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Preliminary notes
Numerous itineraries are possible on the calcareous plateaus, both in the Finale area (m.te Cucco, Rocca of Perti, Bric Pianarella), and in the zone of the Manie (= witchs).
The environment is really particular; on the highlands the mechanized world seems indeed very more remote than it is in reality.
If you don't want the Smilax Aspera (tenacities climbing thorny) destroys your attire don't estranged by the beaten paths.
The vertical walls are frequent that make forced the passages.
Entirely different the environment on the ridge watershed where it finds again the usual aspect of Appenines.

1 - Road Regina (road Beretta)

Updating: 9/2001
Trail description
From Colla S. Giacomo we take the road toward the Passo of Melogno that it crosses the forest almost in plain.
Later around 1,5 kms we perceive a tourist poster that brings news historical around the ancient road.
We begin to go down to the left and after few meters we take the road, closed by a bar, that goes to right in light descent neglecting the two forest roads that they are more inviting and that they go down more steeply.
The road continues in the wood alternating tracts in descent to others in slope, it decidedly descends with some windings.
A diagonal tract toward west, then a steep descent. We arrive so to a clean turn to the right (km 3,1) where it begins a tract of 500 ms ruined by the floods of the brooks.
After this little cycle tract the path is widened for becoming forest road.
At the end of a tract in descent we must do a lot of attention because we have to leave the inviting forest road, that begins to climb, to take a minor road that goes down to the left (km 4).
The road has a little bit rough ground, but it is cycle. With some windings we go down until the road it is widened and a wide cart-road becomes (km 5).
We follow it without difficulty until almost near the provincial one. Here (km 7,1) we find to the left a road more narrow that goes down in opposite direction to that from which we originate.
We go down, we cross 200 meters and we turn to the right in a path with bushes. We have to get over some tract invaded by the vegetation thorny, then the situation improves and a tract in clean descent it brings us to meet on a wide road (km 8,1).
We turn to the right and we stay on this road that leads to the Provincial one, in place Pian Merlino (km 9,4).
We go on the descent on the asphalt road and we arrive to a intersection near the small church of S.Rocco (km 11,4).
To the right we can go down to Calice, to the left to Feglino.
In front of the church a dirt road departs and immediately there are two possibilities:

  1. we go on in plain on the comfortable dirt road. After 500 meters we leave the road and we go down to the left (trail sign FIE: two red disks). The descent continues enough easy. We reach a intersection (km 12,5) where we go to the right and we reach Pianmarino (km 13).
  2. we go down to the left following the steep paved descent. Later few the inclination decreases and we easily continue up to the houses of Cia (km 11,9). To the right we find two paths and we take that level (trail sign FIE: red cross). We continue enough easily but with some difficult passage, then we rise reaching a first intersection (km 13). We go to the right here and we cross the preceding path; we turn to the left and we reach Pianmarino (km 13,5).

We cross the whole beautiful lawn, avoiding to stamp on the grass, and we arrive to an intersection. Here the path goes to the left (it is cycle but clearly more difficulty) while we turn to the right following a dirt road.
It is a private road that passes near a farmhouse where there are poltry, cross therefore with suitable respect! The road climbs for then going down to the houses of Montesordo; we get over that and we reach the asphalt road (km 14,2).
We turn to the left and we follow the asphalt road up to the church of Perti (km 16,2).
In front of the church a mule-track goes down. We follow it in light descent, then in slope. The road then it goes down, it passes in the near of the Castle and it finishes to Final Borgo (km 17).

Gradient: 800 ms.
On saddle: 93%
Observations: Some difficulties of orientation. The trail signs are scarce (luckily). The road is enough evident but the two intersections (to the kms 4 and 7,1) it are not at all.
Varying 1.1: To Calice.
From the church of S.Rocco we follow the main trail. When that leaves the road to go to the left we continue on the road. We get over a tract in slope, then we begin to go down.
We always follow the most evident road neglecting those small. The steep descent becomes asphalted and we quickly arrive to Calice (km 5,4).



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2 - Ascent from Feglino to Colla S.Giacomo

Updating  4/2000
Run
From Feglino we follow the asphalt road that it climbs to Orco, passing under the tall motorway bridge. We almost continue in slope until to the first houses of Orco. Here, at the end of the slope, we find to the left a road in slope (km 2,7; trail sign FIE: two red crosses).
The asphalt road coasts along an area pic-nic, it becomes dirt and it softly goes up again to half coast. To a first fork we rise to the right and we arrive to a cross in proximity of a house; we go to the left here (km 3,9).
We rise on a rural road with good paving and without excessive inclinations.
We neglect the numerous deviations always following the principal road and precisely: to the right to the km 5 (fork for farmhouse Stra); to the right to the following fork to the km 7,2. Other deviations are evidently misleading.
Inclination increases, we pass near a ruin and arrive to cross the ample dirt road deriving from Rocche Bianche.
We rise to the left quickly reaching the Colla.

