Monte Generoso or Monte San Salvatore?
Today, Monte San Salvatore has the clearer view.
Monte Generoso
1,704 m
Skip
Summit in cloud most of the day.
Running today, per the timetable.
- Today Skip 37
- Tmrw Skip 11
- Mon Skip 30
- Tue Skip 3
- Wed Skip 6
- Getting up
- Rack railway from Capolago on Lake Lugano, about 40 minutes to Generoso Vetta
- Season
- All year (check maintenance breaks)
- Swiss Travel Pass
- 50% off
- Nearest town
- Capolago
Why go
- From the Alps to the Apennines, and Milan on clear days
- Mario Botta's Fiore di pietra at the top
- Lakes Lugano and Como below
Worth knowing
- Expensive without a pass
- Winter service only on some dates
Monte San Salvatore
912 m
Go
Sunny 14:00–17:00.
Running today, per the timetable.
- Today Go 83
- Tmrw Skip 7
- Mon Go 90
- Tue Skip 12
- Wed Skip 6
- Getting up
- Funicular from Lugano-Paradiso with a change at Pazzallo, about 12 minutes
- Season
- All year (check maintenance breaks)
- Swiss Travel Pass
- 50% off
- Nearest town
- Lugano
Why go
- Quick and cheap from Lugano
- 360° view over Lake Lugano from the church roof
Worth knowing
- Low summit, often in cloud when the lake is grey
- Weekends only in winter
Updated 17 Oct, 19:21. Forecast: MeteoSwiss ICON-CH models.