The trail is named in honour of the Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, a young man born in Turin; he loved the mountains and was an expert mountain-climber.
The CAI (Italian Alpine Club) has set up a national scheme for creating a trail in his name in each Italian region.
In Friuli Venezia Giulia, the trail goes through the municipalities of Maniago, Fanna, Frisanco and Andreis and can be divided into three stages. It is a wonderful trail offering a mixture of history, faith and nature. From the plain of Maniago it rises through the Carnic Prealps, in Val Colvera and Val Cellina, through small towns and villages of immense beauty, such as Poffabro. The many churches, chapels and monasteries dotted along the route clearly testify to the region’s centuries-spanning religious history.
- Length: 39 km
- Time required: 15 hours
- Elevation gain: 1401 m
- Difficulty: easy from Maniago to Poffabbro
Info:
CAI, Maniago branch
Tel. +39 0427 730749
maniago@cai.it
cai.maniago@libero.it
