Alp and Munt La schera, lookouts on Lake Livigno

When the Alp la Schera house was built, the dam of Lake Livigno probably did not yet exist, and the lake with it - the view from Alp la Schera was therefore limited to an incredible but "empty" valley, cloaked in fir trees. Today, however, from the alp you can enjoy a spectacular view of the straight lake of Livigno, almost perfectly straight in front of us. And since we are in relatively remote valleys, at Alp la Schera you will find particularly few people and an unreal peace.

We start walking from the P5 car park (1795 m) which we find on the fun road that connects Zernez to Val Venosta. If you arrive from Livigno, remember to check the opening hours and costs of the Munt la Schera tunnel.

We are already at a very high altitude, which makes this excursion particularly suitable for sultry days. The path immediately enters a fairy-tale forest - it is not for nothing that we are in the Swiss National Park - and we go up it on a constant slope until we finally emerge in the large and panoramic pasture of Alp la Schera (2091 m, 1 hour). A single house punctuates it, with a new bench and a small fountain.

You can already stop here, in this dazzling and quiet pasture, with a view of Lake Livigno - and with a telescope, you can look for herds of deer on the opposite side of the valley.

For even broader views we can instead reach the summit of Munt la Schera, a large grassy hump with a lunar feel, 500 meters higher (approximately 2580 m, 1.30 hours for the ascent, 1 hour for the descent). Return to the car along the same route (40 minutes).

If you want to extend the tour a little, from Munt la Schera you can opt for a long circular tour continuing eastwards along the panoramic ridge of Munt la Schera, then descending into the valley to Buffalora (1970 m), and then walking along the valley floor in slight descent for about 6km along the state road until returning to P5 where we left the car.