Highlights and tour details
The Alta Via dell'Anfiteatro Morenico di Ivrea is a great ring-route that goes clockwise from Andrate to Brosso along the morainic amphitheatre formed in the Quaternary period by the glacier that occupied the Dora Baltea valley, at its outlet into the Canavese plain. The glacier modelling work has left us a structure of great geomorphological interest whose excellent conservation allows us to read, just like in an open-air book, the effects of the succession of the glacial and interglacial periods in the Pleistocene era, from 1.65 million to 130 thousand years ago. Lakes nestled in the greenery, from Lake Viverone to the 5 lakes of Ivrea to Lake Candia, castles like the one of Masino, admirably managed by FAI, charming villages, woods and vineyards from which excellent wines like Erbaluce are obtained: the extraordinary landscape, historical and cultural value of the compendium embraced by the itinerary offers the opportunity to combine the pleasure of the hike with countless activities to visit and discover the territory.
Other information
Itinerary code: AMI
Phone coverage:
partial
Recommended period: April - October
Access by public transport: Yes
Classification: Medium and low mountain provincial
Provinces crossed: Biella Valsesia Vercelli, Torino
Notes on public transport
All stages allow connections with public transport
Departure, arrival and municipalities crossed
Stages
- High Way of the Morainic Amphitheatre of Ivrea - AMI (108,20 km)
- Alta Via dell'Anfiteatro Morenico of Ivrea: Stage 1 Andrate - Lago di Bertignano (22,00 km)
- Highway of the Morainic Amphitheatre of Ivrea: Stage 1A Magnano - Junction at Cossano Canavese (19,80 km)
- Alta Via dell'Anfiteatro Morenico of Ivrea: Stage 2 Lake of Bertignano - Masino Castle (18,50 km)
- Alta Via dell'Anfiteatro Morenico of Ivrea: Stage 3 Castle of Masino - Castellazzo (28,00 km)
- Alta Via dell'Anfiteatro Morenico di Ivrea: Stage 4 Castellazzo - Vialfrè (14,20 km)
- Alta Via dell'Anfiteatro Morenico of Ivrea: Stage 5A Vialfrè - Frazione Pricco (13,40 km)
- Alta Via dell'Anfiteatro Morenico di Ivrea: Stage 5 Vialfrè - Brosso Chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo (25,50 km)