Gradient:   450 ms.
On saddle:  100%
Observations:  

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3 - Descent from  Colle of Melogno to Calice Ligure (via Bric Gettina)

Updating  4/2000
Run.
From the fortifications of the Melogno we go down toward the sea up to reach an evident cross with a road that originates from left (big square, restaurant).
We leave the National road and cross the square to take a level mule-track that is directed toward south coasting along the hill on which is the "House of the Magician".
At the first fork we go to the right and we continue coasting along the National road from above.
Later around 6,3 kms a clearing is glimpse in the wood, few more meters before. It is the square with the small church of the Madonna della Guardia (it deserves to arrive there for the panorama). To the left a road gets further in opposite direction to that of origin.
We pick it up: it offers an amusing descent up to the floor of the valley. Here we cross a bridge and we reach the provincial road (km 11).
Gradient:   950 ms.
On saddle: 100%
Observations:
Varying:   From the church of the Madonna della Guardia the dirt road can be followed to the right. We arrive to the National road.

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4 - Cross from  Spotorno, via Val Ponci

Updating:  1/2000
Run.
From the center of Spotorno we go toward Savona until to meet the deviation for the highway. We turn to the left, leaving the National road.
We follow the road that go toward the highway, doing attention to the small roads that climb among the houses on the right.
When we find an ampler road with indication "agriturismo Mae Vigna" we turn and we rise (km 0,5). (Just after we can take away also the small Via ai Frati).
The road climbs to go out of the houses and it reaches the agroturism. We pass in front of the building and we arrive to a fork where it climbs to the right (km 1,7).
We get over a steep ramp in concrete to whose term we continue on the dirt road.
There aren't other difficulties of orientation.
We get over a rough and steep tract, we laboriously continue to go out on a breadth pass (km 4). Here we cross the trail sign FIE (double red squares), that we will follow for a long time, and here it passes the itinerary 8, of the zone of Vado Ligure, directed to the Mao mountain.
We go to the left softly climb to cross a road that climbs to the right (pylon ENEL, km 4,6).
We rise on this road. ( varying 1 and varying 2 )
Ascent it begins steep then it is attenuated, but at the end it becomes very steep. It finishes in peak to the bric Colombino (km 5).
We continue in crest with several slopes and descents until to a saddle; here go to the right avoid the ramp that climbs.
The road continues on the northern slope and conducts to a cross-road (km 7,8). Here it is possible to go down to the left arriving on the road below (road crossed by the variation 2).
We continue to the right (always trail sign FIE) overcoming a brief ramp and then up to meet on an dirt road. We take the branch of left, climbing (km 9).
We reach shortly the confluence with the road that climbs to the Rocche Bianche (km 9,6).
We go down arriving to the asphalt road and Magnone (km 11,3). We turn to the left. We reach the provincial road where we turn to the right. To the fork that follows we don't go for Finale but we turn to the left and, after 100 meters, we rise to the right (indications for cemetery, km 12).
We exceed a church and arrive to a chapel. Going straight we would go to the Bric dei Monti ( itinerary 7 ).
We go down to the right on an ample path (equipped for not seeing people) that it was the ancient Roman Julia Augusta road.
A first tract, steep and often muddy, it conducts to the first (of Magnone) and then to the second Roman bridge (of the water). There is still some steep tract and we cross the path that goes down from the Manie (itinerary 10) , near of the third bridge (of Voze, km 14,2).
After hundred meters, next to the ruins of the fourth bridge, we rise on the shore of right and we continue among the lawns. We return on the itinerary that becomes a road, we get over the bridge of the Fate and we reach the asphalt road (km 17).
The steep descent brings to Calvisio and then to Final Pia (km 20).
Gradient:  550 m in slope.
On saddle:  99%
Observations:  

Varying 1   It is possible to climb from Spotorno with a fork run.
From the center of Spotorno we direct toward the highway, on the road for Tosse and Magnone.
The road get overs a small river and then it passes under the railroad. We neglect the first crossroad and we take to the right the second, in slope (street alla Rocca; km 0,7).
The slope is steep but on asphalt road, then the paving becomes in concrete and the inclination it increases.
Finally (km 1,5) the road becomes dirt. We enter the valley crossed by the highway going in plain to the left.
Steep tracts are alternated to others level, then the road is feathered with some very binding ramps. Exceeded a winding the inclination decreases and the road meets in another one, more marked (km 3,8).
We rise to the left and we enter an ample road paving in gravel.
We turn to the right reaching the intersection with the road for the bric Colombino (km 4,8).
The difficulty is as soon as inferior to that of the principal itinerary.

