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Thursday, July 16, 2009 Elevation-Pella-Ronco-Grassona-Egro- I raise km. 16.3
Departure time 13.16 Arrival time 18.07
Output for this solitary walk foretaste on paper and then successfully brought to conclusion in practice. Planning to dwell on the way to take photographs and then traveling a long time, I left very early from the house of my brother-in lifted. I started to walk away Peter Durio square up to the Florentines, a beautiful balcony looking over the lake.
The day is beautiful and the sun brightens the colors of nature strengthened and made brilliant by the rain storm in July of this spiteful. I pause briefly to enjoy this familiar landscape and customary for those who live, but nevertheless always the giver of peace and serenity and wonder at the visual sensations that gives. And then forward to the exit door from the way the country goes to join the ring road and then along the road that leads to the "valley" which dates back to Caesars. A roadside make a fine show of self beautiful bunches of grapes that will be tempting passers-by when they have their maturation. 
Walk carefully on the province as a result of which has many curves can be treacherous for pedestrians that venture. Nothing to do with traffic anyway ... Here you can savor the tranquil harmony of walking with the rhythms of nature. Due time, however, there is almost no passing cars. Then I go up to Ventraggia, a hamlet of a few houses, after crossing the bridge over the river Pellesina, one of the small tributaries of the lake.
When approaching a curve, a blade indicator indicates the path T 36. Take the cobbled road in a beautiful blink of an eye takes me up above the houses in Pella from which check the steeple of the parish church of Bishop Sant'Albino. 
During the summer down the only sounds that they perceived were the cries of children playing on the beach or in the waters of the "Bay". This enchanting way to the lake comes out in the square main country: Ravedoni square. I head to the old bridge (dated 1578) humpback Pellino that exceeds the stream and gives you access to the cemetery and further down the main road out of the land leading to the village of Ronco. 
E mi incammino al bordo della strada deserta (in tutto il percorso fino a Ronco, avrò incontrato sì e no un paio di macchine...). Alla mia sinistra le ripide balze che sono il fianco del Monte Camosino che dovrò, più avanti, risalire. Adeguate opere murarie di contenimento, onde evitare smottamenti e frane, rinforzano il pendio. Alla mia destra una striscia alberata che fiancheggia la riva del lago, sopra il livello delle acque di almeno cinque metri. Ogni tanto, tra il verde rigoglioso delle piante, fa capolino l'azzurro brillante del lago e qualcuno si diverte a galleggiarvi sopra anche solo con un semplice asse da surf. 
Accessi pubblici the shore there will be only one, while there are many closed gates that surround the private properties that take advantage of those few meters of coastline useful to position camper or small mini-chalet. Me and my shadow keep enjoying this wonderful sunny afternoon, to arrive at an old rusty stairs with handrails, which gives access to the "Chapel of the Angel." 
you go down and I eat nails, as I have indicated on the GPS that I have with me lat-long coordinates that determine the exact location of a treasure that is hidden in this place .... From the information I had read on the website Geocaching Italy, I could have groped to find him without satellite data. But I is not polite to be outside of the box play the treasure hunt, so here today I have limited myself to take pictures. For the "geocache" I will come back some other time ... 
way, they arrive at last in sight of the houses by Ronco which wharf is coming out at that very moment the ship Hydrangea. Despite the working day, there seems to be enough people that you grant an excursion on the lake. Omegna in the background. 
Ronco A road ends. This village is the last town accessible by car. Who wants to go north must necessarily take the path that climbs to Ronco Sopra and Colma. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) There is no way that would enable to complete the circumnavigation of Lake coasting. The steep bank from here until Oira cliff into the water, not allowed to build the stretch that would bring up Omegna. Place a photo of the Alpha blog published in "Images of the Lake" which shows clearly what I wrote. You see, taken from the boat, the stretch of the west bank of the cascade Qualba, Oira and Vernier. 
within the village and found no indication that allows me to go without fail in choosing the right direction to go in Colma. I admire la bella chiesa di San Defendente e non scendo fino alle case sul lago perchè credo di avere poco tempo a disposizione. Ritornerò perchè le vie della frazione ,che portano all'imbarcadero dove attraccano i battelli della navigazione lacustre, hanno mantenuto un aspetto caratteristico medioevale e meritano di esssere visitate.
Chiedo alla prima persona che incontro qual'è la via da seguire per salire a Grassona. Fortunatamente è un "locale" per cui mi dà subito la giusta indicazione . Un piccolo appunto ai segnalatori di percorsi. Chi si avventura per la prima volta su un tracciato ha bisogno di trovare delle palette indicatrici chiare ed esplicative sulla via da intraprendere. In questo caso avevo intuito da solo dove dirigermi, But I had to ask for confirmation to be sure of this, in the absence of a precisely Index palette. I write because I know that from here the route passes the famous "Girolago" and therefore could be reported appropriately. Then take the challenging trail. 
Going up in the woods of chestnut trees (this year "sick" due to parasitic "...), Chinese along the ancient pilgrimage trail that connected the religious Orta Sacro Monte di Varallo to that, there are some chapels (two to be precise, the latter of which is its dilapidated) which, in addition to call to prayer stop, made it possible to catch his breath during ascent. 
