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Incontro al parco: sui sentieri antichi.. con occhi nuovi

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Useful Information on “Sentiero Natura” - Meeting in the Park: Along Ancient Trails... with New Eyes

A RITROSO NEL TEMPO
Pranero - Praudina
Short and easy route (30 minutes / unimportant difference in height)

ATTRAVERSO I BOSCHI
S. Maria Maggiore (800m) - Cappella di Larecchio (1,690m)
Average difficulty and significant difference in height (2 hours and 15 minutes / difference in height: about 900m)

BELLEZZA E FATICA DI VIVERE IN ALTO
Cappella di Larecchio (1,690m) - Al Cedo (1,560m)
Average difficulty (40 minutes / difference in height: about 130m)

I TEMPI DELLA NATURA
Al Cedo (1,560m) - Laghetti del Geccio (2,100m)
not including the detour to the outcropping rock called "il castello" (“the castle”, 1,870m)
Average difficulty and difference in height (1 hour and 45 minutes / difference in height: about 540m)

INSEDIAMENTO, ABBANDONO, RINASCITA
Patqueso (1,100m; A. Crotte 990m) - Bocchetta di Vald (1,820m)
Average difficulty and significant difference in height (2 hours and 40 minutes / difference in height: 830m)

Via the intermediate road A. Erta (1,270m)
Average difficulty and moderate difference in height (1 hour / difference in height: about 280m)

Link road A. Erta (1,270m) - Al Cedo (1,560m): it allows hikers to pass from a stretch of an itinerary to another according to their selected route.
Average difficulty and moderate difference in height (30 minutes difference in height: about 290m)

Presentation of the Itinerary

This step by step guidebook will help you reach the territory of Val Grande National Park through an historical “gateway”: Bocchetta di Vald. The itinerary mainly develops in one of the largest and most charming pasture districts of Val Vighezzo: the area of Valle del Basso, i.e. the so-called "munt da Britegn" (Mountains of Buttogno). Reaching and walking through these places will arise great emotions, thanks to the presence of many diversified environments, traces of the past, and amazing panoramas that will make you feel as if you were in front of a beautiful illustrated geography book.

This Nature Trail leaves from the pinewood in S. Maria Maggiore or from the indicated detour on the road to Valle Loana, by the Municipality of Malesco. Since the itinerary is quite long, and since it can be divided into autonomous stretches and followed in both directions, it has been divided into thematic routes, which are indicated on the map and in the map key. Along the itinerary, 25 panels and 6 reading-desks – mainly placed in the picnic areas equipped with wooden table and benches – present some of the features of the place through images and short texts.