Varying 2   The road that continues over the intersection for the bric Colombino reaches the provincial one that climbs from Spotorno to Tosse and to Magnone. The whole run is ample and partly asphalt (km 3).

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5 - Descent from  Madonna of the Snow to Calice Ligure

Updating: 1/2000
Run.
In front of the small church a dirt road departs in descent.
We pick it up and we go down, with constant inclination, in the beech-wood.
At 5 km is met a fork where we go straight neglecting the right road. The descent is made steep and quickly hands to the first houses of the country of Vene (km 9). Here we meet the asphalt road; we continue come down up to the principal road, turns to the left for Calice (km 12,5).
Along the whole run they are met forks that are neglected, all it takes is staying on the principal run.
Gradient:  800 m.
On saddle:  100%
Observations:   Good itinerary of descent; entirely cycle also in slope.

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6 - Ascent to Melogno from Calice Ligure (via Rialto)

Updating: 1/2000
Run.
From Calice we follow the main road coasting along the stream. We neglect the indications for Rialto that they are met to the right and we always continue on the road.
Crossed a bridge we begin to climb and soon the slope is made steep. We reach a small church where we still go straight on. We leave houses with some steep windings arriving to cross a road. It is the road that arrives from Rialto (country that doesn't is necessary to reach).
We rise to the left with more moderate inclination, we get over a last house and we meet a fork (km 6).
We take the dirt road that it climbs to the right.
We rise with ample windings and non excessive inclination.
We go out on the provincial road that brings to Bormida and Osiglia (km12,5); the National road is found 100 m to the left (restaurant, itinerary 3 ).
Reached the National it is gone to slope up to the Pass.
Gradient:   800 ms.
On saddle:  100%
Observations:   be attention to the cars.

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The highland of the Manie

This territory is extended between Finalpia and Spotorno. It is entirely crossed from an ample asphalt road connected to others smaller.
On the highland there are numerous dirt but easy roads, while the runs of connection in the side valleys can be rather difficult.

7 - Ascent from Varigotti to Bric dei Monti

Updating:  12/2000
Run:
From Varigotti it is necessary to find the road with the indications for Isasco.
We rise for this asphalt road that it conducts to a square from where it continues steep and concrete paving.
The steep tract finishes and begins the dirt road (km 2.7). We continue in light slope and we reach the intersection with the asphalt road (km 4.3).
We cross the asphalt road and continue on the dirt road on the other side. With descending course we arrive to the church of S.Giacomo (km 5).
From here, going to the left, we could reach the Arma of the Manie and go down, in around 1,5 kms, to the road of the Roman bridges.
We go to the right instead on a road to light slope that conducts again to the asphalt one, exactly in front of the restaurant Ferrin. We turn to the left.
We get over a tract in light slope and we go down then to Voze where we turn to the left (km 8).
From here in common with itinerary 4 . We do attention to a road that is directed to the left with almost opposite direction to that of origin. It is the road for the church and for the cemetery (km 11).
We follow this road to meet a chapel on the left (km 12.2).To the right the path goes down (trail sign FIE red little ball) for the Val Ponci.
We go straight on the road that it becomes dirt. The road has term to a gate. We rise to the left.
We integrally follow a mule-track that it finishes little bottom the peak of the Bric dei Monti (km 14.3).
Around 500 meters before the term of the road it is well visible a knoll with some pine. The panorama deserves the few meters of deviation.
Gradient:  450 m.
On saddle:   100%
Observations:   There is 1 kms of steep slope, otherwise it would be a pleasant walk.

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8 - Descent from Bric dei Monti to Varigotti

