Via dello Sbrinz - Via del Gries | Variant Stage 1A Montecrestese - Pontemaglio

From the car park at the Crevoladossola- Montecrestese exit of the SS 33 (near Lake Tana), follow the wide path along the wide embankment of the lake until you reach a wooden bridge that you ignore to continue straight on until you arrive below the overpass Turn slightly to the right and then take the flat asphalt road to Roledo on the left. Shortly after, at Agriturismo AZ in Piaggino, take the asphalt road on the right which climbs steeply up to the first hairpin bend. The beautiful mule track of Valle dei Cani begins here and gradually climbs up to the hamlet of Lomese. After passing through the small hamlet, which has wonderful examples of traditional stone architecture, follow the carriage road to the hamlet of Chezzo. At the beginning of the hamlet, you take a dirt track that you follow for a short stretch before almost immediately taking the well-preserved mule track on the right that crosses the dirt track again at a small chapel. From here, the well-preserved mule track made of cyclopean stone-slabs, continues along the hillside to reach the small village of Pontemaglio, where you come across the Via del Gries - Via Sbrinz coming from Crevoladossola at the oratory.