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Hanging out in search of treasures: STONE CROANA

Wednesday, 05/06/2009 Departure 14.11 '17.05 Arrival' Km.5, 9 of 373 m. to 693 m. Quazza-Cima STONE CROANA




Take your time, invite the Eagles vintage. The route today, it should have been the intention, instead turns out to be quite challenging in places. Abiamo finally decided to go to find the hidden treasure at the top of Stone Croana, which tickled us for some. With us today is John aggregate, a friend and companion Arnaldo countless hikes. E 'to him to explain how, following the directions on the GPS, get the exact place where the Geocache is placed, a sort of treasure hunt for lovers and users of satellite. We move to car to Quazzo, Piane Sesia village in the town of Serravalle Sesia. Parked near a bench at the very beginning of the road called the Path of Brenta, starting immediately with the beautiful slopes, there is rising rapidly in altitude.

La Pietra Croana è una piccola vetta, ben visibile già dalla strada di avvicinamento, posta all'inizio della Valsesia, tra le prime colline (che partono da Gattinara) che si elevano sulla pianura. Nonostante la quota modesta, offre un bel punto panoramico in quanto è più alta dei colli circostanti, ed è circondata da bei boschi, nei quali domina il castagno. Per redigere questo post, mi sono avvalso anche di un paio di foto e di alcune indicazioni scritte da "vlou", il creatore del geocache, che nelle note di descrizione inserite nella pagina dalla quale trarne sia le coordinate che altre utili informazioni, ha ampiamente descritto come raggiungere la locazione.

As we continue to rise, struggling at times as the gravel road surface makes us slip in the most harsh, savoring the scent of green is spreading more and admire the colors of the flowering plants.

reached an altitude from which you can already see some views to the east bank of the Sesia and its heights well know (among which we can distinguish the motto of the kids), the road becomes smoother and more gentle slopes.

In north-east you can see Mount Fenera with its steep west wall, dotted with caves, Ara and stretching down to the left bank of the Sesia. Progresses, more to the west, until you reach the stairs leading to the path that goes to the hut at the base of the rock wall, climbing the CAI of Novara. We opt for the easy way and simple: to continue the path 704 which goes almost flat and then head south to meet the path is 700, said "Among Dolcino.

study map that illustrates the circuit between the hiking trails of the hill communities "Areas of highest quality and Nebiolo Porcino," Sen Col project that deals with the part of territory running from Gattinara and get us to where we came to the north, and including Lozzolo and the Wood House, to the west. The trails are well marked with weather-vane test. Here, too, large map with the red dot to indicate the point where we are.

From there, abandoned the province of Vercelli, Biella and you enter the path is now marked by the palette, these beautiful sound, which indicate the paths that are part of the "Grand Crossing Biellese" Arnaldo "sniff" a path between the plants and invites us to follow starting a tough stretch ... We leave the relaxing way and face the steepest part of the day, as seen also in the elevation profile. (We could have avoided if only we had followed the road, then back down as we are to meet again where the road branches off the path to the top of Stone.)

However, passing from this path, we were able to admire the hills that we know well, on the other side of the river Sesia.

Grignasco at the valley, on the right and then the profile of Boca Capretta and the Cross of Teso

Still Grignasco and some peaks of the Park Fenera: Cross of Teso, Mt Lovagone, Mount Calvary, Motto and ditches along the Cerianelli houses perched on the slope leading to the Colma.

And to our left half of today: Top of Stone Croana.

Back to Bocchetto called "Break the dead", a crossroads of ancient paths of communication, other signs are placed with the description of the places we are going through. That of the Workers Mutual Aid Support Act has been ruined by some rude rude. Click another photo you can read a piece of local history that tells of the traditions rooted there and why it is so called here. Here we are at the crossroads of the "Trail Of Dolcino" (the 700) with the "Path of Brenta (the 704).

We take the very steep path that will lead us to the top.

arrive at the smaller peak, we have a panoramic view that allows us to sweep south and see how the rice fields of Vercelli plain are slowly filled with water.

Pass the smaller peak, it bends to the east and the trail becomes almost flat, but has suddenly exposed to the south, there is the end of the rock wall that borders on the move, so you should avoid getting too close to the edge in order to avoid potential slip hazard. We come finally to the summit. The treasure hunt is simple. Thanks to the coordinates displayed on the GPS, we carry over from his hiding place and the finding of the plastic bag that contains the jar with the treasure is a snap. While Eugene documents the discovery took place, Arnaldo opens cache containing a pencil pencils, a shell, a rubber doll and the log sheet on which to affix our signatures and our song commento.Dal you to enter a figure representing Disney Gambadilegno, and We shall close and relocate all where we found him waiting for some other geocachers it exhumed. The beauty of this place of concealment is not the difficulty that occurred to his discovery, but the road we had to travel to get there.

fulfilled our duty as researchers (By the way, since it was made a year ago, the treasure has been visited by two other geocachers, both from Germany), we stop to admire once again the view that offers us this place, even though the weather did not favor us in space towards the horizon due to the haze that shrouds the plain.

's time to go back to that group of houses can be seen below us: Quazzo, where we have the car. On the way back we decided to visit the hut at the base of the rock wall that acts as a gym climbing. At the junction with Trail Of Dolcino, take a left onto the 704 and soon reached the vicinity of the hut and then walk under the wall where "staged" in favor of the photojournalist, is an attempt to climb ...

From notes for instructions for finding the geocache, carry a few lines devoted to this gym
"On the wall are equipped with several climbing routes on porphyry, with difficulty to suit all tastes (from second to seventh grade UIAA, or 5.3 to 5.10 of USA): for those who can climb this may be the most direct way to reach and acceptable the top, allowing for the return walk in the woods. The wall faces south: this, together with the low altitude, you climb up nicely even in winter. "

climbing routes Stone Croana

E back to the car. Satisfaction for a decent walk (but in the days following accuse a lot of fatigue, unfortunately) and the discovery of the treasure.
Take it easy, sing the Eagles. Take it easy ... In fact we have the comfortable grip, we have not the slightest thought to face the wall ....

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