Gleno Dam and Lake – Gleno Dam loop from Vilmaggiore

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Gleno Dam and Lake – Gleno Dam loop from Vilmaggiore

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Gleno Dam and Lake – Gleno Dam loop from Vilmaggiore

03:55

10.3km

570m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 23, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Parco delle Orobie Bergamasche

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.04 km

Gleno Dam

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Crossroads of many paths along the river

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4.41 km

Gleno Dam and Lake

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The ruins of the dam are a monument and a warning. the memory of an undertaking and a disaster not to be forgotten.

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4.54 km

Gleno Dam

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The Gleno dam was a barrier on the Gleno stream which collapsed on 1 December 1923, causing a huge tragedy which shocked the Scalve valley in the province of Bergamo …

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5.08 km

View of the Gleno Dam

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You can see a piece of the ruins of the dam and you can start to hear the water rumbling in the valley

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5.17 km

View of the Presolana from Trail 410

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6.06 km

View of Presolana from Gleno Valley

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The Gleno valley, right from the ruins of the dam, offers a fantastic view of the northern side of the Queen of the Orobie, the Presolana.

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6.95 km

View of Val di Scalve, Presolana and Ferrante

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little fountain

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7.15 km

Pianezza

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Pianezza is a beautiful village, a hamlet of Vilminore di Scalve, famous for being the starting point for the path that leads to the Gleno dam. It can be reached …

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10.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.38 km

2.84 km

2.39 km

1.16 km

543 m

Surfaces

3.65 km

2.55 km

1.90 km

873 m

852 m

498 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

10°C

4°C

31 %

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Comments

July 27, 2022,Von Pianezza 🇮🇹 nach Laghetto del Gleno Staudamm🌊

What a monument and what a moving story almost 100 years ago.
After completion and the first filling, the dam broke on December 1, 1923; several hundred people died in the disaster. A curved gravity dam was originally planned. The gorge in the valley floor was initially closed with a 23 m high "plug" made of quarry stone masonry. Thus, …

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June 11, 2025,pianezza diga del gleno

Also this year as usual the little trip to the dam is always a spectacle

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June 25, 2025,Runde von Vilminore di Scalve zum Gleno Staudamm🌞🥵〽️

The Gleno Dam was built until 1923. In 1924, the dam burst, claiming over 350 lives in the valley.

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July 28, 2022,Laghetto del Gleno – Diga del Gleno Itinerario ad anello da Vilminore di Scalve

Excursion within the reach (almost) of everyone with moderate height difference and slope but which offers truly breathtaking landscapes and views. Without neglecting the memory and teaching that what remains of the dam leaves us.

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March 9, 2023,Vilminore - Diga del Gleno

Pleasant loop excursion with the aim of seeing the Gleno dam, famous for its collapse on 1.12.1923 and which caused the death of 356 people. The paths to reach it are different. I left the car in Vilminore at a small church (locality Bares) near which the path starts. Parking is paid (easypark) only from June to the end of …

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