The Alpine farm lies within the Julian Pre-Alps Park, where a visitor centre (in Prato di Resia) and 5 information points offer plenty of information to familiarize yourselves with the protected area. An educational tour was set up near the farm. In Pian dei Ciclamini, the "Sentiero per tutti" ...
The Alpine pasture area, consisting of different environments – pastures, buildings, wood, water puddles – is frequented by several bird species, such as the black redstart and the yellowhammer, which find here the best feeding and nesting conditions. The large number of small birds, though, draws ...
The pastures of the Pieltinis farm embrace the whole eastern side of the namesake mountain and the talweg under the peak presents one of the richest moors of the entire Carnic Alp ridge. On the meadows bordering the farm, in addition to the monk's rhubarb, we also find the slender foxtail, the ...
The shrubs of green alder are an ideal habitat for the grouse. The male black grouse has a characteristic lyre-shaped tail and blue-black feathers, except in the undersides of its wings and on the side of the neck, where it is white.
The farm has been recently refurbished, while preserving the same architectural features of the past. The Malins lake is not far from here. Since it is shallow and has a rich aquatic vegetation, there are no fish and the fauna mainly consists of newts. The picturesque surrounding Alpine landscape ...
On the main door of the Alpine farm carvings and initials can be seen, which reveal the artistic qualities and the feelings of the successive farmers and herdsmen who have worked here.
As in a few other dairy huts of the region, in Ielma di Sotto the traditional milk-processing cauldron support, called "musse", has been preserved. The feet of the Colle di San Pietro, above the hollow where the Alpine farm lies, are dominated by larches, spruces and a few beeches. Why not looking ...
The entirely renovated dairy hut mirrors the old architecture. In particular, the stones that made up the original masonry have been meticulously preserved.
The Losa farm, owing to its magnificence, plays an important role in the Alpine farm sector. At a few metres from the farm we find a mostly dry branch of the Rio Losa river, near its banks we can admire the alpenrose, or the hairy Alpine rose, the winter heath or the spring gentian.
The abundant green alder trees around this Alpine farm provide the ideal environment for the grazing of numerous goats. The presence of the ground cistus is particularly interesting: it is an evergreen low-growing shrub with small, finely toothed leaves and with delicate pink-hued flowers.
From the top of Col Gentile, on whose NW side the farm lies, the view of the green ridge of the Losa, Navarza, and Torondon mountains and on the glacial valleys that cut through it on the southern side is really magnificent. In the background, the Creta Forata with its sharp and raw pinnacles.
Lying at a comparably low altitude, its pastures are grazed between mid-May and mid-October. The grassy saddle of Navas (1,025 m) overlooks the Degano valley, northward, and is dominated by the calcareous massifs of the Monti di Volaia and by the Monte Coglians to the north, while you can admire ...
Slightly beyond the Tita Piaz shelter, we find the Baita Torino, which is used by the University of Trieste as an Alpine botanical research facility. At the Tita Piaz shelter a ring-shaped trail named "Bosco Flobia" begins, which is equipped for the visually impaired and the blind. At Casera ...
The renovation of the Alpine farm buildings by their owners included the restoration of the old hut, which bears witness to the everyday life once led on Alpine pastures. In the pools of the farm you can find the grass snake, the Alpine newt, the common frog and the dragonfly. Below the farm you ...
From the Meleit hut you can reach the peak of Monte Dauda (1,765 m). You continue Eastward and, when the road starts descending, you take the trail on the right which, after passing by the remains of Casera Chiâs di Sopra, leads you onto the shoulder of the mountain and from there, on the left, ...
Dirt roads may include fairly bumpy stretches, especially after unfavourable weather; in particular, the descent from the Corce saddle to the ruins of the Dolaces farmhouses. In the densely-growing brushwood shrubs lives a nice, peculiar animal: the dormouse, a small rodent of the Gliridae family ...
From Mongranda, following the CAI trail no. 806 you can reach the Val dairy hut; opposite it, Eastward, on the South-Western side of Monte Lovinzola you can see the "Crist di Val" grotto. Its walls and part of the vault are almost completely covered with engravings and bas-reliefs. In the past it ...
The panoramic view that you enjoy from Monte Cuar embraces the whole plains of Friuli and, on particularly clear days, you can glimpse the sea. Griffons wheel around this area and you can find ponies in the wild (the Konics)
It is located in an area which is famous for its many botanical varieties. Monte Cuarnan is a large grassy pyramid from which the eye can freely roam over the entire Friuli, at its top lies the Chiesetta del Redentore.
Along the historic mule track that from the Confin farm descends to Venzone lies the characteristic 15th-century small church dedicated to St. Anthony, who is traditionally viewed as the protector of cattle and of travellers.