The starting point of the path n. 17/317 is located in Via G. Marconi in Cocquio Trevisago in front of the station and near the shopping center, with a large parking lot.

Along the Via Stazione first and through the "Strada per Caldana" then, climb uphill to the final staircase, from which you can see in the distance the summit called "Forte di Orino".

Then, proceed for a hundred meters along the Provincial Road n. 39. After passing a sports field and the Church of S. Maria Assunta, built in 1249 and enlarged in the seventeenth century, take, on the right, in Carnisio, the street indicating the "Contrada" of the same name.

The via Contrada Carnisio leads to the center of Caldana, where you will meet the Via "Contrada San Bernardo" with panoramic views of the Ossola Alps and Monte Rosa. Along it, now uphill, you leave the village and reach Cerro, an ancient rural village, in the center of which stands the small church of 1600, dedicated to the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, St. Bernard and St. Anthony Abbot.

Leaving the village along Via Castagneto, you meet, after a hundred meters, a fork.

• Continuing straight you can reach, passing by the resort "Bivacco", first a sports field and then the village of Orino.

The itinerary turns right following the path n. 10A/310A (Velate-Orino) going up the steep slopes of the mountain until it meets a crossing of paths:

• To the right continue the path n. 10A/310A in the direction of Velate;
• To the left a mule track leads to the sports field and the village of Orino;

The path n. 17/317 continues straight on, continuing up the wooded northern slopes of Mount Prà Camarée until you reach another junction, after about eight hundred meters.

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  At the crossroads, on the left, a track connects the path with the path n. 2/302 (Orino-Forte di Orino). The path n. 17/317 continues uphill, gradually taking altitude, until reaching 1000 m.s.l.m. Here, on the right, you cross the path n. 13/313 (Gavirate-Forte di Orino) and n. 11/311 (Comerio-Forte di Orino). From this point forward the path follows the path of these paths keeping the line of maximum slope for about two hundred meters, first in a fir tree then through a shrub and grassy area.

Then you enter the Military Road coming from the east (path n. 1/301 Prima Cappella-Forte di Orino) and a little further, near a hairpin bend, you meet on the left the path n. 2/302 (Orino-Forte di Orino).

Follow the final stretch of the Military Road, reaching the top "Forte di Orino" to 1139 m.s.l.m., where there is a fortified military square belonging to the "Linea Cadorna" representing an excellent viewpoint over the Prealps, Piedmontese and Central Alps and the Verbano as well as the Western Po Valley and the Varese lakes.

DETAILS:

• Itinerary duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
• Distance: 6,5 km 
• Difficulty: difficult
• Altitude difference: 869 mt.
• Starting point: Cocquio Trevisago, station
• Finishing point: Forte di Orino
• Parking: Cocquio Trevisago, station