The “Strada delle Musse” (CAI trail sign no. 1032) is one of the two paths that connect the town of Revine to the Pian de le Femene saddle. It begins near the Sanctuary of San Francesco da Paola, on the edge of the castle (escarpment) of Monte Frascon, an ancient fortification from the Lombard-Byzantine era, now a private residence. This ancient path, partially surrounded by dry stone walls, climbs steeply into the woods, encountering the ruins of old farmhouses. At an altitude of 800 m, with a short detour, you can reach the remains of another ancient fortress, Castegna Maor, now swallowed up by the woods. After passing the service road, the trail enters the impervious Valon dei Pavei and then reaches Pian de le Femene (1,125 m.a.s.l.), right in front of the Alpine refuge of the same name.
It is so called because the initial section has a mule track paved with large boulders where once wood and hay were transported down the valley. Even today you can see the grooves left by the large wooden sleds (musse) used for this work. Today it looks like the bed of a stream with its large stones (slabs) that constituted the pavement, now eroded and unseated from their place.
Usually this path is used as an uphill route to complete a loop with the “Strada dei Cavai” (CAI signpost no. 1033), used for the descent.