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Italy
PIEMONTE
CN
ACCEGLIO
VAL MAIRA - VALLE VARAITA

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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)
D51 Ussolo » Chiappera
Trail crossing
  |   4h55   |   15.8 km   |   911 m   |   699 m

This stage cuts across the northern slopes of Val Maira valley, keeping mostly level, about halfway up. From Ussolo the trail climbs, passing near Punta Colour and high above Acceglio, and then it heads back down to the bottom of the valley to Chiappera, within eyeshot of the imposing peak of Mount Rocca Provenzale.

Point Segment
Name Services Information Marking
Ussolo
1473 m
|   4.86 km / 2h10
Punta Culour
2046 m
|   5.24 km / 1h20
Lausetto
1525 m
| C  5.7 km / 1h25
Chiappera
1627 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
  • Monviso e le sue valli, vol.l Valli Varaita, Bellino e Pontechianale, valle del Guil, Berutto G. ~ Torino (ISBN 1997)
  • Camminaitalia, Cannobini, Carnovalini, Valsesia ~ Le guide di Airone, Mondadori (ISBN 1995)
  • In cima-70 normali nelle Cozie meridionali, M.Bruno ~ L'arciere blu, Cuneo (ISBN 1995)
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Last update : 2013-06-13