew!
We hiked over to the other meadow hill. We are looking east. All those mountains in the distance are in Italy. We had our picnic in the meadow on the left, just below the single tree.
Coming back into town, a view of Brè.
Brè is full of cute, old streets and has an extensive nucleo (old center). Definitely worth a visit!
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