A tour of Calpera’s courtyards: hay-making terraces

Sunday 21 August 2022

The walk starts at Alpe Segletta and follows a circular route around the Calpera pass.

This route takes you on a tour of some of the mountain farmsteads in the Intrasca Valley: at each farmstead, you can see small sections of terraced land built using traditional dry-stone walls, but the most distinctive feature of this route is the Calpera promontory, once used for hay meadows created on ‘ciglionamenti’ – vast earthworks with which the mountain farmers had shaped the slopes of the hill, now visible only in a few places that have remained clear of woodland.

• Meet at 9.30 am at the car park in Segletta (Zipline); participants are to bring their own packed lunch; return scheduled for around 4.30 pm.

Technical specifications:

• Starting point: Alpe Segletta (936 m)
• End point: Alpe Segletta (circular route).
• Difficulty: T-E
• Length: 6 km.
• Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes, excluding stops.
• Elevation gain: +154 (maximum altitude reached: 1,090 metres above sea level).

Places of interest: In themunicipalities: Corte dei Ratti, Corte Pianà, Corte Laveggio, Cascinaccia, Corte delle Stoppie, Corte Giovanoli.

Clothing and equipment:

• hiking shoes or boots with soles in good condition
• a rucksack and a waterproof jacket or a K-Way
• water bottle
• mountain clothing
• hat and sunglasses
• trekking poles (optional)
• camera (optional)
• packed lunch

Participation:

Participation in the excursion is free of charge. Booking is compulsory and must be made at least 4 days in advance.