On the southern slope of Monte Avanza, which dominates the Alpine pasture, the old copper and silver mines, with the remains of the pestles used to smash minerals can still be found. The historically interesting area can be reached walking by following the CAI marked trail no. 173 which begins at ...
The farm was rebuilt after being destroyed by a snow slide in the 80’s. A large colony of groundhogs has settled on the pastures extending from the hut to the Marinelli shelter. The Marinelli shelter was built in 1901 and was dedicated to Giovanni Marinelli, a geologist and the first chairman of ...
On the path connecting Pramosio and Malpasso, you can find the headstone dedicated to the Carnic carrier Maria Plozner Mentil, who died during World War I while delivering ammunitions to front-line units. Her story, and that of all Carnic women carriers, was gradually forgotten until 1997, when ...
The Alpine farm lies on the northern sides of Monte Terzo and allows sweeping the horizon from the Coglians group to the Passo di Monte Croce Carnico, from the Pal Piccolo to the Pal Grande. Here you can admire the open-air museum of the Pal Piccolo, one of the main war theatres of the Carnia area ...
At the Zoufplan lakes outcrops of effusive volcanic rocks can easily be spotted. On Monte Zoupflan the regional Civil Defence service built a "football"-shaped building housing a weather radar and the equipment needed to detect seismic movements. In Cercivento, before taking the road leading to the ...
Along the way you find some ancient inscriptions attesting the existence of the road (misnamed as “Via Julia Augusta”) that connected Aquileia with the Noricum through Passo di Monte Croce Carnico. Near the crossing place, on the Austrian side, the WWI emplacements have been recovered and an ...
Along the road that leads to the Alpine farms from Paularo, around 1 km after the "Maina della Schialute", a sign on the right marks the starting point of the short trail leading to the "Palma" – a formidable, century-old white fir included among the natural monuments of Friuli Venezia Giulia. Six ...
"Report on the yield of Alpine farms in Carnia [...] In the year 1295 183 large animals and another 200 small animals grazed on Monte Pizzul, owned by Mistro Giacomo qm Osualdo Gambelutto d'Incaroj, with an annual yield of 1753 lbs. of cheese – Et Ego Giuseppe Vendro de communi Imperiali ...
The pasture is active in the first and last grazing weeks; in the mid-weeks the activity moves to the Lodin Alta pasture. Nearby is Stua di Ramaz, a place north of the gorge of the Chiarsò brook, which owes its name to the great levee ("stua" = sluice) built to facilitate the descent downstream of ...
Malga Lodin Alta is active in the intermediate grazing period. The early and late grazing takes place in Malga Ramaz. It is located on the southern slopes of Monte Lodin, which is characterized by rocks dating from the Silurian period. These rock formations of marine origins contain several fossils ...
Malga Meledis Alta is active in the intermediate grazing period. The early and late grazing takes place in the Meledis Bassa farm. Slightly uphill from the hut, climbing up to the Cima Val di Puartis, you can see the Austrian trenches used in the Great War.
The pasture is active in the first and last grazing weeks; in the mid-weeks the activity moves to the Meledis Alta farm.
In 1478 a bloody clash took place on the Plan di Lanze between the Turks who were trying to cross the pass and the troops of the Republic of Venice, supported by Carnic militias. The Turks were defeated and driven out and Carnia was saved from their dreaded raids. According to the legend, the name ...
The hut lies near the peak of the namesake mountain in a location of astounding beauty. Its wonderful panoramic position make it a spectacular vantage point on the peaks of the Carnic Alps nearby, such as the Zuc del Bôr and the Monte Cavallo, and of the Julian Alps, such as the Jôf di Montasio and ...
The Glazzat Bassa Alpine pastures are used at the beginning and end of the grazing period. Here thrive such species as the Alpine clover, the bearded bellflower, the wild geranium and various ferns. The Glazzat Alta pastures and hut structures (1,348 m), with its additional rural tourism ...
The pastures and structures of the Caserutte farm (1,419 m) and the pastures of the Conca di Aip are also part of the Rio Secco facility. The Aip valley whose shape resembles that of a trough – hence the Friulian name aip – is marked by a threshold that climbs several metres above the valley floor, ...
The pastures and structures of Malga Auernig (1,609 m) are part of the Tratten Alpine farm facility. In the areas bordering the Pramollo pass we can observe the magnificent Wulfenia carinthiaca, a protected plant species that can be seen from late June to early July. It was discovered in 1779 by ...
The name of the Alpine farm is linked to the Monte Santo di Lussari, on whose top a 16th-century sanctuary lies, whose origins date back to the miraculous finding of the sacred image of the Madonna by a herdsman from Camporosso. The church is also named "of the three peoples", since it is a place ...
The Montasio plateau is the largest area devoted to mountain grazing in the whole region. The district includes the following Alpine farms: Cregnedul di Sopra, Larice, Parte di Mezzo and Pecol, where cheese-making and rural tourism activities are undertaken. The Montasio plateau, a place of ...
During WWI the hut was the military logistics centre of the valley. Near the farm a small church commemorates the fallen of the Gemona Battalion; there are also the relics of military shelters and a cavern known by the name of "Compagnia dei Briganti".