Val Blenio

The road leaving the Valle Santa Maria runs down the Val Blenio, high up on the south side of the valley, with magnificent views of the valley itself, the precipitous buttresses of the Rheinwaldhorn, the Cima di Pinaderio and the Cima Giu (2,369 m/7,773ft), and Olivone in its fertile valley, with the jagged granite peak of Sosto rearing above it.