Circular hike from Somp Cornino on Mt. Prat to Mt. Cuar with views of the Tagliamento River
Strolling through the narrow streets of the hamlet of Sompcornino, one discovers a charming rural village that grew up around the oratory of San Vincenzo Ferreri, built in 1779. This hamlet develops along winding roadways, with houses that reveal a clear rural matrix, highlighted by the use of simple materials and traditional structures such as wooden balconies.
Ascending the Monte Prat plateau, located at about 850 meters in the municipality of Forgaria, one discovers a fascinating landscape. Once used as a summer shelter for livestock, today it features renovated stone dwellings and tourist accommodations. The area is surrounded by dry stone walls and more than 40 km of marked trails that wind through beech forests and lush pastures. Here, the harmony between man and land is perceived through ancestral flavors and traditions, witnesses of the local culture.
Tourism, respectful of the nature that characterizes the place, finds in Monte Prat a state-of-the-art hospitality formula.
Between April and May, the landscape is colored with blooms of shrubs of the hemer and raven pear tree, while violets, periwinkles, blue muscari and borrana sprout on the ground, enriching this corner of paradise.
In Cornino it is possible to visit the Cornino Lake Nature Reserve, an enchanting place characterized by a crystal-clear lake fed by underground springs and unique flora. Also important is the Griffin Project, dedicated to the reinstatement of the griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), a majestic vulture known as "the condor of Curnin."
