GTA Variant of mid Valle Po: Stage 51A Rif. Barbara Lowrie - Pian Melze'

Highlights and tour details

Go past Rifugio Barbara Lowrie keeping to the right without crossing the stream, and follow the sign and the stakes of path 111 almost to the bottom of the grassy plateau; on the left is the beginning of the climb towards Col Proussera/Colle della Gianna. The path is well marked and climbs rapidly through the larch wood to Colle Proussera (2182 m) on the watershed between Vallone dei Carbonieri and Vallone della Gianna. Shortly afterwards you meet the junction marked with path 113 that comes from Grange della Gianna and you continue to climb a last detritus stretch as far as Colle della Gianna (2525), pass between Punte Roccia Fons and Sea Bianca. You go down the slope of the Valle Po, a steep stretch with hairpin bends until you meet the junction with path V28 which you take on the left. Then you descend along the left hydrographic bank of the Combal del Rio until you cross the asphalt road that climbs up to Pian del Re at an altitude of about 1900m. Cut the hairpin bends by going steeply downhill and finally reach Pian Melzè.