Mountain Festival at Pian della Palla

On Sunday 19 July 2026 the fourth edition offered a day devoted to the mountains, sport, nature and outdoor activities. The Pro Loco's May booklet announced a partly different programme from the one published in July, with pony rides, yoga and wooden sculptures; the July one, reported by BergamoNews and La Voce delle Valli, included:

The third edition had been held on Sunday 20 July 2025, from 10 am to 7 pm: markets, refreshment point, the guided walk to the lime kilns with the CAI Valserina, the first saddle experience on a farm's ponies, country games, the greasy pole from 4 pm, a scent-search activity for dogs and a drum meditation. The Alpine Rescue, with the Oltre il Colle station of the VI Delegazione Orobica, had a stand with the vehicles and equipment used in rescues.

In 2026 the Alpine Rescue technicians came back with an information stand for the whole day, handing out material on responsible mountain-going. We have not found reports of the first two editions.

Pian della Palla is the meadow basin below the north face of the Alben, at around 1,270-1,300 metres, about 800 metres as the crow flies south of the main village centre and a few hundred metres from the Conca dell'Alben. By car you drive up from Oltre il Colle along via Drago to the car parks at Pian della Palla, as the pages of this guide explain.

On foot you get there from the Colle di Zambla on the CAI's barrier-free walk, almost flat along the forest road: about 45 minutes each way, suitable in summer for off-road pushchairs too. Scheduled buses do not run on Sundays.

In July, in the 1991-2020 averages of the ERA5 reanalysis for the main village, the minimum is about 12 °C and the maximum 22 °C, with about 230 millimetres of rain in the month: the festival is held on the meadows, so comfortable shoes and something for the rain are needed. From the Colle di Zambla start the path to Monte Alben and the one to the Torrione Brassamonti crags, and in the woods next to the pass there is the adventure park.