For my first walk
in the high Apennines this year, I decided on a walk behind the main mountain
ridges where it is now becoming springtime.
I started from Montecagno
a typical mountain village. In this village there are a couple of the Celtic dwellings (in rather a poor state) that I have seen elsewhere in the high Apennines.
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| Montecagno,Ligonchio,RE |
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| Montecagno,Ligonchio,RE |
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| Montecagno,Ligonchio,RE |
Taking the “Pighini” footpath I climbed up and then crossed Monte Rimodatino which dominates the village below. Along this footpath one passes a rather sinister place where plague sufferers
were sent to die in the seventeenth century, the footpath runs across the site
of the mass grave. The views from the main mountain chain are quite nice from
here.
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| Monte Rimondatino,Ligonchio,RE |
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| Monte Rimondatino,Ligonchio,RE |
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| Monte Rimondatino,Ligonchio,RE |
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| Monte Rimondatino,Ligonchio,RE |
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I then took the 621
footpath that leads to Monte Cisa , the pastures
of “Prati Orze’ ” along the footpath were full of orchids and other
wild flowers. The last stretch of the
path leading up to the pass below Monte
Cisa is quite exhausting as it is very
steep.
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| Prati Orze',Ligonchio,RE |
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| Prati Orze',Ligonchio,RE |
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| Prati Orze',Ligonchio,RE |
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| Prati Orze',Ligonchio,RE |
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| Prati Orze',Ligonchio,RE |
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| Prati Orze',Ligonchio,RE |
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| Prati Orze',Ligonchio,RE |
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| Prati Orze',Ligonchio,RE |
From the top of
Mount Cisa the view across to Monte Cusna
was spectacular, with the mountain partly covered by the last of the winter
snow.
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| Monte Prampa,Ligonchio,RE |
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| Monte Cisa, Ligonchio, RE |
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| Monte Cisa, Ligonchio, RE |
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| Monte Cusna from Monte Cisa, Ligonchio, RE |
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| Monte Cusna from Monte Cisa, Ligonchio, RE |
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| Monte Cisa, Ligonchio, RE |
