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Short rides on horseback and equestrian tourism The Canavese discovers bridleways and trekking

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The second certified route after Rueglio Boom of journeys in nature will soon be in Issiglio: “A potential to be seized”

The Treccani defines the horse trail as a circuit for excursions and trekking on horseback, articulated along old mule tracks, dirt roads and paths, with rest areas in farmhouses, guesthouses or shelters. It provides stopping places where the rider and the horse find assistance, refreshment and can stay overnight. By narrowing to the Canavese, land of horses since Roman times, we realize how much this is an expanding reality to which the territory is slowly beginning to give answers. Canavese where there are about thirty realities between riding schools, ranches with b & b, riding schools, to which are added amateur sports associations and groups of attacks. The goal, the experts explain, therefore seems to hook equestrian tourism here too, enhancing what the territory already has in itself for morphology and tradition: paths, woods, nature, landscape, food and wine, historical places. “But – warns Guido Scavarda of the Cavalchiusella riding school, in Lugnacco, and national referent recognized by the Coni for Acsi Italia equitazione – to succeed it is necessary to create a system, from catering to hospitality”. Meanwhile, while the first certified horse trail in the Canavese is one year old in Rueglio, a second one is about to be inaugurated in Issiglio. Equestrian tourism, or people from outside who remain in the area, or one-day outings. Hence the multiplication of trekking tours on horseback promoted by various operators and included in the half-price service packages offered by the Consortium of tour operators of the Canavese valleys, such as the ring of the western Morena which stops in the protected natural area of ​​Pianezze, in Vialfrè, in places rich in history such as the ducal castle of Agliè or the Napoleonic canal that flows from Castellamonte, Agliè, San Giorgio. And again, horseback riding on the Via Francigena, among the greenery of Valchiusella, on the path of the White Stones, in Candia, or the Alta Via of the Morainic Amphitheater of Ivrea. Also go out at night. Or in a carriage.

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Rueglio-Cima Bossola

It is the first and currently the only certified horse trail in the Canavese area. As such it has been tested and tested by a riding instructor who has tested its practicability, level of difficulty, points of support, stretches to be covered with greater attention. Inaugurated in the summer of 2020 by the Municipality of Rueglio on input from Cavalchiusella, it develops on a ring route of about thirty kilometers from the 600 meters of altitude of the Guije di Garavot to the 1,500 of Cima Bossola. Where, in fact, there is the municipal refuge where you can refresh yourself or stay overnight (intermediate stage). Two hours to go up and two hours to go down with the stop in between. “At the inauguration there will have been fifty people – says the mayor of Rueglio Gabriella Laffaille – In July we organized a night outing that the bad weather was unable to spoil, we are satisfied, it is a way to experience nature that resumes our tradition and enhances our valley ». Being certified, the horse trail is maintained by the Municipality, with a group of local volunteers, forestry workers and the active intervention of Cavalchiusella.

12 km issiglio-castelnuovo nigra

Cavalchiusella who in recent weeks is working on the second certified horse trail in the Canavese area, together with the Municipality of Issiglio. Thanks to which it will be possible to go on horseback, along a safe path through the woods, up to Castelnuovo Nigra: it will be an easy path along a dozen kilometers, in the shade, with a stop at the Palasot of Castelnuovo Nigra and return to Issiglio. Inauguration hypothesized for autumn, between the end of September and October. «Cavalchiusella has already tried the route, to leave we await the last tests – specifies the mayor of Issiglio Sergio Vigna – It is a nice simple itinerary that will appeal to the increasing number of enthusiasts. Thinking of a further service, I would like to make the area of ​​the sports field available to those who descend. In this way the horses can be hitched and those who have finished the excursion can take a shower in the facilities of the plant ».

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there is to do

But “it takes years to choose the right horses and prepare them, because you must be able to make docile animals available to anyone who arrives at the stables with a good harmony compared to the equestrian technician who is at the head of the group”: in the reality of Scavarda, affirmed in international level with enthusiasts who come from Brazil, Argentina, Germany, England, training courses for carers are also promoted. «An excellent synthesis of our history, trekking on horseback – sums up Laura Salvetti, president of Ami – It unites the Romans and Eporedia to the Carnival, San Savino, the environment and the landscape. We have not yet made a bang, of course, but in this as in other forms of outdoor in the Canavese I believe a lot. We go in small progressive steps. It is a beginning ».

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