A steep and unrelenting climb from the Ermeo di St Erasmo at (c. 830m) which is thankfully reachable by car, just. This path had recently had the markers repainted which made navigation easy once on the climb, although finding them at the start was less easy. Path goes north before curling up the side of Mt Pizzone. Loose underfoot. Then it was on to Semprevisa. (again well marked path).