Challenging and highly rewarding trekking characterized by constant steepness, powerful waters of waterfalls and streams, evocative scenery, and arrival at the alpine lake of glacial origin.
Val di Lares is accessed via Val Genova.
The excursion starts from Malga Genova, where you take the SAT trail 214, opposite the park info point, just before the locality Ponte Rosso.
The itinerary rises steeply alongside the Lares Waterfalls which, with powerful water leaps, crash forcefully on the rocks below forming wonderful rainbows.
The waterfalls are fed by Lake Lares, recently formed by the retreat of the Lares glacier, which runs down the valley along the Rio Lares.
The valley takes its name from the abundant presence of larches ("laras" in dialect) which in autumn assume indescribable golden colors.
It is a demanding trail, especially in the first section that climbs a ledge of a few hundred meters and continues with a steep slope up to Malga di Lares where a long flat section begins. After the plateau you start climbing again in a magnificent and open environment over rocks framed by the Adamello glacier up to Lake Lares, located below Carè Alto.
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Note: the valley is currently without the final stamp.
NEAREST VALLEYS:
From Val di Lares it is possible to connect with:
- Val Siniciaga. Two possible solutions:
A. climbing, just before reaching Malga Lares, at the height of the bridge, turn left and climb towards Monte Rocca. At the pass there are remains of the Great War. From here you descend to Val Siniciaga and to Val Genova, the access point to the valley.
B. Once at Lake Lares, continue towards Lago di Busa del Morto and then Lago dei Pozzoni (trail 214). After Pozzoni a path marked 215 leads to Passo degli Altar and from here to Val Siniciaga and Val Genova, the valley access point. - Val di Borzago. Once at Lake Lares, continue towards Lago di Busa del Morto, Lago dei Pozzoni, and Rifugio Carè Alto (trail 214). From here, following the steep trail 213, descend into Val di Borzago.
- Valle di San Valentino. Once at Lake Lares, continue towards Lago di Busa del Morto, Lago dei Pozzoni, and Rifugio Carè Alto (trail 214). From here, following trail 222 (Peace Trail), you reach Bocca di Conca, then descend along trail 224, first to Valle Dosson, then to Valletta Bassa, and finally to Valle di San Valentino.
