Via Geoalpina | Stage 3 Alpe Curgei - Alpe Pian di Boit

From the bivouac of Alpe Curgei, descendtowards Cicogna along the VBAP06 path, a track that is not always clear. The path runs from the 1338 m of Curgei to the 921 m of Varola, the ridge that closes the Fornale della Val Pobbi to the south-west, moving mainly in the beech wood and crossing pastures and hay meadows that once opened around pastures and short fallow meadows - which have now become wild and disappear - colonised by fern, broom and birch.From Varola, the path descends again along the ridge to an altitude of about 750 m, then turning left, in a southerly direction and reaching the Corte di Premiago (altitude 695 m) with an easy crossing. From here,along a steep mule track, you lose altitudein a natural watershed and, bypassing a hump, you reach the gorge of the Pogallo brook, which you cross at the Ponte della Buia bridge (463 m). Once over the bridge, the route climbs steeply up a mule track that preserves, for long stretches, the ancient stepped cobblestones, until you intercept, just downstream of the village of Cicogna, the VBP00 path that goes up the gorge of the Pogallo brook, from Cicogna to Pogallo.Take the VBP00 path to the right, in the direction of Pogallo, along the imposing Sutermeister road, a historic stone paved road, which runs high above the stream on the western side of the valley, passing numerous small valleys, gullies and channels, supported by dry stone walls and, in some stretches, cantilevered over the gorge. With an ascent and descent of about 150 m, in an hour and a half you reach the wide meadow of Pogallo. After crossing the meadow and before reaching the village, follow the VBAP12 path on the right along the edge of the meadow until you take the stone mule track which, hidden by the wood, descends steeply towards the gorge of the Ghina brook, which you cross over on a stone bridge. The path climbs alternating left and right orographic sections, going past the pastures of C.le dei Galli, Alpe Preda di Qua and Alpe Preda di L, up to Alpe Pian di Boit (1128 m), where the Park's homonymous bivouac is located, which concludes the stage of the itinerary. The bivouac, unguarded and always open, sleeps eighton boards under the roof; it is heated with a fireplace and has a fountain in the appurtenant area. For information, please refer to the Park Authority at 0324/87540.