ITINERARY: ORCO FEGLINO – MONTE CUCCO’S CLIFFS – MONTE CUCCO’S CANYON – MONTE CUCCO’S PEAK – ORCO FEGLINO
By car (from Finale Ligure’s train station FF SS): you take the national road Aurelia (Strada Statale 1) in the direction of Savona and you turn left at the first crossroad (200 m after the roundabout). You drive now on the road SP27 (Street Domenico Brunenghi) for about 1,3 Km until you reach Finalborgo. Here you turn right joining the street SP27 towards “Feglino” for about 3,5 Km. At this point you will run into a deviation on your right-hand side for “Orco”. You take this deviation ( it goes uphill) for about 2,5 Km until you are able to see a big stone made building on your right-hand side. You turn right and u can park in the open space next to the building.
Duration: 1 h Length: 2 Km Elevation gain: 95 m
The trail is NOT signaled and hard.
It is possible to reach the climbing crags of “Monte Cucco” directly from the starting area simply following the trail that starts at the end of it. In a few hundreds of meters you will run into a grass field fitted with a stage, next to the climbing crags. Cross the field and the stage to reach the cave of “Monte Cucco” (“Cavernone del Monte Cucco”). This climbing crag it’s a symbol for all the climbers in Finale because it is the place where the first climbing routes started.
Walk along the cliff for about 300 meters to reach a bend that goes left and keep following this trail for the canyon area.
Now, you have to climb (the fixed ropes are safe) a little stretch of rock (we invite you to stop if you are not an expert). You are now into the canyon: keep following it until the end of it to reach the Canyon’s cave, a very special place that offers a beautiful panorama.
In front of the cave, another fixed rope is going to help you to get out from the canyon to continue the itinerary.
This new trail travers along the peak of the mount Cucco to rejoin the main trail that leads to the parking area. Into details: if you are very brave and confident, keep following the peak for 200m to reach the small statue of Jesus (this is very dangerous and we invite you to not reach the statue but to look at it from a safe distance from the precipice!). After that, it’s easy to find the trail in the woods on your right-hand side. Keep following the trail for about 250 meters to reach a crossroad: you can take the deviation on the right, to bump into a very peculiar area of historical and anthropological interest; go straight on for other 300 meters of reach a new fork: turn left and go downhill to finally arrive to the parking area.
(At the end of the itinerary, it is possible to have a big and good meal in the restaurant “Da Anna” in Feglino)
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