The 'dorsale del triangolo lariano' is a mountain route in the pre-alps that separate the city of Como to the town of Bellagio. There is more than one version of this route and this one (dorsale per cresta) stays on on the ridges of the mountains and therefore tags all of the 8 peaks on the route, plus some smaller ones in between. Unlike the more frequented version, this one is mostly on singletrack, some of which can be particularly difficult and steep. As a hiking route it is usually completed over 2 days, starting with a ride on the funicular from Como to Brunate. The FKT route starts (or ends, you can go either direction) on the shore of lake Como, in front of said funicular station and climbs the trail that crosses under and next to the tracks. The route keeps climbing for 7.5km with a 1000m of gain and then maintains an average altitude of 1200m as the other peaks are climbed. The penultimate peak is the highest at 1650m. These mountains are very popular with the people of the Lombardy region, especially the ones from Milan due to their proximity of the city. There are a number of mountain huts on the normal route but the ridge route requires more self-sufficiency.
