Always following the appropriate trail signs with brown arrows and the wording Stockalperweg (trail sign no. 90), start to descend from Passo del Sempione (Simplon Pass) always keeping to the valley floor, more or less distant from the cantonal road. You pass the loaliHiwe villages, with the hospice commissioned by Baron Stockalper, then continue to Nideralp, Chiusmatte, Engiloch. On a beautiful mule track that runs alongside the main road you cross the pastures of Maschihus and come to Egga and then Simplon Dorf. From here the trail descends to Gabi and at Alte Kaserme (museum of the history of transport along the Sempione) an exciting route with metal footbridges and high bridges over the narrow Gondo Gorge begins. You cross the military fort of Gondo and finally reach Gondo, at the Italian/Swiss border.Always following the appropriate trail signs with brown arrows and the wording Stockalperweg (trail sign no. 90), start to descend from Passo del Sempione (Simplon Pass) always keeping to the valley floor, more or less distant from the cantonal road. You pass the loaliHiwe villages, with the hospice commissioned by Baron Stockalper, then continue to Nideralp, Chiusmatte, Engiloch. On a beautiful mule track that runs alongside the main road you cross the pastures of Maschihus and come to Egga and then Simplon Dorf. From here the trail descends to Gabi and at Alte Kaserme (museum of the history of transport along the Sempione) an exciting route with metal footbridges and high bridges over the narrow Gondo Gorge begins. You cross the military fort of Gondo and finally reach Gondo, at the Italian/Swiss border.

The Simplon Hospice (now known as the Old Hospice or Alter Spittel). Some stretches of the old mule track and the Napoleonic Road. The small cluster of Walser buildings. The village of Simplon Dorf with its large houses. The Simplon Ecomuseum. Gabi with ruins of an old goods storage depot. The suggestive Gorge of Gondo. The military fort of Gondo. The Alte Kaserme Museum.

Refreshment and accommodation facilities in Engiloch, Simplon, Gaby.  A Swiss post bus service connects Passo del Sempione with Gondo

Passo del Sempione and Gondo can be reached from Italy and Switzerland with the Strada Nazionale del Sempione road

Source: Ente di Gestione Aree Protette Ossola
Itinerary code: STK
Recommended period: June to October
Historical interest: Yes
Access by public transport: Yes
Classification: Medium and low mountain provincial