An easy path leads from Lago Santo to Lago Baccio, 1554 metres above sea level. Lago Baccio has very little open water and is surrounded by marshland vegetation which bows in response to every passing breeze. Once seen, its calm setting in its open mountain valley is difficult to forget.

The walk to Lago Scaffaiolo from the Dardagna valley in the province of Bologna is quite short, but from the Modena side the alternatives are more varied. After driving up from Fanano to Ospitale and then Capanna Tassoni, where the metalled road gives way to an unpaved track, the visitor may leave his car and walk up to the Croce Arcana pass, or drive all the way to the top. From the pass, a path which more or less follows the contour line leads behind Monte Spigolino to the lake, which is unusual in that its water level remains fairly constant all year round, although no-one is sure where the water comes from; no streams lead into or out of it, and so it is probably fed by an underground spring, which however has never been identified. It is not very large (5 thousand square metres, 200 metres long, 80 metres wide, 2.50 metres deep) but the surrounding scenery is extremely impressive. At 1750 metres above sea level, instead of majestic woodlands Lago Scaffaiolo has to make do with mountain meadows, which offer little protection against the wind that often rises suddenly to chill a picnicker.

From the lake, the path marked 401 leads down a secondary ridge to Lago Pratignano, which lies amongst vast meadows and beech and fir woods. Ten times larger than Lago Scaffaiolo, and no less than 635 metres long, the lake is shallow and largely overgrown with marshland plants, which cover it with a mass of tiny flowers at flowering time (the most typical is spiked water-milfoil). The presence of marsh trefoil, and above all the carnivorous sundew, mean that this lake is also of great botanical interest.