View from Poggio Scali

Between the Calla pass and the Penna meadow, in the heart of the Foreste Casentinesi National Park, the main Apennine watershed is characterized by the presence of a rather uniform, almost straight ridge; it culminates with various peaks between 1,300 and 1,500 meters above sea level. The ridge as a whole is called "la Giogana", and under the name of "Gran Giogo" it is also mentioned by Dante in the Divine Comedy (Purgatorio, Canto V). Poggio Scali, at an altitude of 1,520 metres, stands more or less in a central position within the Giogana ridge, and represents its highest peak.

The toponym "scali" derives from the presence of an ancient pedestrian street, in use since the Middle Ages, which connected the Romagna side to the Tuscan side by crossing the ridge near the summit. Due to the steepness of the route on the Romagna side, the mule track was called "Via di Scali". Today this mule track is no longer passable, as it crosses the heart of the Sassofratino integral reserve. (Source: appenninista.it/appennino-tosco-romagnolo/gruppo-del-monte-falterona/poggio-scali )

Easy walk of just over an hour (one way) along a wooded and magical ridge up to the top of Poggio Scali from which you have a view of most of the park and the Falco and Falterona mountains.

On clear days it is possible to clearly see the Adriatic Sea