アルベルタッシェの峠・トップ17

snow at the end of April

The Vergio Pass culminates at 1,467 meters above sea level. It connects Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud, as well as the two sides of the island, from the interior. It is one of the meeting points between the GR 20 and the GT 20.

The Capitello breach is one of the most impressive passages of the GR 20. At an altitude of 2,073 meters, this passage provides exceptional panoramas of the Capitello and Melo lakes, as well as the Restonica valley.

The tour is really demanding: Uphill over gravel and scree fields On the high alpine grade, sure-footedness is required, the path is sometimes difficult to see as the old GR20 markings have faded Really steep downhill! It took us almost 5 1/2 hours of walking But incredibly beautiful

Coming from the Golo valley, steadily uphill across a meadow, along the stream, past bathing pools and the abandoned Bergerie de Tula, you reach the pass, you can see the Capu Tafunatu with the hole in the rock (50x10m!), which the devil is said to have punched with his ploughshare, the Refuge Ciottulu and what now follows: the steep descent onto rocks. It's quite a colorful rock: grey, red, blue, black, purple, green; large parts are broken into thousands of 5cm thick slices, are hard and mostly easy to walk or climb (smaller deposits), otherwise rubble in between.

In front of the Bocca di Stagnu (coming from Haut-Asco) there are 600 meters in altitude ... 1/3 of which is steep in the forest uphill (more than 30...40%!), 2/3 of the 600 meters in altitude is rock climbing. Once you have reached the first pass (Bocca di Stagnu), you can count yourself lucky and take a well-deserved break before the path crosses the slope, continues to climb in gullies to the second pass (Bocca di a Muvrella) and from there follow the 700hm descent.

spectacular crossing of the highest point of the GR 20. Steep and rocky!

La Bocca alla Porte is one of the most impressive passages of the GR 20. At around 2,200 meters above sea level, this passage is reached by means of a steep climb from the Manganu refuge. La Bocca delivers exceptional panoramas on the lakes of Capitello and Melo, as well as the valleys which it separates.