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Ceresole Reale » Pialpetta
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The Crocetta pass in the Locana valley, in the region of Canavese, leads to the Grande valley, one of the Lanzo valleys. A long climb from Ceresole Reale, followed by a long descent to Pialpetta on the Stura river in Valgrande, marks this typical connection stage between two valleys.
Detailed route description
At the dam on Lake Ceresole a track leads to Villa Poma where, leaving the track, a trail climbs the length of the bare, steep valley to the Crocetta pass. On the other side, that of Valgrande valley, the landscape becomes more open and the trail heads gently downwards, passing some lakes and pastures. Near Alpe Invers (which the trail avoids) the trail crosses some farming tracks, ignoring which it continues to Alpe Crest. The trail then meets the road, running parallel to it all the way down until it disappears entirely and the walker joins the road to the centre of Pialpetta.
(Regione Piemonte)
Other long-distance trails and alternative routes
Mostly follows the route of the GTA trail.
Useful topographic maps
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3 ~ IGC Il Parco Naturale del Gran Paradiso (1: 50000)
Useful guidebooks
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CamminaitaliA, Carnovalini, Cannobini, Valsesia ~ CAI.TCI (ISBN 1995)
Last update : 2013-07-17
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