Updating: 12/2000
Description.
From the peak we go down, crossing the road of slope, and taking the first, evident path to the left (km 0.5, trail sign FIE).
Let's follow it in the bush of holm-oaks to an intersection (km 1.5) where we go to the left arriving to a square and to a dirtroad.
We go down on the dirt road arriving to a lawn in a small valley. We go up again from the opposite part and we continue on the road that finishes to the asphalt (km 3; you see varying ).
We turn to the right on the road that climbs for overcoming a back, then it goes down to arrive to the restaurant Ferrin. We continue for 200 meters and then we turn to the left.
Here it begins a beautiful dirt road that it goes down up to the lighthouse of Capo Noli (non accessible lighthouse). One hundred meters before the lighthouse (km 7.4) start to the right a few visible path (blue trail sign) that it is advance in the wood.
We follow it without difficulty for a kilometer then the path it begins to go down steep, with rough bed and it becomes difficult to cross in saddle.
We arrive to a strange adorned construction and we go down passing near the small church of S.Lorenzo (absolutely to reach!).
The bed is good now and allows to continue in saddle up to the asphalt (km 10). The center of Varigotti is 500 meters far.
Gradient: 450 m.
On saddle:  96%
Observations: the tract among Capo Noli and Varigotti has some difficult tracts. It is worth to do a quiet descent going on the two deviations that conduct to spectacular panoramic points.
Varying of the Red Earths: Beautiful and strongly advisable.
Go to the right climb on the asphalt road for around 100 meters. To the left we see a square from which a dirt road departs.
We go to slope and we arrive to a square level from where they depart varied paths (km 0,2). We turn to the right taking the road that rise.
We get over 300 meters steep ramps, then we continue on the road in light slope. The road finishes on a square (km 1) and it becomes path.
The path proceeds level for 300 meters, absorbed in the Mediterranean bush. We get over a tract in descent, then we go to slope and we finally go down for meeting in the dirt road direct to Capo Noli (km 1,7).
We are a kilometer from the asphalt road.
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9 - Discesa a Noli

Aggiornamento: 12/2000
Percorso
Un difficile sentiero si stacca dalla strada diretta al Capo.
L'inizio č poco evidente e si trova a sinistra, in uno slargo circa 1.5 km dall'asfalto. E' dotato di segnavia FIE (pallino rosso).
La discesa č subito difficile per la ristrettezza del tracciato. Dopo una curva a tornante il tracciato si allarga ma resta difficile per il fondo sconnesso.
Finalmente le difficoltą cessano e si arriva su una stradina con fondo in cemento che scende ripida fino a Noli (km 2.5 fino al centro storico).
Dislivello: 300 m.
Ciclabilitą:  80%
Osservazioni: 

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10 - Descent in Val Ponci

Updating:  9/2000
Run
In front of the restaurant Cą Ferrin departs a wide dirt road that it comfortably proceeds up to reach a restaurant and then the church of S.Giacomo (km 1).
We turn to the right here, on asphalt road, and we reach the restaurant that rises above the cave of the Arma (km 1.4). We continue beginning to go down on the dirt road.
The road it has some rough tract but it is maintained cycle and it conducts in Val Ponci, to the bridge of the Voze (km 2.7).
Comes down it continues to the left along the Roman road (itinerary 4).
Gradient:  130 m.
On saddle:  100%
Observations:   Important itinerary of link between the Manie and Finale. Usable also in slope.

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11 - Ascent from Final Pia to Rocca di Corno

Updating:  1/2001
Run
From the church-convent of Final Pia we follow the road that goes up again along the stream in direction of Orco/Vezzi/Magnone.
get over the church of Calvisio and the few houses we watch out to a bridge that it crosses the stream, to the right (km 1,6).
The road climbs steep with narrow windings in direction of Verzi. Later around 1 kms we notice to the left an ample dirt level road.
The road, of ancient Roman origin, it is forwarded in the val Ponci; the whole run is marked from the symbol FIE red rhomb.
We cross a first Roman bridge (bridge of the Fairies) and we reach some farmhouses; we go up to the left immediately later slightly, to avoid a tract not practicable, and we return on the layout in correspondence of the second bridge, to which immediately follows the third one (bridge of Voze or mute; km 4,5).
We skip the path for the Manie, on the right; we get over a brief difficult tract and then we reach the fourth bridge (the water's bridge; km 5.3).
A steep and often muddy tract it conducts to the Colla of Magnone where the itinerary is met for the Bric of the Monti , km 6,3.
On the left of path of origin a small road it gets further in plain (run for not seeing people). We take it. We forward so in a wood and the road it climbs, with some brief tear, up to get over a shoulder of the bric Carč.
Almost at the end of the slope the trail sign FIE goes to the right, while the path for not seeing it goes to the left. We skip the trail sign and we go to the left, however a little anymore before the two runs they are rejoined.
At the reunion we continue to the left in descent. The layout becomes a road and goes down to a saddle where a tabernacle is found (km 7,8).
On the right the road goes down to the provincial one, to the left a path that returns in val Ponci goes down; instead we go straight on reaching an old quarry.
We get over a brief tract in slope that conducts to get over the buttress of the Rocca degli Uccelli. A brief level tract and we go out to the Ciappo of the Sale (km 8,3).
We are by now on the highland that connects the Rocca degli Uccelli with the Rocca di Corno.
We follow the path that is typically forwarded in the dense vegetation of Mediterranean bush in environment "finalese". Carefully avoiding the small paths that are detached by the principal run we substantially proceed on a level run that doesn't introduce difficulty if with some hostile passage.
We arrive so to the summit of the Rocca di Corno (km 10).
To return doesn't stay that cross the same road, at least up to the saddle with tabernacle. From here it can be gone down to the left to the provincial road or to the right in val Ponci.
Gradient:  450 m.
On saddle:  99%
Observations:   The itinerary is superimposed partly to the run equipped for not seeing; it is evident that it is necessary to triple the attention for the presence of excursionists.
Varying of descent:
  • From the peak of the Horn it can be gone down for the west wall helping himself with some rope in place. Reached the base the wall it is coasted along toward left to take the steep path that finishes to the parking. On saddle: zero%.
  • From the peak of the Horn it is returned back for around 600 ms. In a square a path is noticed to the right. Going down is reached it the bridge of the Fairies. Steep and not cycle.
  • Returned back until almost to the Ciappo of the Sale it is to the right a few visible path. After some meters in plain it is fallen in low forwarding itself in a hold throat (valley of the ashes). The path finishes in val Ponci, a little awry in the farmhouses. On saddle almost zero.


