TOUR OF THE ORSIERA

It foresees the overnight stay in the refuges Balma, Selleries, Toesca, Amprimo, GEAT Val Gravio. The itinerary is practicable by every average trained hiker, starting from any of its stages. The route is very versatile and lends itself to interesting variations: for example, you can use the perching paths to reach the refuges from the bottom of the valley and only go through a few stages of your choice or you can enrich the itinerary by stopping several nights in a refuge and taking advantage the dense network of trails in the surroundings to make short excursions between one stage and another. The itinerary leads to the discovery of an uncontaminated nature a stone’s throw from Turin, allows a wide overview of the different mountain environments, in an alternation of pastures, stony grounds, larch and beech woods, where with a careful look you can spot chamois, deer , roe deer, wild boar, ibex but also golden eagles, bearded vultures, kestrels, hawks in addition to the smaller fauna. The trekking also satisfies those who love to know the history of the places on holiday: during the Giro dell’Orsiera route, you will find evidence of medieval history (Certosa di Montebenedetto) and the “small” everyday history, lived by the shepherds and by the mountaineers who have populated these valleys for centuries (rock carvings, paved mule tracks, terraced slopes, rural villages, fountains and irrigation canals).