팔멘타 최고의 워킹 & 하이킹 경로

Nice path, once you get to this point after the Orridi di Uriezzo you can continue straight on along a more comfortable route towards Crego and the Rifugio Monte Zeus or turn right, go through the Orrido di Balmasurda and go up a steep path with steps.

Fraction of Crevoladossola at 370m above sea level

bridge over the Toce

Pleasant buildings in the town of Uriezzo.

There is a feeling of abrupt detachment when we enter what seems to be the mysterious door to the very heart of the mountain: almost suddenly we pass from a gentle, sunny and verdant landscape to a space of shadow where rare rays of sun struggle to penetrate, grazing the walls like blades of light, we pass from the heat to the cool-humid where only mosses and lichens manage to thrive and develop. We walk easily on the flat and dry bottom, created by the deposits of the streams, large irregularly rounded cavities alternate with narrow passages and above our heads dizzying walls seem at times to almost join together leaving only narrow openings towards the sky. Some metal ladders make the climb easier.

In Maiesso (535 m) you can admire, along the course of the Toce river, the so-called 'giants' potholes': the rocky banks hit by the swirling subglacial current, have been sculpted as if they were soft clay, giving rise to semicircular, sinuous, smooth and enveloping shapes, splendid inlets where the current relaxes and the torrent widens into sparkling pools of water that invite you to take a dive and a 'vivifying' immersion. Here you can also observe the "zero unit", the oldest formation in our Alps that emerges only here in the Antigorio valley.

Beautiful bridge over an even more beautiful gorge.

Impressive bridge to Pontemaglio over the Toce