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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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Hike along the ancient mule track in Valle Olocchia

From Bannio to Soi Di Dentro towards Colle di Baranca

Val D'Ossola - Valle Anzasca

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length icon Length:
7.5 Km
time icon Our time:
2h00' walking
climb icon Total climb:
540 mt
height icon Min and max height:
665 mt - 1000 mt
track ring icon Type of track:
ring track
surface icon Surface:
trail - asphalt
panorama icon Panorama:
historic town - woods - mountains
coverage icon Cell network coverage:
excellent
winter icon Traced in winter:
no
bike icon Traced by bike:
no

The itinerary develops along the ancient mule track of Valle Olocchia among woods and small towns with wood and stone lodges. This itinerary used to represent, in the past, an important connection between Valle Anzasca and Valsesia, throughout Colle di Baranca.

Following this itinerary, the hamlets of Parcineto, Gaggetto, Riscillone, Piana, Soi Di Fuori, Soi Di Mezzo and Soi Di Dentro are crossed, among large plains that show a panorama characterized by wide pine and chestnut woods. It was along these trails that a stage of Reverend Samuel William King’s journey was set. In 1855 he covered an itinerary across Val d’Aosta and Ossola, as told in his book “The Italian Valleys of the Pennine Alps”.

On that Saturday, september 29th 1855, Reverend King leaves Carcoforo, climbs up to Col d’Egua and, crossing the whole Valle Olocchia (along part of this itinerary), reaches the lodging “Ponte Grande”. In the pages he dedicated to this day, the Reverend tells that it was dark when they reached Bannio and found plenty of people in its square. “Lanterns and cressets and pans of blazing charcoal were raised on poles stuck in the ground among evergreen arches and festoons of flowers and ranged along the roofs of the houses and church. Every window was illuminated, the crowd carried torches, fireworks blazed and exploded in all directions, rockets whizzed into the air.” “ We found it was all in honour of the Bishop of Novara”, who, while on a pastoral visit, reach the small capitol of Valle Anzasca with great struggle!


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