Edit event: [CH, T3, not T4] Monte Generoso

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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.728;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Route:</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> From Arogno we head up to Monte Generoso peak, where we'll have lunch. From there we'll head down to Maroggia-Melano, but if you want to skip the downhill there should be an option to take a train down (from the peak or from the Bella Vista station). After the hike we can have a dip in Lago di Lugano.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.728;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Pace</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">: Moderate (on the faster side - for the ascent multiplier approximately 1.2x compared to the SwissTopo time). This hike is not suitable for beginners.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.728;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Starting point</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">: </span></font></span><font color="#333333" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Arogno, Sasso Grosso bus station.</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.728;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">End point:</span> Maroggia-Melano train station/beach area in Maroggia for those who want to take a swim.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.728;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">How to get there</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">: Train IC 2 direction Lugano departs from Zurich HB at 7:05. Change in Lugano to train S10 direction Como S.Giovanni. Change in Maroggia-Melano to bus B 541 direction Arogno, Paese.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.728;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">How to get back:</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> Train from </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Maroggia-Melano</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.728;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">What to take: P</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space-collapse: preserve; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ersonal ID/passport as we'll briefly cross to Italy. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">R</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space-collapse: preserve;">egular hiking equipment, in particular comfortable shoes (hiking boots or trail running shoes); food - we’ll have picnic lunch on top; water; sunscreen; sunglasses; (optional) swimming suit & towel.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 1.656;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Disclaimer</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">: I'm not a guide - everyone hikes at their responsibility and risk.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: 1.656;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-weight: 700;">Photo credit:</span> </span><font color="#337ab7">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monte_Generoso_LCD.jpg</font></p>

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T4 - [CH, T3, not T4] Monte Generoso

14^Sep Sun
09:40

Organized by: Aleksander Matusiak

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Route: From Arogno we head up to Monte Generoso peak, where we'll have lunch. From there we'll head down to Maroggia-Melano, but if you want to skip the downhill there should be an option to take a train down (from the peak or from the Bella Vista station). After the hike we can have a dip in Lago di Lugano.

Pace: Moderate (on the faster side - for the ascent multiplier approximately 1.2x compared to the SwissTopo time). This hike is not suitable for beginners.

Starting point: Arogno, Sasso Grosso bus station.

End point: Maroggia-Melano train station/beach area in Maroggia for those who want to take a swim.

How to get there: Train IC 2 direction Lugano departs from Zurich HB at 7:05. Change in Lugano to train S10 direction Como S.Giovanni. Change in Maroggia-Melano to bus B 541 direction Arogno, Paese.

How to get back: Train from Maroggia-Melano.

What to take: Personal ID/passport as we'll briefly cross to Italy. Regular hiking equipment, in particular comfortable shoes (hiking boots or trail running shoes); food - we’ll have picnic lunch on top; water; sunscreen; sunglasses; (optional) swimming suit & towel.

Disclaimer: I'm not a guide - everyone hikes at their responsibility and risk.

Photo credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monte_Generoso_LCD.jpg

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Severin Scherrer 6 months ago

Hello, looking forward to the hike! I'll be joining from Zurich via the mentioned 7:05 connection. Would it make sense to create something like a WhatsApp group?

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