Highlights and tour details
From Alpe Veglia you can descend towards Varzo along this interesting variant over the Passo delle Possette. The first stretch crosses the plain of Alpe Veglia and, after crossing the Cairasca stream, it allows you to quickly reach the Groppallo Chapel, a small and simple religious building built in the 16th century which served as a refuge chapel to shelter travellers surprised by bad weather during the ascent to Alpe Veglia. You then follow a stretch on the track that descends towards Ponte Campo and San Domenico to turn right at about an altitude of 1600 metres and take the path towards Passo delle Possette. Then you go along a stretch on the hillside and slightly uphill to Alpe Valle (1752 m). From here you start to climb more decisively and passing through the alpine pastures Le Balmelle and Pianezzoni you reach the pass at an altitude of 2181m. From the pass you descend towards Alpe Ciampalbino (1910 m), then to Alpe Ciusur (1860 m) and Alpe Casalavera (1550 m) reaching the hamlet of Bugliaga (1314 m). From here you take the road to Trasquera, which can be reached by passing the famous "Ponte del Diavolo" (Devil's Bridge) through the overhang of the Rio Gurva. The bridge consists of a single 34m-arch and 110 larches were used to build the scaffolding, which were burnt at the end of the work. Once you arrive at the Church of Trasquera you quickly descend towards Varzo along the historic mule track of 'Brôcc' also known as the 'path of faith', which was the main road to reach Trasquera until 1960.
Tappe
- Grande Traversata delle Alpi - GTA: Tratto Nord Piemonte (476,00 km)
- GTA: Stage 1 Cannobio - Falmenta (13,20 km)
- GTA: Stage 2 Falmenta - Malesco (16,90 km)
- GTA Variant of Alta Valle dell'Isorno: Stage 3B Alpe Cortevecchio - Alpe Lago (6,60 km)
- GTA: Stage 3 Malesco - Fondomonfracchio (16,40 km)
- GTA Variant of Alta Valle dell'Isorno: Stage 3c Alpe Lago - Campo Valle Maggia (15,20 km)
- GTA Variant of Alta Valle dell'Isorno: Stage 3A Malesco - Alpe Cortevecchio (0,00 km)
- GTA: Stage 4 Fondomonfracchio - Capanna Alpe Arena (13,50 km)
- GTA: Tappa 5 Capanna Alpe Arena - Campo Valle Maggia (12,60 km)
- GTA: Stage 6 Campo Valle Maggia - Bosco Gurin (11,60 km)
- GTA: Stage 7 Bosco Gurin - Formazza Loc. Ponte (13,00 km)
- GTA: Stage 8A Canza - Lago Vannino (6,50 km)
- GTA: Stage 8B Riale - Alpe Cruina (12,90 km)
- GTA: Stage 8 Ponte - Riale (6,30 km)
- GTA: Stage 8C Riale - Nufenenpass (11,50 km)
- GTA: Stage 9 Riale - Alpe Vannino (7,80 km)
- GTA: Stage 10 Alpe Vannino - Alpe Devero (14,50 km)
- GTA: Stage 11 Alpe Devero - Alpe Veglia (13,40 km)
- GTA: Stage 12 Alpe Veglia - Alpe Solcio (12,60 km)
- GTA: Stage 12A Alpe Veglia - Varzo (19,00 km)
- GTA: Stage 13 Alpe Solcio - Varzo (5,40 km)
- GTA: Stage 14 Varzo - Alpe Arza (0,00 km)
- GTA: Stage 15 Alpe Arza - Alpe Laghetto (0,00 km)
- GTA: Upper Anzasca and Antrona Valleys Stage 15A Rifugio Alpe Laghetto - Rifugio Andolla (via Passo Pontimia) (6,80 km)
- GTA Variant of Alte Valli Anzasca and Antrona: Stage 16A Rifugio Alpe Laghetto - Rifugio Andolla (12,30 km)
- GTA Variant of Alti Valli Anzasca and Antrona: Stage 16B Rifugio Andolla - Cingino Bivouac (11,20 km)
- GTA Variant of the High Valleys of Anzasca and Antrona: Stage 16D Oberto Refuge - Macugnaga (6,90 km)
- GTA Variant of Alti Valli Anzasca and Antrona: Stage 16C Cingino bivouac - Rifugio Oberto (11,20 km)
- GTA: Stage 16 Alpe Laghetto - Cheggio (11,50 km)
- GTA Variant of the Upper Anzasca and Antrona Valleys: Stage 16E Macugnaga - Rifugio Buon Pastore (20,90 km)
- GTA Variante delle Alti Valli Anzasca e Antrona: tappa 16F Rifugio Buon Pastore - Sant'Antonio di Val Vogna (3,90 km)
- GTA: Stage 17 Antrona, hamlet of Cheggio - Della Colma Refuge (13,70 km)
- GTA: Stage 18 Rifugio della Colma - Molini di Calasca (7,30 km)
- GTA Stage 19 Molini di Calasca - Alpe Pian Lago (10,80 km)
- GTA Stage 20: Alpe Pian Lago - Campello Monti (5,90 km)
- GTA Stage 21: Campello Monti - Rimella (8,60 km)
- GTA Tappa 22: Rimella - Alpe Baranca (10,80 km)
- GTA Stage 23 Alpe Baranca - Carcoforo (8,70 km)
- GTA Tappa 24 Carcoforo - Rima (8,20 km)
- GTA: Stage 25 Rima - Sant'Antonio di Val Vogna (15,80 km)
- GTA: Tappa 26 Sant'Antonio di Val Vogna - Rifugio Rivetti (15,10 km)
Other information
Itinerary code: GPN
Provinces crossed: Distretto dei Laghi