Description

This application was created through aninitiative of the Vialfrè Proloco (association promoting localculture and tourism), with the aim of promoting the town’ssurrounding territory, and has been motivated by the many requestsfor informative material by people passing this way. We believethat the tourist value of the area is to be found first of all inits pathways through natural surroundings, which can be travelledon foot, by bicycle or on horseback and are accessible all the yearround. Another attraction, as witnessed by the frequent passage ofcyclists that are to be seen every day, is in the many surfacedcycle routes along secondary roads with little traffic, connectingour hills to the spectacular hollow of the Morainic Amphitheatre onone side and the East bank of the Orco torrent on the other. Wehave tried to acquaint you with this area and encourage you tovisit it. In spite of being only a short distance from the bigcities of the north west, it features an environment little changedby human activity. Its large spaces include wild woodland, wideflatlands surrounded by beautiful mountains, evocative lakes andponds, areas of marsh and bog and charming hamlets which, if lessimportant than some other sites in our Region, are neverthelessrich in history.
In making this effort, all on a voluntary basis, we have posed theproblem of responsibility towards you, especially in the momentwhen we address a public that we do not know. While our environmenthas almost unspoilt, not greatly frequented areas, we do notbelieve that it poses excessive risks for those who venture there,because there are no particular hazards in the woods (e.g verythick vegetation, very steep slopes, cliffs, rock ledges and soon). We know however, especially for those coming from citysurroundings, that moving in the natural environment without duecaution can transform a pleasant trip into a situation of seriousdanger. The means at our disposal do not allow us to properlysignpost all the routes; in fact if we did we would be taking awaya good part of the charm of our territory. So we have also chosento include unsignposted routes. However, you may not have access tothis section of the application unless you have carefully read andaccepted this text, which we have written to safeguard everyone,you and us, from improper and potentially dangerous use of theinformation given.
The route descriptions that we provide, except in a few particular,limited cases, have the sole purpose of giving you an idea of theitinerary and of providing data for length and height; they do notaim to guide you along the trail. Instead, for this purpose we giveyou the opportunity to download the route on your smartphone ortablet in GPX or KML format and to follow it using one of the manyspecialised applications that exist for this type of function.Within the Application we also give you a very simple function,“Follow”, which however we invite you to use, especially in thewoods, only if you are familiar with tools of this kind and haveadequate experience, equipment and training. We didn’t rank theroutes by difficulty, because we think each one of us has differentperception of it. We preferred to give you enough information tomake your own decision, taking in account your personal level andyou parameters.
We thought it would be useful to give you some information aboutevents in the Canavese territory, with special focus and dedicatedservices for the events on the Vialfrè area.