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Stage 4
Hiking Trail
· Pennine Alps
GTA variant: San Giovanni d'Andoro - Oropa
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San GiovanniPhoto: Joachim Altenhein, DAV Sektion Berlin
After a short stretch of road, this stage runs almost along contour lines first through forest, crossing some rivers, then over open pasture areas, and finally again through forest to the impressive pilgrimage site Oropa.
You should take time for Oropa and also visit the Sacre Monte, a UNESCO World Heritage site. See https://www.alpenvereinaktiv.com/de/punkt/oropa/33386916/
You can extend the route well to the Rifugio Rosazza (just under 2 hours or by cable car http://www.funivieoropa.it/en/).
Author’s recommendation
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Rest stops
Santuario San Giovanni d’AndornoRifugio Rosazza
Santuario di Oropa
Safety information
At the streams that are crossed, watch out for wet algae that cover the rocks and are as slippery as soap.Tips and suggestions
Central contact point for all GTA questions: http://www.klingenfuss.org/gta.htm
Cable car Oropa - Oropa-Sport: http://www.funivieoropa.it/en/
Roadbook
You leave San Giovanni on the road and follow it uphill for about 1 km. At the first sharp hairpin bend you leave the road via the parking lot of a house (photo) and follow the path into the forest. After about 600 m the normal route turns upwards (photo) (signpost Seletto / Galeria Oropa).
We stay on the lower path, which continues nearly along contour lines around the mountain. Shortly afterwards a forest track branches off downwards. We stay above (photo). Likewise, in the further course paths E13 and E10 branch downwards. But we always stay on our high-level path.
After about 2 hours you leave the forest and circumvent the ridge over open terrain.
At the end, you enter the forest again and descend to Oropa.
The posta tappa is located at the lower farm on the left side.
This is one of the variants to stage 10 in the hiking guide by Werner Bätzing.
Rifugio Rosazza
Oropa
Santuario di Oropa
Public transport
The bus Biella San Paolo - Cossila - Favaro - Oropa from atap S.p.a. http://atapspa.it/wp-content/themes/atapspa/orari/orario_360.pdf serves Oropa several times daily.
Coordinates
Book recommendation by the author
Grande Traversata delle Alpi North, Werner Bätzing, ISBN 978-3-85869-811-7, 8th edition
GTA – Grande Traversata delle Alpi: Through Piedmont to the Mediterranean. 65 stages. With GPS tracks. (Rother Hiking Guide), Iris Kürschner, ISBN: 978-3763344024, Bergverlag Rother; Edition: 3rd, updated version 2015 (July 2, 2015)
Author’s map recommendations
IGC 9, Ivrea-Biella-Bassa Valle d'Aosta 1:50,000
National Geographic map booklet Grande Traversata delle Alpi (GTA), Part 1 – North, 1:25,000, Piedmont, EAN: 9788869851742
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Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
User Questions