A Ronco Sopra, a few houses renovated to use vacation, meeting three people who are chatting amiably in front of their homes. I venture to ask if I'm good for Colma. In response, German-Italian idiom, I have some vague explanations do not completely understand, however, that comfort me. Find out more on seeing plates of cars parked near the Oratorio San Giulio, where the trail becomes a paved road that will continue to Colma and then Caesar, who is Austrian. The church of San Giulio (also known as the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary) is a bend in the slope that leads subsequently to other buildings, some of which are undergoing restructuring, others obsolete, being also part of Ronco Sopra. 
signs of "Girolago" (I had also found one in mid-ascent, however, was indicative of anything ...: at that point the trail had no deviation , just continue to go) after a long stretch of straight and steep, is go right to the path that will lead to Oira, instead I go up to the left and shortly after I left the woods and come out on top in Colma going towards the south passing close to ' Oratory of St. Francis of Assisi. 
Sono ormai entrato nel territorio del comune di Cesara : Colma ne è una sua frazione. La parte più dura del percorso è terminata. Ho raggiunto la sommità dell'altura che a sud assumerà le connotazioni di una montagnetta, ben visibile e caratterizzante il panorama costiero sopra Pella, il monte Camosino, appunto. Mi aspetta ora una lunga ma certamente non faticosa camminata per ritornare ad Alzo percorrendo la strada asfaltata che transitando da Grassona porta fino ad Egro. Verso ovest la visuale spazia da Cesara con il Monte Mazzone che la sovrasta, su su fino alle montagne che delimitano lo spartiacque del bacino lacustre con la Val Sesia (sullo sfondo , per chi conosce i luoghi...,si intravvedono i pascoli dell'Alpe Previano alle pendici del Monte Novesso). 
La strada verso Grassona è lunga ed alterna tratti piani con leggere salitelle . Il percorso è però rilassante in quanto basta godere delle bellezze che attraverso. Ho anche modo di scoprire che c'è un'alternativa alla strada asfaltata che sto percorrendo, poichè appena oltre la cappella all'entrata di Grassona quando inizia una leggera discesa, parte il sentiero "palettato" TO con le destinazioni, che fa parte di un percorso, credo alternativo, di Girolago e che si dirige verso Colma. 
Scendo verso Grassona e transito davanti alla Chiesa Parrocchiale dedicata a San Peter and Paul dates back to 1568 and then through a stunning first green background with my favorite Monte Avignon, and then back in the middle of a beautiful beech wood arrival in Egro, where the paved road ends. 
not I go to the top of Camosino are placed where the receiver antenna that can be seen from far, but I prefer Also, before you take the old and beautiful trail that leads to Mount San Giulio towards a shorter path to the end of which I can still enjoy a great view of the lake and the cliff of the Madonna del Sasso (in the foreground with a "leg" of the vineyard sick ...) 
along the trail toward Mount San Giulio, you'll find a chapel, depicting the removal of Jesus from the Cross with St. Joseph and St. Anne at the sides, which calls for "those who pass this way, please note d ' an Our Father, Hail Mary. " 
Unfortunately, meeting even the signs of nature wound. Skeletons screaming towards the sky of plants that have suffered the stigma of fire, while below the colors of life frame the beautiful island. 
At the end of the trail well maintained and pleasant, we find the road that leads to the homes of Monte San Giulio grouped on a small plateau that softens the southern spur of Camosino. 
Step in front of the chapel at whose side a flowing fresh water collected from the fountain to which I also watered by filling the small bottle which had been emptied during the journey. Then admire the Oratory of St. Joseph, dating back to the nineteenth century and recently restored, then decided to take the two curves and the subsequent drop me back on paved provincial west of Lake Orta near the bridge over the river Durio Pellino. 
I'm almost at the end of this long journey and a little fatigue begins to emerge. Taking a couple of pictures of the roaring waterfall, looking out from the deck to the bottom of that Pellino rushing down there to a height cosiderevole. 
tackled the main road, uphill, which leads to where Ventraggia close the loop of this route. The road at this hour is a lot more traffic because there are so many workers returning to the valley (Cesar, Arola ...) after serving numorose factories in the industrial area of \u200b\u200bSan Maurizio. And finally back down to get up, cross the paese e comincio ad assaporare il momento in cui mi stenderò su di una sdraio a rilassarmi. 
Per completare questo mio lunghissimo post, al quale ho dedicato un paio di giorni...., riporto la scannerizzazione della cartina che appare sul depliant stampato a cura del comune di Pella. E' un lavoro veramente fatto bene. Oltre a raccogliere importanti notizie storiche e paesaggistiche, riporta una serie di descrizioni riguardanti le varie passeggiate che si possono intraprendere nel territorio comunale. Ed inoltre c'è anche la traduzione in tedesco. E' risaputo che i germanici hanno un debole per il nostro bellissimo lago. Averne di pubblicazioni così....
I even borrowed the title of the poster to make the title of my post: "On the shores of Lake Orta. 
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