Discover Colere: Mountain Trails, Winter Sports and Local History

Colere between mountain trails, winter sports and local history

Colere combines mountain trails, winter sports and local history. The town offers you several concrete points of interest for an individually planned trip to Italy: Alpine trails, a ski slope, as well as a church, a chapel and two museums. The specific selection ranges from CAI Trail 403 to Rifugio Albani and the Presolana ski slope to the Chiesa Parrocchiale S. Bartolomeo Apostolo, Cesulì and the two museums.

Trails to Rifugio Albani

Two trails lead from Colere to Rifugio Albani. CAI Trail 403 connects Colere with Rifugio Albani. The route to Rifugio Albani leads as far as the former mining area. The Sentiero delle Piante Parlanti begins at the Cesulì chapel. If you structure your days around landscape and culture, the trail connections lead from Rifugio Albani and the former mining area to the starting point of the Sentiero at Cesulì.

A winter perspective

The winter information concerns two different facilities in Colere. The Carbonera–Malga Polzone cable car for ten people is listed as closed. The Presolana ski slope is listed as open, is 6,000 metres long and has an elevation difference of 625 metres. If you are planning winter sports, you can use the Presolana ski slope’s length of 6,000 metres and elevation difference of 625 metres as a specific route framework. The Carbonera–Malga Polzone cable car and the Presolana ski slope thus remain identifiable as separate winter reference points in the town.

Church, chapel and Alpine collections

The Chiesa Parrocchiale S. Bartolomeo Apostolo was built between 1775 and 1788. Cesulì is a small stone chapel dating from before 1459. Cesulì contains fragments of frescoes from the 15th to the 17th century. The church and chapel thus represent two different historical periods in Colere.

The museums also focus on different subjects. The Ecomuseo delle Miniere Zanalbert displays valuable minerals, rocks with fossil imprints, a mine cart and installations featuring old tools. The Museo Alpino Colere contains a reconstructed nursing station. The Museo Alpino Colere could be visited in July and August by prior arrangement with Pro Loco Colere. For those interested in culture, Colere’s specific themes range from minerals and mining to the reconstructed nursing station. The Ecomuseo and the Museo Alpino therefore focus on different aspects of the town’s history.

Connection to Teveno

The route between Colere and Teveno is 15 kilometres long and has an elevation difference of approximately 700 metres. Anyone incorporating the route between Colere and Teveno into a mountain or cycling tour should plan for a length of 15 kilometres and an elevation difference of approximately 700 metres. For day planning, this connection is therefore a separate route section between Colere and Teveno.

Further places for planning your trip

Further places for planning your trip: Brembate, Foresto Sparso, Almenno San Bartolomeo, Lovere, Fiumenero, Sotto Il Monte Giovanni Xxiii, Villa Di Serio and Presezzo.

To the overarching travel overview: Bergamo.