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CH-TI Erbonne and Bocchetta d’Orimento – Route: 64 km, elevation gain: 1,550 m, 2 mountain passes

Author description

Author André Rudaz
Course : carried out in 2023
Departure : Riva San Vitale (Ticino, Switzerland). Pay-and-display car park, Via dell’Indipendenza. Altitude: 276 m.

Tourist information

This route straddles the border between Switzerland and Italy, with Switzerland's territory, curiously enough, lying to the south of Italy's! It passes through Erbonne, a tiny village on the edge of Lombardy.
This village, which had 15 residents in 2001, 9 in 2012 and 4 in 2023, is situated 6 km from Casasco d’Intelvi and just 1 km from the Swiss village of Scudellate. More than three hundred years of disputes between the municipality of San Fedele Intelvi and the inhabitants of Erbonne, who were cut off from all municipal services, led the inhabitants of Erbonne to enter into an agreement with the Swiss village of Scudellate, which, in return for payment, guaranteed medical, education and funeral services to the people of Erbonne!
In 1911, for the first time, a cemetery was built in Erbonne!
The road linking San Fedele Intelvi to Erbonne was built in 1954.
Between 1916 and 1969, San Fedele guaranteed a school in Erbonne, initially in private premises and, from 1958, in a purpose-built structure.

Technical specifications

Scudellate and Erbonne are linked by a path about 1 km long (easy to push with a hiker). There is a footbridge between Switzerland and Italy just before Erbonne.

2 passess

1 – Colma di Cerano	973 m	IT-CO-0973
2 – Bocca d’Orimento (or Bocchetta d’Orimento)	1,278 m	IT-CO-1275a

Editor’s note: In 2026, during an update to the article, the Colma di Cerano was added to the route.

Keywords Ticino, Riva San Vitale, Erbonne, Scudellate, centcols

Openrunner link, interactive map, profile, track : https://www.openrunner.com/route-details/16937130

This itinerary is provided for information only. The author accepts no liability, nor that of the Club des Cent Cols, for any imponderables due to the cyclist himself, the equipment used or anything to do with the road, tracks and paths, their surroundings or other users.

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