The 10 best lunches in a mountain Hut in Lombardy

The fat bike tour in Livigno with lunch in a mountain hut is a unique and adventurous experience that will also allow you to taste local foods with a delicious lunch.

This is a wonderful fat bike tour among the most beautiful trails in Livigno, accompanied by a MTB guide who takes you freeriding on snow and beautiful forest trails.

In the middle of the day you can stop at a local mountain hut for lunch.

The possible trails are many:

•    Larix Trail, a snowy trail within a forest of centuries-old Larch trees and frozen fountains that turn water into veritable Works of Ice Art.
•    Cassana Flow, cable car ascent. Trail inside a forest of ancient Larch trees, a pump track on compacted packed snow to ride on fire!
•    Cassana Toboga, gondola ascent. More challenging trail than FLOW, a sloping Toboga with leaning and parabolic turns that will test your skills!
•    Sun Boarder X1, ski-lift ascent. If you've never done a Boarder cross on skis, it's time to Raid it on a FatBike!
•    SoleBoarder X2, ski-lift ascent. Fewer turns than the X1, more slope and more speed!
•    Palipert, ski-lift ascent. Route groomed and prepared for FatBikes, easy and fun in the Forcola area of Livigno.
•    Eas 23, shuttle ascent. If you've ridden at the Mottolino Bike Park in the summer, you surely know this Trail. Parabolics, jumps, bumps, moguls, boardwalks and more are the ingredients of this Trail!

La Calcheira is a restaurant surrounded by nature at the beginning of Val Federia, in Livigno in the province of Sondrio. The rustic ambiance and homegrown cuisine make it the perfect place to sample traditional or revisited Valtellina dishes.

The menu proposed by the restaurant includes 3 courses including water, coffeeè, bitter and a quart of red wine per person.

•    Antipasto: local cold cuts and cheeses.
•    Bis of first courses: handmade pizzoccheri and pink gnocchetti with stracchino and gorgonzola.
•    Mix of main courses: baked pork shank, livignasca sausage, venison in salmì and polenta taragna.

The facility can also be easily reached by car, from Livigno it is about 5/10 minutes on a paved road.

In case of allergies or dietary needs will beà necessary to contact the structure directly.

The Cespedosio Refuge is located in the hamlet of the same name in the municipality of Camerata Cornello, a town in the province of Bergamo, in the upper Brembana Valley. The refuge è the perfect place for an escape from the city, here è it is possible to taste nostrati dishes, with km0 ingredients, and venture on walks with trails of varying difficultyà.

The refuge è open for lunch during the week and on Saturdays for dinner, offering different fixed menù depending on the season and local products available.

The weekday lunch consists of an appetizer, a first course, a second course and a dessert.
On weekends and at dinner, the lodge offers a menù consisting of appetizer with meat tasting, bis of first course, polenta with meat and dessert.
Water, wine, coffee and limoncello are always included.

The facility è easily accessible by car. In case of specific dietary needs, please call the facility directly.

At the foot of Monte Alto, within the Orobie Mountains setting, Il Rifugio Pian De La Palù è is ready to host you for a delicious lunch featuring local products.

The refuge è can be reached on foot, with trails of varying difficulty. The fastest and easiest way è is a walk of about 30 minutes from the last parking lot of Monte Pora, in the localityà Valzelli.

È you can choose between two menù, only one per table. Each menuù includes water, 1/4 wine per person and coffeeè. Dishes can be chosen directly on site.

È a childrenù menu is also planned.

Menù 3-course:

•    First course.
•    Second.
•    Sweet.

Menù 4 courses:

•    Antipasto.
•    First course.
•    Second course.
•    Sweet.

In case of intolerances or specific dietary needs è it is necessary to contact the facility in advance.

The Maso Zambo would like to host you for a lunch immersed in nature. Located in Cassina Valsassina, in the province of Lecco, the Maso è a unique place, completely surrounded by greenery. Once you arrive at the parking lot, in fact, you will have to walk about 200 m or take the shuttle. 

The property's restaurant uses local and seasonal products to prepare gourmet dishes that allow you to enjoy innovative flavors that take inspiration from the food and wine tradition of the area.

The property è also features a spa with a sauna with private access. È it is possible to book a one-hour entrance to the spa. In this case you will be provided with a courtesy kit consisting of a bathrobe, sauna towel and slippers. Depending on the time booked, entry to the spa will be before lunch (time booked 11:00 a.m.) or after (time booked 1:00 p.m.).
The facility offers specific treatments such as detoxifying or energizing treatments and massages. It will beà possible to purchase them by agreeing directly with the facility once the reservation is made.

In case of food intolerances or needs it will beà necessary to contact the facility directly.

The recently reopened Scoiattolo Refuge is located in the San Simone ski resort in the municipality of Valleve, in the upper Brembana Valley. The facility è can be easily reached by car and è has parking.

At the refuge it will be possible to have lunch or dinner choosing from two menù.

Menù 1:

•    Antipasto of your choice a la carte (example: venison bresaola with herb ricotta; cold cuts and cheeses).
•    First course of your choice a la carte (example: tagliatelle with blueberry and zola cream; garganelli with venison ragù).

Menù 2:

•    A la carte choice of first course (example: blueberry tagliatelle and zola cream; garganelli with venison ragù).
•    Second course of your choice a la carte (example: pentolaccia of polenta and porcini mushrooms; veal gulash).

To each menuù è you can add a homemade dessert from those available on site. Drinks, however, are excluded from the menuù and can be chosen and paid for at the facility.

In case of allergies or needs è it is important to contact the facility directly once the reservation is made.

Enjoy a relaxing snowshoe hike on Mount Pora in the Bergamo Alps, reaching the refuge for lunch with an easy walk on your own, without a guide.

It starts from Malga Alta di Sotto where you will rent snowshoes. At the snowshoe rental Malga you will be able to find maps that will show you the strata to the hut where you will have lunch.

At the hut you can opt for two different menus:

3-course menu

•     First
•     Second
•    Dessert

Water, coffee and 1/4 wine per person are included

4-course menu

•     Appetizer
•     First course
•     Second
•     Dessert

Water, coffee and 1/4 wine per person are included.

The choice of dishes on the menu can be made directly at the hut according to the availability of products and your preference.

At the end of lunch you will need to retrace the trails back to the village and return your snowshoes to where you rented them.