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12 - Pian Marino

Updating:
Description.
From the center of Final Borgo we reach Plaza of the Court and we climb the bricked road (indications) that it bringsto the castle S.Giovanni, fortress that dominates the inhabited area.
We continue over, we leave to the left aloft Castel Gavone with its daubed tower and we arrive to the church of Perti (km 1,2).
We continue stright on asphalt road, in light descent, then in slope and we arrive at the end of the road (km 3,4). We go to the right here over a bar.
We pass near a goup of houses and we arrive to an intersection (km 3,9). We leave to the right the narrow road that goes to the walls of Montesordo and we go to the left.
We get over a farmhouse and we go down in the beautiful plain of Pianmarino (km 4,3). We cross the whole lawn avoiding to crush the grass.
Almost at the end of the lawn we climb to the right a steep rough narrow road arriving to an old quarry. We follow to the left the road that it coasts along the wall of the Rocca Carpanea then going down on dirt rough road up to the provincial Final Borgo/Feglino.
Gradient: 390 ms.
On saddle: 96%.
Observations: The varying it allows to avoid the fatiguing slope however it is, in turn, few cycle.
A mixed solution probably exists that allows to begin come down with the variation and then to reach the road under the walls of the Bric of the Monk.
Varying 12.1: we entirely cross the lawn of Pianmarino, leaving to the right the main run that begins to climb.
On the right slope of the valley it climbs a wide path (itinerary 1 contrarily). After hundred meters we meet a fork where we go to the right, in descent. We find a second fork and we still go down to the right.
It follows a steep, difficult and rough tract that very quickly goes down. We try not to lose the path (yellow signs) and we arrive to an intersection more evident where we go to the left arriving, with a last descent, to an asphalted narrow road.
Coasting along the highway we reach Feglino (km 7).

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13 - From Finale Marina to the Ciappo delle Conche

Updating:  2/2001
Run
From the railway station of Finale we direct to east turning to the left following the indications for Final Borgo.
Later around 500 ms we turn to the right in the road in slope (indications for S.Bernardino and Sporting Club). The road climbs in windings; to the deviations to always follow the indications Sporting Club.
We arrive (km 4,3) to a crossroads: the principal road continues in light descent, to the right rise a road for the church of S.Bernardino while to the left rise another road that we take.
After a brief slope we arrive to a square with benches where we turn to the left (trail sign FIE: red square; street Pancaldo).
A descent conducts to the beginning of the mule-track (km 4,7; descriptive poster of the Park of the Finalese, trail sign).
We go down for crossing a small valley, then we rise on rough paving; the mule-track becomes path in the middle of the Mediterranean bush.
We meet a fork (km 5,8) where we neglect the path signalled to the right and we go stright. The ample road brings to a fork, not evident, where we have to divert in the path of left (red square trail sign; km 7,1; going straight would be arrived on, in 1 kms, to Pratorotondo).
The path alternates slopes and descents. The slab of stone is get over that constitutes the Ciappo dei Ceci and it is continued to reach the beginning of a slope. We get over it and we go out of the wood to the Ciappo delle Conche (km 9,3).
Gradient:  400 m.
On saddle:  99%
Observations:  

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14 - Come down from the Ciappo delle Conche to Calvisio

