hike from foppiano to alpe genuina

WARNING: trekking is not like walking! If you can't overcome a passage, go back!
Some of the tracks presented here are set along mountain trails where some passages may require holding to ropes or climbing short ladders, and may have exposed passages without safety protections. These tracts can be a serious danger if faced without the right equipment, awareness and physical condition.
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To the pastures of Alla Cappella, Cheggio and Camplero among tanks dug in the rock and the monumental fir

Val D'Ossola - Valle Antigorio

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Length:
9.7 Km

Our time:
4h30' walking

Total climb:
580 mt

Min and max height:
1190 mt - 1730 mt

Type of track:
ring track

Surface:
trail

Panorama:
mountains - pastures

Cell network coverage:
partial

Traced in winter:
no

Traced by bike:
no

The itinerary starts from Foppiano, known for some rocks used by climbers for “bouldering”. The most peculiar is the Sass Fendù (split stone in dialect), so called because of its characteristic crevice. The trail develops on the slope until Alpe La Cappella, where a panoramic view opens on Valle Antigorio.

Following the trail, Alpe Cheggio is reached, where a “canva”, a cellar, is present. It’s made thanks to the position of a rock that, rolling down towards the valley, eventually stopped leaving an underneath cavity, used to keep the food cool. Nearby the pasture there is the large water tank, built in 1977 by digging a huge glacial erratic, and the Monumental Fir, a red fir which is one of the 26 Monumental Firs of Piedmont. Since October 2022, the fir, with its 410 cms of circumference, has been removed from the list as it's been defined as "dead standing".

The itinerary reaches Alpe Genuina: a clearing on the slope that divides Valle Antigorio from Val Divedro. Here are the remains of a typical rural mountain settlement, with stone lodges, wells to pick the water and stone walls used to mark the farms’ borders.