Monte Pollino (2248 mt)

Saturday November 3, 2007. We are only two of us, the inseparable pair sprovveduti adventurers. We start from Lauria to 7.30 in the morning at a time of Refuge De Gasperi (1575 mt) of Piano Ruggio, a focal point for hikers in the area, located in the heart of the National Park Pollino. Parcheggiata car close to Colle dell'Impiso Goes Live to the summit Pollino. There infiliamo in the forest at the foot of the Serra del Prete, and in less than half an hour to reach sustained pace already in a plateau. We are down to 1453 meters, and from now on the road will be all uphill. Alongside a brook, then cross it: if I am not mistaken the river should be Frido the beginning of his path or a tributary. Accorciamo the beech forest along a coupon that allows us to reach briefly Plan Gaudolino (1684 mt), which comes wrapped in a fog hellish. Our ability guidance today will be put to the test in time bizarre. The visibility is bad, we just see the shadow of a tree before us. We sprovveduti we really, since we have forgotten (or rather, this is the fault of a single Domenico, but now without specifying which of the two) to house the maps of the area, and the compass. Well, now let us pay attention to the store with the few points of reference that we find in dense fog, and we undertake ably smooth the path that leads to the summit. Going up, the fog begins to go away leaving the post to a burning sun that soon we dries from our labors and obliges us to stop to free us from our warm clothes. We are back from the southwest side of the mountain, and looking towards the west will see countless examples of pine loricato our feet. The photos here are a must, but we should not lose too much time because the weather conditions seem unstable. So we come to the statue of the Madonna is placed 2240 meters, nell'anticima East looks to Serra Dolcedorme, obscured by clouds. Here is the case for us to withdraw in photos, and after an appropriate diet based sugars going to the true summit Pollino, at 2248 meters. Immortaliamo the time of the conquest of the peak on which persisted chiazze snow fall in the previous week, especially in the furrows and doline present in large numbers. Start Now the descent, pass without difficulty Plan Gaudolino and arrive at the source Spezzavummula (1664 mt), a meeting of our adventures on Pollino, whose waters during this period are "chiatrate" as we say in our language dialect. We come in a short time as the car, with the satisfaction of having covered the entire route (including stopovers) in 4 ½ hours just walking.