Things to do in Oltre il Colle

Sentiero dei Fiori Claudio Brissoni: a CAI loop of about 3 hours from the Capanna 2000 to Passo Branchino, 1,821–2,078 m, on the flowering slopes of the Arera.

Pizzo Arera, 2,512 m, by the south normal route: from the Alpe Arera car park 922 m of ascent and about 2 h 30, with a protected gully just below the summit.

Monte Alben, 2,019 m, from the Colle di Zambla on CAI trail 501: 750 m and 2 h 15 via the Col dei Brassamonti, Passo della Forca and the final EE ridge.

Cima di Menna, 2,300 m, from Zorzone on CAI trail 234: 1,250 m and 4 hours up through Val Carnera and the MAGA bivouac, with no water along the way.

Lake Branchino, 1,784 m, below Passo Branchino: 2 h 30 and 750 m from Valcanale via the Alpe Corte hut, or 3 hours from Zorzone up the Val Vedra.

Cima di Grem (2,049 m) from the Colle di Zambla on CAI trail 223: 800 metres of ascent through beech woods, pastures and old mines, past the Mistri bivouac.

Val Parina, Zorzone to Scalvino on CAI trail 259: 12 km and 450 m of descent through gorges, chained ledges and the rails of an old timber and marble line.

Passo Branchino (1,821 m) from Zambla Alta: CAI trail 221 to the Capanna 2000, then the 222 traverse below the Arera, with the lake just below the pass.

Mountain biking in Oltre il Colle: the 29.4 km loop via the Capanna 2000 and the Val Vedra, the Val Parina, the Val del Riso, the Arera Tour and e-bike hire.

Colle di Zambla by bike: 13.7-14.1 km and about 800 m from Ponte Nossa, 23 steadier km from Ambria, the gradients section by section, the Giro and Il Lombardia.

Torrione Brassamonti, Alben: routes from 3a to 7b on two faces, Bonatti's 1950 line, the Bottiglione, the Coregn de l'Acqua boulders and the Maurizio ferrata.

Endemic flowers of Arera and Alben: Linaria tonzigii, Primula albenensis, Galium montis-arerae. When they bloom, where to see them, why they are not picked.

Giuliano Mauri's Cattedrale Vegetale above Zambla Alta: five naves of woven poles around 42 beech trees, opened in 2010 and badly damaged by storm Vaia in 2018.

Monte Alben Adventure Park at the Passo di Zambla: ten tree-top attractions from age 2, 2026 hours and prices from the official website. Currently closed.

Playgrounds and picnic areas in Oltre il Colle: the via Roma municipal park, the inclusive park at Zambla Alta, and the grills at the Colle di Zambla and the Conca.

Rifugio Cà d'Arera above Plassa: the SABA's private hut at about 1,550 m, five minutes from the Alpe Arera car park or an hour on foot from Zambla Alta.

Passo della Crocetta (1,267 m), a kilometre south of the Colle di Zambla: a spring, the start of CAI trails 501 to the Alben and 526B, a ski track in winter.

Capanna 2000 hut, 1,960 m below the Pizzo Arera: owned by Oltre il Colle, 25 beds, an hour from the Alpe Arera car park. Opening periods, booking and contacts.

Bivouacs around Oltre il Colle: Mistri and Telini on the Grem, Baita Nembrini and Gioan on the Alben, MAGA below the Menna. Who runs them, beds, what's open.

A 1,264 m pass from Val Serina to Val del Riso, the only road linking Brembana and Seriana: two Giro d'Italia climbs and trails to Alben, Grem and Capanna 2000.

Three floors on the zinc and lead mines of Oltre il Colle in Zorzone's old school: miners' tools, a rebuilt tunnel, local minerals and a 1944 memorial.

The parish church of Oltre il Colle, a parish since 1449: Luigi Angelini's three-sided portico (1935), frescoes by Orelli, a canvas by Scuri and a Bossi organ.

The parish church of Zambla Bassa, independent since 1587 and consecrated in 1737: six altars in deep chapels, Cavagna's altarpiece and a Serassi organ of 1799.

Zorzone's parish church, a parish since 1636, rebuilt between 1745 and 1755 to a design by Giovan Battista Caniana: dome, stucco work and a canvas of 1628.

Zorzone, at 1,019 metres, is the hamlet of the Val Vedra zinc mines: Caniana's church, the mining museum, 23 frescoes on the houses and the trails to the Menna.

CAI 104 barrier-free walk from the Colle di Zambla to the Conca dell'Alben: 5.6 km there and back, maximum gradient 10%, suitable for all-terrain pushchairs.