Succiso - Pietra Tagliata Pass

Place:

Succiso Nuovo - 42032 Ventasso

Contacts:

Periods of Activity:

All year round. In the winter continuing beyond the P. Consiglio refuge can entail alpine difficulties.

The conduct:

On foot, horse, or mountain bike on the part that goes to the refuge. On foot the second part of the route.

Organization:

CAI path

Route:

Succiso, Pietra Tagliata pass

Route:

By car
Location Succiso
From the administrative capital it's about 20 km.
Route:
From the administrative capital you take the SP 15 up to the town of Cecciola, then continue straight for about 1 km and turn left for the town road and continue on this road until you get to the town of Succiso Nuovo.
On foot
From Succiso Nuovo you follow the paths 655 and 673

Tourist Area:

Parco Nazionale dell'Appennino Tosco-emiliano

Geographic Area:

Apennines

Details of tour:

Itinerary in Detail:
From Succiso Nuovo, following an old mule road from about 2 hrs (Route 655), you climb up to the Paolo Consiglio refuge (Rio Pascolo). About 50 m below the shelter CAI path 655 begins and in 10 min. leads to the peatbog of Lake Mescà. From the Paolo Consiglio refuge CAI path 673 starts, it is of great naturalistic and scenic interest as it goes through one of the most unspoiled mountain ranges in the Reggiano Apennines. The first stretch is situated across the hillside of Val Liocca and dominates the site of the ancient glacier, there are numerous botanical species of Alpine origin. You reach the "Ghiaccioni" in 1hr 15', from there you climb the morainic terraces, again belonging to the glacial cirque of Groppi di Camporaghena and you reach the Pietra Tagliata Pass in 1hr 15'
Walking time: 6/7 hrs (round trip).
The itinerary can continue all the way to the peak of Alpe di Succiso through CAI path 667 to then descend to Succiso Nuovo with CAI paths 675 and 655 in about 3 hrs and 30'.

Municipality:

VENTASSO
Piazza Primo Maggio, 3, Loc. Cervarezza, 42032 Ventasso (RE)
0522/891911, 0522 891520
info@comune.ventasso.re.it
www.comune.ventasso.re.it

Last update: December 12, 2023