Acquafredda

Italiano

Acquafredda (in English Coldwater), or in full Località Acquafredda, is a place on Grigna Settentrionale along the agro-forestry-pastoral Road Pasturo - Alpe Cova and Sentiero Pasturo - Pialeral.[^] It is located about a hundred meters after Cornisella that follows without discontinuity; at 1066 meters high Cold Water Bridge (in Italian Ponte dell'Acqua Fredda) crosses Torrente Cornisella.[^][^]

Descprition

The road at Cornisella above Pasturo goes up to a small hill, then goes down with a slight slope for about 200 meters, with a curve at S-shape,[^] having on an edge a green painted iron protection and on the other some rocks;[^] as reference we are in Sentiero Pasturo - Pialeral's stretch from Cornisella to Alpe Cova. A dirt road branches off to the right of the main one, slightly uphill, where a few meters further there are some signs, which in truth should be moved to the fork of the two roads:[^]

• a yellow CAI's signpost table, an old signage, says to left on the main road in the direction to Alpe Cova with four written: Pialeral Rifugio Pialeral Northern Grigna Rifugio Brioschi
• another CAI trail table, that points to the dirt road: Church San Calimero Rifugio Riva
• a trail table of Valsassina, Valvarrone, Val d'Esino and Riviera Mountain Community: Risciol - 2 in the first line and Cant - 2 in the third, both for the dirt road

Going down form the main road, in front, it looms a lawn with a house in stone 50 meters far,[^] in the summer frequently open,[^] and then, suddenly, a beautiful glimpse of the Grignone appears.[^] Once getting closer, a bend is to the left, where, right, it is a sign now faded who knows how long ago of Mountain Community No. 16. On multiple lines, uppercase, one reads: Valsassina - Valvarrone Val d'Esino e Riviera Introbio Comune di Pasturo, big Strada di Servizio (Service Road), bigger and red It is forbidden the transit with the image of the road sign, in smaller black of motorized vehicles, with the exception of authorized service vehicles - Ex. Art. 26 L. R. 5-4-1976 N. 8. Below, in two sentences, other prohibition of transit and the article of contraventions.[^]

After the bend, one is at Cold Water Bridge, on Torrente Cornisella, with green railings,[^] preceded by a road sign of ban on driving over 6.00 t.[^]

Passed the small bridge, to right a little inside, a fountain with a stone bath from which it flows a really cold water, with engraved in the rock 24.05.1933 and R. 2010.[^]
Along the road, on a pole, there are two arrows on white table, the first one, "Rifugio Antonietta" Pialeral No Car Only Pedestrians min. 0,45, indicates uphill to a cemented trail, the second one, below, Vehicles,[^] to the road that continues slightly to the left, where are other huts.

Acquafredda for me

Acquafredda for me, uphill is the view of the mountain, the hut and the refreshment at the fountain. Descending from Grignone, in the small incline leading to Cornisella,[^] while I greet the mountain asking myself if I will come back again, from how badly my legs and back hurt me and how much strength has remained I understand my physical condition and my state of health.

References

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