The path n. 18/318 starts in Rancio Valcuvia near the picnic area at the intersection of the Provincial Road n. 62 and Via Valganna. Not far away, the historic center of the village, houses ancient houses of medieval origin, the former convent of the Umiliati and the stone bridge over the river Rancina.

Walking west and passing some houses, a short stretch of wood and a meadow, you reach a dirt road, to be overcome to go up immediately after along a path to the mountain. Here you cross a dirt track about ten meters long, then turn right along a short uphill path leading to a farm.

You come out on a hairpin bend of the S.P. n. 62 next to which, immediately on the left, overlooks the ancient cobbled road of "Sass Merèe", which goes uphill and winds between the northern side of the rocky buttress of Sass Merèe and the valley line of the Torimboro stream until it joins the S.P. n. 62.

You have to walk the Provincial Road for a hundred meters, reaching the town of San Francesco. The path continues on the left going into a beech wood and climbing along a wooded slope for a difference in altitude of about 150 meters.

At the end of the climb you reach Cavalitt where, on the left, there is a characteristic "Capanno" used as a hunting post. Then continue for a few hundred meters in the woods where you notice, here and there, suggestive reliefs consisting of porphyry rock outcrops characterized by the typical reddish color.

Staying on a large and comfortable track you can reach in a few minutes the Torbiera del Paù Majur (Major Swamp), one of the Nature Reserves of the Campo dei Fiori Park. After the Torbiera continue south for about two hundred meters until a junction with three other streets.

• Here, on the left, preceded by a large meadow, you can see the scattered houses of the lonely hamlet "Preciuso" of Brinzio.

The route, however, continues towards the valley, on the right, winding along a characteristic cobbled road downhill that, after a few hundred meters, reaches the town of Brinzio passing next to the typical Osteria called "Ur Grupp" and over the stone bridge over the Rio Valmolina stream.

A short distance, on the left, in Via Trieste n. 40, stands the headquarters of the Campo dei Fiori Regional Park.

DETAILS:

• Itinerary duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
• Distance: 4,4 km
• Difficulty: suitable for everyone
• Altitude difference: 208 mt.
• Starting point: Rancio Valcuvia, Via Roma corner viale Valganna
• Arrival point: Brinzio, Via Trieste
• Parking: yes