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Italy
PIEMONTE
CN
ELVA-PRAZZO
VAL MAIRA - MONTE CHERSOGNO

Key to symbols   
Stage point (start or end of stage)
Intermediate accommodation possibility
Summit
Pass
Town, village
Other locality

Catering
Doctor
Chemist
Bakery / grocery
Hardware / sports shop
Post
Bank / cash dispenser
Train
Coach
Taxi
Open automobile access

A Tarred or paved road
B Dirt track
C Mule trail
D Mountain trail
E Equipped trail (cables, ladders)
F No trail

Stroll / tourism (broad, non-exposed trail)
Hiking (mountain trail, in places narrow and exposed)
Alpine route (equipped or very exposed section, snow field, blocks)
D50 Serre di Val d'Elva » Ussolo
  |   4h35   |   17.2 km   |   862 m   |   1047 m

From Elva there is a road, through fields and woods, to the hamlets of Dao and Chiosso. The trail then crosses the Gias Vecchio valley and heads to Rocca Orsieres and over the S.Michele pass. The route continues past a couple of side valleys to the bottom of the valley, to stop at Ussolo.

Point Segment
Name Services Information Marking
Serre di Val d'Elva
1687 m
| A  1.6 km / 0h20
Dao
1532 m
|   6.04 km / 1h50
Colle San Michele
1911 m
| C  2.11 km / 0h40
Cesani
1591 m
|   7.45 km / 1h45
Ussolo
1473 m
Other long-distance trails and alternative routes
Percorsi Occitani
Useful topographic maps
  • 7 ~ IGC VAL MAIRA, GRANA E STURA (1: 50000)
  • 7 ~ ASF, CAI CAF, CHAMBEYRON, VAL MAIRA (1: 25000)
Useful guidebooks
  • In cima-70 normali nelle Cozie meridionali, M.Bruno ~ L'arciere blu, Cuneo (ISBN 1995)
  • Camminaitalia, Cannobini, Carnovalini, Valsesia ~ Le guide di Airone, Mondadori (ISBN 1995)
  • Monviso e le sue valli, vol.l Valli Varaita, Bellino e Pontechianale, valle del Guil, Berutto G. ~ Torino (ISBN 1997)
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  • robert - 2015-10-20
    Temps de marche très sous-estimé , compter plutot 6h30
    Automatic translation [Google]
    Walking time very underestimated, counting rather 6:30
Last update : 2013-06-14