Updating:  2/2001
Run
From the rocky expanse that constitutes the Ciappo it is directed us toward west, on well marked path (trail sign FIE squared red; itinerary 14 contrarily).
Some about ten meters of rough descent they bring in the rent of the wood from where it is continued always following the ample and well evident path.
All the bifurcations are neglected and it are arrived to cross the ample mule-track that connects S.Bernardino with Pratorotondo (km 2,2) where is developed to the left.
Later around 400 meters it is necessary to leave the small road to go down to the right in a narrow path (trail sign red tract).
The run is characterized by plain tracts generally alternated by feasible jumps in saddle without stunts.
At the term of the zone with the ancient terraces it is continued near the stream with some tract ruined by the floods; it is passed under near a source and then to small rocky walls where it is gone out of the wood.
The path continues narrow and goes down to a small road to few meters from the church of S.Cipriano (km 5,3).
It is steeply gone down to Calvisio following the asphalt or going down for a steep mule-trck that is detached to the left after hundred meters from the church (after the intersection with street Bedini, beginning with some stairs).
Gradient:  400 m.
On saddle:  99%
Observations:  


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15 - Descent from Ciappo delle Conche to Calvisio, via Lacremą

Updating:  2/2001
Run
From the rocky expanse that constitutes the Ciappo we direct toward west, on well marked path (trail sign FIE: squared red, itinerary 14 contrarily).
Some about ten meters of rough descent they bring in the rent of the wood from where we continue always following the ample and well evident path.
With some slope we get over the headings of some valley until to arrive to a small square, with beaten ground, absorbed in the wood (km 1,8).
We leave the principal path to go down to the left on a smaller path (trail sign FIE: red rhomb).
The first tract is steep and difficult, but it is brief and it conducts in a lawn near the construction it dictates "House of the Vacchč."
We continue among the lawns of the valley; at the end we neglect the path that climbs to the right and we continue in the floor of the valley to cross the river going up again from the opposite part.
A tract in descent brings to again cross the stream, we shortly go up again then.
We now continue on a ledge planted with trees that it races high on the floor of the valley of the stream Sciusa.
A brief final descent conducts to the houses of Lacremą and then to the church of S.Cipriano (km 5,3).
We steeply go down on asphalt road to Calvisio, or we go down for a steep mule-track that is detached to the left after hundred meters from the church (after the intersection with street Bedini, beginning with some stairs).
Gradient:  400 m.
On saddle:  99%
Observations:  

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16 - Come down from the Ciappo delle Conche to S.Lorenzino

Updating:  2/2001
Run
From the plates of rock of the Ciappo we direct there toward rising immediately finding a marked path that goes down to jumps.
Comes down her it proceeds in the wood and it conducts to a ledge with rocky ground that goes up again on the side of the wall.
At the term of the ledge begins a steep descending tract that brings to the edge of a quarry and finally to a small road (km 1) from where the asphalt is reached to hundred meters.
Gradient:  100 m.
On saddle:  50%
Observations:  It is an a little cycle run, difficult and also introduces some exposed tract.
It can serve to whom wants to continue for Orco or, in contrary sense, for the one who originates from Orco and wants to continue for Finale avoiding the asphalt.

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17 - Descent from Colla S.Giacomo to Feglino

Updating: 2/2001
Description.
From Colla S. Giacomo takes the road toward Passo Melogno that it crosses almost in plain the forest.
Later around 1,5 kms we find a tourist notice-board that brings historical news around the ancient road Regina. We turn to the left and we go down.
After some hundred meters the itinerary 1 go to the right; instead we turn to the left and we continue for the comfortable road. get over an almost level tract we start to steeply go down and we arrive to a fork (km 3,5) where we turn to the right.
The descent continues steep up to reach the floor of the valley where we meet another road (km 6,1).
We go to the right. With very inferior inclination we coast along the stream, then the road becomes asphalted and it arrives to the houses of Feglino (km 9,2).
Gradient: 650 m.
On saddle:  100%
Observations:  usable also in slope, but more binding of other solutions.

