"This was the last hill I climbed before a hiatus of some six or more weeks following movement restrictions due to Covid and other things. In many ways it was a suitably gnarly affair. It got off to a bad start when parking on the S17 at 1km or so NE of Valvisciolo. The amount of household refuse that had been thrown into the ravine here was truly heartbreaking. It seems to be the local dump and I encountered the same kind of crap like fridges and mattresses, plastic bottles, utensils and you name it really, that I end up picking up off the beach 40km away. Struggling with this - all along the walk, really - one heads through some small holdings and then east along a good track. This then bifurcates and we took the zigzag up through the well manicured olive grove up to the building above it (this all looked somewhat private, but there were no signs to that effect). From here it is a long traverse around the side of the mountain before arriving at the east side and once again zigzagging up a path that became progressively better towards the top. There are some buildings here, my recollection is a little hazy, and this road continues to the west and ultimately Norma. From the highes..." — vygodski • Feb 24, 2021