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Highlights and tour details
From Rifugio Don Barbera near Colle dei Signori, follow the path of the Chiusetta valley down to an altitude of 1660 m to the Gola della Chiusetta where the A04 route crosses. Turn left and quickly climb up to Passo delle Maestrelle, beyond which the Piaggiabella basin opens with the entrance to the homonymous karst complex, one of the largest in the Alps. You then go back up the valley on grassy slopes passing by the Saracco Volante speleological refuge and following the wide hairpin bends on detrital material that lead to Colle del Pas (2349 m). You then descend into the wide valley behind on grassy pastures to Lake Ratoira and the crossroads below with the G06 route (about 2200 m) where you resume the main route (Stage 68). Follow it to the right, diagonally crossing grassy slopes high above the basin of Lake Biecai. After passing a small stream, you go up a short stretch reaching a not very visible bifurcation near some ruins. Ignore the track on the left for Lago delle Moie and continue on ahead. Now you go along the hillside around the entire basin of Lake Biecai, passing other ruins and reaching the narrow passage known as Porta Biecai (2004 m). Then you descend quite steeply along winding roads from the rocky bastion that closes the basin of Lake Biecai and enter the small valley of Rio Ciappa. With a long, slightly downhill traverse, on the orographic right of the valley, the path cuts through a meadow area and some dense scrub of rhododendrons and other shrubs. There are some marshy stretches but on suitably cobbled ground. Going around the northern extremities of Punta Havis De Giorgio the path reverses direction and descends in a few minutes to Rifugio Mondovì Havis De Giorgio (1755 m).
Other information
Itinerary code: GPS
Provinces crossed: Cuneo
Departure, arrival and municipalities crossed
ArrivalLocalità Sella Piscio
Rifugio Havis De Giorgio Mondovì
12088 Roccaforte Mondovì (CN)
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Rifugio Havis De Giorgio Mondovì
12088 Roccaforte Mondovì (CN)
Cuneo see on map
Stages
- Grande Traversata delle Alpi - GTA; Southern Piedmont section (290,00 km)
- GTA High Variant of Monviso: Stage 50C Rifugio Vallanta - Pontechianale (9,30 km)
- GTA Upper variant of Monviso: Stage 50B Rifugio Granero - Rifugio Vallanta (9,80 km)
- GTA Variante alta del Monviso: Stage 50A Villanova Pellice - Rifugio Granero (5,80 km)
- GTA Medium Valle Po Variant: Stage 51B Pian Melzè-Ostana Fraz. Villa (10,40 km)
- GTA: Stage 51 Barbara Lowrie Refuge - Quintino Sella Refuge (14,90 km)
- GTA Variant of mid Valle Po: Stage 51A Rif. Barbara Lowrie - Pian Melze' (8,20 km)
- GTA Variant of mid Valle Po: Stage 51C Ostana, fraz. Villa - Rifugio Quintino Sella (18,30 km)
- GTA: Stage 52 Rifugio Quintino Sella - Borgata Maddalena di Pontechianale (14,20 km)
- GTA Variant of the Upper Stura, Maira and Varaita valleys: Stage 53F Rifugio Zanotti - Vinadio Fraz. Strepeis (13,80 km)
- GTA Variant of the Upper Stura, Maira and Varaita valleys: Stage 53C Borgata Chiappera - Chialvetta (15,00 km)
- GTA Variant of the Upper Stura, Maira and Varaita Valleys: Stage 53E Pontebernardo - Rifugio Zanotti (9,10 km)
- GTA Variant of Alte Valli Stura, Maira and Varaita: Stage 53D Chialvetta - Pontebernardo (18,10 km)
- GTA: Stage 53 Borgata Maddalena di Pontechianale - Borgata Chiesa di Bellino (8,10 km)
- GTA Variant of the Upper Stura, Maira and Varaita Vallies: Stage 53A Pontechianale - S. Anna di Bellino (13,10 km)
- GTA: Stage 54 Borgata Chiesa di Bellino - Borgata Serre di Elva (9,40 km)
- GTA: Stage 54A Chiesa di Bellino - Borgata Pleyne (2,30 km)
- GTA: Stage 55 Borgata Serre di Elva - Bassura di Stroppo (9,50 km)
- GTA: Stage 56 Bassura di Stroppo - Borgata Chiesa di Celle di Macra (12,20 km)
- GTA: Stage 57 Borgata Chiesa di Celle di Macra - Santuario San Magno (14,60 km)
- GTA Variant of Altopiano della Gardetta: Stage 58B Rifugio Gardetta - Sambuco (19,50 km)
- GTA Variant of Altopiano della Gardetta: Stage 58A Colle di Roburent - Rifugio Gardetta (9,50 km)
- GTA: Stage 58 Santuario di San Magno - Sambuco (18,10 km)
- GTA: Stage 59 Sambuco - Frazione Strepeis di Vinadio (11,00 km)
- GTA: Stage 60 Frazione Strepeis di Vinadio - S. Anna di Vinadio (9,00 km)
- GTA: Stage 61 S. Anna di Vinadio - Rifugio Citta' di Ceva al Malinvern (13,80 km)
- GTA: Stage 62A Lago Inferiore di Valscura - Crossroads at Pian di Valasco (4,00 km)
- GTA: Stage 62 Rifugio Citta' di Ceva al Malinvern - Terme di Valdieri (15,20 km)
- GTA: Stage 63 Terme di Valdieri - Rifugio Genova-Figari (15,10 km)
- GTA: Stage 64 Rifugio Genova-Figari - Rifugio Ellena Soria (8,90 km)
- GTA: Stage 65 Rifugio Ellena-Soria - Trinità di Entracque (20,50 km)
- GTA: Stage 66 Trinità in Entracque - Palanfrè (11,90 km)
- GTA: Stage 66A Trinità di Entracque - Vallone degli Alberghi (12,00 km)
- GTA: Stage 67 Palanfrè - Limonetto (10,80 km)
- GTA Variant of mid Val Vermenagna: Stage 67B Vernante - Rifugio Garelli (0,00 km)
- GTA Variante della media Val Vermenagna: stage 67A Palanfre' - Vernante (11,70 km)
- GTA: Stage 68 Limonetto - Rifugio Garelli (24,30 km)
- GTA: Stage 68C Gias dell'Ortica - Colle Vaccarile (3,90 km)
- GTA Upper variant of Marguareis: Stage 68A Limonetto - Rifugio Don Barbera (19,60 km)
- GTA variant of upper Marguareis: Stage 68B Rifugio Don Barbera - Rifugio Havis de Giorgio (12,10 km)
- GTA: Stage 69 Rifugio Garelli - Rifugio Havis de Giorgio (4,90 km)
- GTA: Stage 70 Rifugio Havis De Giorgio - Rifugio Mongioie (11,30 km)
- GTA: Stage 71 Rifugio Mongioie - Ormea (23,00 km)