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18 - Come down from Manie to Finalpia

Updating: 1/2002
Description.
In front of the restaurant Ferrin goes down a wide dirt road crossed from the itinerary 7 contrarily. We pick it up and we quickly go down to the church of S.Giacomo (km 0,9).
We turn to the left and we ascent following the asphalt road. We arrive on the provincial road in correspondence of a small cemetery (km 1,4).
We turn to the right and we continue on the provincial one. We get over the restaurant Briga (km 2,2) and, after 200 meters, we leave the asphalt to take a wide path to the right (trail sign FIE: red triangle).
After 200 meters we find a fork where we go to the right (to the left varying ) in steep descent.
The path goes down wide but with some difficult passage and we arrive to an intersection (km 3). To the right the path goes to Verzi.
We turn to the left. Alternating level tracts to some descent we proceed to arrive to cross a narrow concrete road (km 4).
We turn to the left and we reach some houses. We go down to the right and we arrive on the asphalt road in place chapel of S.Antonio (km 4,3).
We can turn to the left and to reach the road that connects Manie with Finale. Following it we reach Finalpia (km 6).
More amusing it is to turn to the right instead. Following the trail signs we go down on old mule-tracks and we arrive really in the plaza of the convent of Finalpia (in this case km 5,1)
Gradient: 300 m.
On saddle:  almost 100%
Observations: 
Varying 18.1 : little helpful.
At the intersection we turn to the left. We proceed in plain, then we get over a brief slope and we go down on a tableland. The path continues in the wood and it quickly goes down on a dirt road (km 0,8). The road to the right it finishes blind; we turn therefore to the left and we arrive, later 100 meters, on the provincial road that climbs from Finalpia to Manie.

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19 - Raccordi di Feglino

A monte di Feglino si incrociano alcune strade forestali che collegano l'itinerario 2 e l'itinerario 17 consentendo di realizzare percorsi a piacimento.
Aggiornamento: 1/2003
Descrizione raccordo 1.
Percorriamo l'itinerario 2 che sale da Feglino a Costa, svoltiamo a sinistra e proseguiamo, sempre seguendo l'itinerario 2.
Dopo aver superato località Croce del Santo incontriamo il bivio (km 7,2) con una strada minore con indicazione per cascina Bario.
Svoltiamo a sinistra prendendo questa strada (Inizio; km 0).
Proseguiamo con moderato dislivello, al primo incrocio andiamo diritti e raggiungiamo un altro incrocio (km 1). Trascuriamo la strada di destra che sale alla cascina e proseguiamo diritti nella strada che scende.
Attraversiamo tutto il versante della montagna, con andamento a saliscendi. Con rapida discesa arriviamo ad incrociare una ripida strada che seguiamo a sinistra. Dopo 100 metri incrociamo la larga strada percorsa dall'itinerario 17 (km 2,6).
Descrizione raccordo 2.
(SCONSIGLIABILE) Percorriamo l'itinerario 2 che sale da Feglino a Costa, svoltiamo a sinistra e proseguiamo, sempre seguendo l'itinerario 2.
Dopo aver superato località Croce del Santo incontriamo il bivio (km 7,2) con una strada minore con indicazione per cascina Bario.
Svoltiamo a sinistra prendendo questa strada (inizio; km 0).
Proseguiamo fino al primo incrocio (km 0,6) dove svoltiamo a sinistra nella stretta stradina che scende. Proseguiamo raggiungendo una cascina (c. Gerrute; km 0,8).
Scendiamo direttamente nel prato che precede la casa cercando di individuare il sentiero che scende poi velocemente ad un bivio con tabelle indicanti il percorso equestre (km 0,9).
Svoltiamo a destra seguendo l'ippovia (a giudicare dalle condizioni penso che l'ultimo cavaliere sia stato il generale Massena che combatteva gli austriaci). Il percorso è poco visibile, cercate di seguire il segnavia quadrato e triangolo rossi. Inizialmente andiamo verso destra raggiungendo i prati sottostanti alla cascina. Di qui scendiamo sulla massima pendenza costeggiando il rio.
Con forti difficoltà (pietre, rami, foglie, alberi abbattuti) riusciamo a raggiungere il guado (km 1,4). Di qui la mulattiera diventa discreta e ci permette di raggiungere rapidamente una strada (km 1,8).
Non seguiamo la salita per cascina Mornera e svoltiamo a sinistra in discesa. In questo modo arriviamo rapidamente al primo tornante della strada dell'itinerario 17 (km 2,3) a 3,7 km da Feglino.
Descrizione raccordo 3.
Seguiamo l'itinerario 17. Da Colla S. Giacomo prendiamo la strada diretta verso il Melogno che percorre in falsopiano la foresta.
Dopo circa 1,3 km troviamo un tabellone turistico che riporta notizie storiche circa l'antica strada Regina. Svoltiamo a sinistra e scendiamo.
Dopo qualche centinaio di metri l'itinerario 1 va a destra; invece noi svoltiamo a sinistra e proseguiamo per la comoda strada. Superato un tratto quasi pianeggiante cominciamo a scendere ripidamente ed arriviamo ad un bivio (km 3,3. Inizio km 0).
L'itinerario 17 va a destra, noi svoltiamo a sinistra seguendo una stradina stretta che scende ed arriva velocemente ad una cascina (c. Bario; km 0,5).
La strada costeggia la recinzione e prosegue oltre scendendo ad un incrocio (km 0,9). Da sinistra arriva il raccordo 1. Possiamo quindi andare a sinistra per raggiungere l'itinerario 2 oppure a destra per l'itinerario 17.
Ciclabilitą: la ciclabilità migliore è nel senso di marcia descritto. I numeri 1 e 3 possono essere percorsi anche in senso contrario risultando più impegnativi.
Osservazioni:

