Foroglio village and waterfall – Foroglio Waterfall loop from Val Bavona

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Foroglio village and waterfall – Foroglio Waterfall loop from Val Bavona

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Foroglio village and waterfall – Foroglio Waterfall loop from Val Bavona

02:06

7.14km

170m

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: August 20, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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397 m

Wooden Bridge and Rest Area on the Bavona River

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A wooden bridge allows you to get to the other bank of the Bavona without getting wet. There are a few easy-to-reach spots on the bank itself where you can be right by the cold water.

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3.12 km

Wooden Bridge in Val Bavona

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This place is just amazing. You have the opportunity to buy hand-knitted goods from a farmer's wife. Socks, handbags...

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3.24 km

Foroglio village and waterfall

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Foroglio is here called representative of the many small villages and farms that line the trail in Val Bavona. Nowadays they all look very picturesque in the wildly romantic and impressive mountain framing. Many houses have been converted into chalets, in former times the living conditions in the valley were extremely hard and it was only temporarily settled permanently.

In Foroglio there is a little tourist infrastructure because of the picturesque scenery in front of the waterfall. And the restaurant La Froda really needs no advertising, too nice sitting on the terrace, not to mention the food ... lafroda.ch/de

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3.34 km

Ascent to the waterfall

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For the climb, you should be sure-footed and not afraid of heights. There are anchored chains at two points where you can hold on.
Also bring a rain jacket so you can stay relatively dry even when you're close to the waterfall.

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3.92 km

Foroglio Waterfall

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The Faroglio waterfall is one of the most spectacular in the entire Bavona valley. Here the water makes a leap of 110 metres.

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5.07 km

Roseto

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5.26 km

Bavona Forest and Wooden Bridge

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7.07 km

Sonlerto

Highlight • Settlement

The old villages in Val Bavona are called “terre”. Sonlerto is one of the larger of them and is compactly built around some large boulders. They all lie like heaps of stones in the middle of dark green chestnut forests that softly line the valley floor. Behind it, rock faces rise on both sides: high, steep, smooth and almost inaccessible - it is one of the narrowest and most deeply cut valleys in the Alps.

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7.14 km

End point

Bus stop

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