A trip out to the mountain

Day out on our mountain - May 2022

From our room in Locoe we look out towards the mountain that towers above the town of Oliena and a friend of the family, Davide, offered to guide us one day to explore a different landscape there....

The route we take up the mountain is a little tiring, but there are no navigational issues as it has become a popular destination for day-trippers, most of whom only make it as far as the car park at the top of the ridge.  There are stunning, precipitous views down towards the town and across to the provincial capitol of Nuoro.

View down to Oliena from the road up Monte Maccione

     At the top of Corrasi waiting for the rest to arrive  

                                                                             

View across towards Tiscali and Gorrupu

Our guide, Davide, leads us across the rocky terrain of the vast mountain plateau heading for picnic lunch at a shepherd's hut known as a pinnettu in Sardinian.

Big tree....
 

More typical, smaller trees....

'Su cuile Vilithi'(1,170m) appears, camouflaged amongst the rocks and low-growing vegetation, as it has been built using juniper wood and rocks from the surroundings...

The high point in any day is, of course, lunch - wherever you might find yourself.

Outside is the now disused enclosure for the sheep.  All around there are cracks and crevices between the rocks(limestone) in which we see that lots of species of flower and succulents are able to survive at the height of 1,463 metres (summit Punta Corrasi); there are a very stunted juniper trees and one large tree in a narrow gully that we passed on the way over.

Cyclamen...