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Camping out in the tracks of Wolves                                                                          Download the brochure

Tour of 4 campsites (Baita del Giaol – Bivouac of San Glisente – Bivouac M. Bassi – Bivouac Wolves San Glisente)

 

The area of the Paths of the Wolves is enclosed within the Vasta Valgrigna (see map), an area that covers approximately 20,000 hectares straddling the lower Valle Camonica and upper Val Trompia. These valleys are characterized by mid-mountains and by a cultural, historical and ethnographic heritage. This mountainous area is one of ​​the most well-preserved of the whole Lombardy Region, at the center of which the so called "Forest of Lombardy Valgrigna" lies.  The area covers ​​2,847 hectares and it encloses the towns of Bienno, Berzo Inferiore, Bovegno , Esine and Gianico and it is managed by ERSAF, the Regional Agency for Services to Agriculture and Forests.

 

Location of camps:

The itinerary starts from Rifugio Alpini (1,322 m) in the locality called Budec. You walk on the path nr. 750 that in some places offers wide scenic views on Vallecamonica and Val Grigna. After about 50 minutes you will reach the Baita del Giaol (1,465 m), a nice campfire hidden into the woods wood, in an unspoilt area.

From here the trail descends to the Val Cāvena, where you have to cross a creek through a walkway carved from the trunk of a spruce and then up to the junction with the trail 745 that runs to reach the bivouac in San Glisente at an altitude 1,956 (2:40 hours from the start).

After a visit to the crypt behind the camp and in the church dedicated to the hermit, you take the path nr.760 to reach the 2,151 mt. of The Colma San Glisente, the maximum altitude of the route. It then continues until the Niche of San Glisente (2,000 mt.), where the paths nr.730, 760 and 722 intersect  and finally you take the nr.730 to reach the bivouac Marino Bassi (20.4 hours from the start).

Head up the path nr.730 for 10 minutes until the junction indicating the hut Fop de Cadi, then you walk on the Path nr.740 until you arrive at the bivouac Wolves San Glisente in Valle Cadino (5.10 hours from the start). In September, along this path, you can hear the characteristic "bell of deers" and even shooting chamois and ungulates, that you can find in large numbers in the Val di Fra.

We continue on the path nr.740 until the pool of Scandolaro, then on the path nr.735 to the Rifugio Budec, the end of the route (6.30 hours from the start).

 

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Start

altitude

Finish

Altitude

Difference in altitude

duration

Difficulty

Paths

Localitā Budec

1322

Baita del Giaol

1465

143

h 0.50

E+

750

Baita del Giaol

1465

Bivacco di San Glisente

1956

491

h 1.50

E

750/745

Bivacco di San Glisente

1956

Bivacco Marino Bassi

1918

195

h 1.40

E

760/730

Bivacco Marino Bassi

1918

Bivacco Lupi di San Glisente

1932

h 0.50

E

730/740

Bivacco Lupi di San Glisente

1932

Localitā Budec

1322

h 1.20

E

740/735

 

829

h 6.30

E+

 

 

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Traduzione di Angela Lazzarini