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20 - Ascent from Finalborgo to Gorra

Updating: 2/2003
Description.
We depart from the historical center of Finalborgo and we go out of Porta Testa reaching the road that climbs to the highway. We turn to the left here. After a hundred of meters we find to the right a dirt road that climbs, closed by a chain (km 0,3; trail sign FIE: red rhomb).
We turn and climb without difficulty reaching a little church. The slope does more difficulty because of the rough ground. We get over two windings and get over the bank to arrive on a wide road (km 1,7).
We now follow this road, neglecting the gates of the quarry and we reaches its term (km 2,6). On the right we follow the path that forwards on the highland, in light slope, then level.
At a fork we continue straight on (the left path is that FIE, that we find again before). We continue in light slope, then we go down to meet the FIE path and we continue to the right up to the confluence with the path that it originates from Borgio (FIE red circle; km 4).
We turn to the right. The path slightly climbs to a back (to the right a narrow road leads to an enchanting angle typically finalese) and then it goes down to the border of an ample lawn (km 4,3).
We are able to ascent on the paved mule-track that it climbs on the left, or to go to the right and to cross the lawn, at the end ascent to the left. In every case we reach the cemetery and the church of S. Martino (restaurant).
Behind the church the path climbs with a non cycle stretch and reaches the big cross of the Marian apparitions (km 4,6).
We go down on the good path arriving to an intersection where we turn to the right with the trail sign (FIE red rhomb; straight on varying).
The path is good, but presents some uneven stretches, then it becomes road that climbs to the aerials (km 5,2).
We continue on the road that goes down and it reaches the pass that precedes the Tower of Bastia (km 5,7).
Intersection of paths. We follow the road for fifty meters and we turn to the right in a wide path that steep goes down (trail sign red circle; the road that we have left it continues and it reaches the tarmac after 800 meters).
The path becomes road and lead decided to the first houses of Gorra, where we meet the tarmacked road (km 6,3).
The center of Gorra is to the right to 800 meters, from there to Finalborgo 3 km.
Gradient: in slope 340 ms.
Rideable: 98%
Observations:
Varying 20.1: Direct descent to Finalborgo
From the church of S.Martino we return to the lawn and we follow the path that coasts along it, side north (trail sign FIE: three red disks).
We meet two intersections where we go to the right. The easy stretch finishes and the path begins a steep descent, with some narrow winding and rocky ground. Then we still overcome a long easy diagonal and then some windings. We arrive this way to the beginning of the road that we have used to climb (km 2). A lot difficult.

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21 - Descent from Gorra to Borgio

Updating: 2/2003
Description.
From Gorra we take the narrow tarmacked road that climbs in direction Verezzi. At the last houses of Bracciale we turn to the left (km 0,8) and ascent following the a narrow road. To the left at the first intersection. We are following contrarily the itinerary 20.
At the following fork we don't follow the road in concrete that climbs to the right, but we continue on the left.
Another fork and we turn to the right here, in steep slope (km 1,2); at the end we turn to the left. The level path crosses the wood, then it goes down with some narrow windings to overcome the rocky ridge. To the descent it follows a steep and not cycle ascent, another descent and finally a slope that brings us on the pass beside the Rocks of the Orera. Intersection (km 2,2).
We take the path on the right, the most marked of the two, level. With beautiful up-amd-down run we arrive to cross a wide path (km 2,5). To the left the variation goes down 20.1; we turn to the right and we reach the great lawn under the church of S. Martino (km 2,7).
We cross the lawn and we meet the mule-track that it descents from the church. We turn to the left (two trail signs FIE: rhomb and circle).
We overcome the brief slope and then we begin the descent. We leave to the left the run 20 (km 3,1) and we continue straight on.
The path is binding because of the stones, but it is not too much difficulty.
We arrive on a narrow road (km 4) where difficulties finish. We turn to the right and we go straight at the following intersection. We reach a tarmacked road (km 4,5). Following it we quickly reach Borgio (km 5,3).
Gradient: in slope 90 ms.
Rideable: 96%
Observations:

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