Appennino Reggiano Le Valli del Secchia e l’Alta Garfagnana

Year: 2008 Format: 11x16 Pages: 452 Photos: with 56 one-day walking excursions and 2 one-week treks along the paths of the eastern part of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines National Park, one of the youngest but of great interest and variety of environments. In fact, it ranges from the famous Bismantova Stone to the amphitheaters of glacial origin, from the "Schiocchi" gorges to the villages and fortresses of Garfagnana, from the Triassic chalks of great scientific importance to the industrial archeology of the hydroelectric works of a century ago. Straddling Emilia and Tuscany, between the provinces of Reggio, Lucca and Massa, the high valleys of the Secchia and Serchio have for decades been enhanced by regional parks, state reserves, refuges, naturalistic studies, but with the establishment on both sides of a single national park, these jewels of the connection between the natural environment and the cultural landscape will be able to be coordinated and brought to the attention of a larger audience of hikers. The excursions are divided into 4 homogeneous sectors: Bismantova and Triassic chalk, Alta Val Secchia, the Cusna Valleys, Alta Garfagnana. This is followed by the proposal of two treks to slowly discover an area: the Spallanzani crossing path (with an unprecedented variant of great historical interest) and a ring around the "Giant" massif, Monte Cusna, which together with Monte Prado constitutes the " roof” of the National Park. Happy walking.