| bagi13. 05. 2026 12:31:47 |
We took Alessia's idea as a base, which we upgraded with a slightly longer circular path  . It's quite far to the starting point and the day was already well advanced. The goal was thus to visit the abandoned village of Palcode, but the start was somewhere completely different. We chose the village of Cjampon as the starting point, where we parked the cars on a neat parking lot next to the church.
The initial part of the path was a warm-up, as it ran on asphalt. The morning chill ensured we weren't too hot. But the steep ascent on path 832 warmed us up properly; it branched off from the village road after about a kilometer. It led us to the first peak of the day, Monte Celant. This one was planned, the next peak much later was not  . A deep descent to the alpine pasture Tamar followed, which interestingly has the same name as one near us. Furlans call alpine pastures stavoli, and translations can vary. Anyway, there stands a nicely maintained bivouac Guglielmo Varnerin under the auspices of CAI, maintained by the owner of the buildings and the land they stand on. He explained everything about the continuation to us, especially when he realized we weren't exactly tourists  .
He advised us to descend to the valley on the gravel road, which we gladly took advantage of. At the lowest point, we looked for path 831A, which after a long time brought us to the forgotten village of Palcoda. Unbelievable how far this settlement was from larger places and road connections. To tell the truth, I wondered where we missed the turn-off. Some more data... the hamlet of Palcoda dates from the 16th century, and at its best times 160 people lived there. They were engaged in forestry, charcoal making, livestock farming, seasonal work, and straw mat production. Due to extremely difficult living conditions, the inhabitants began emigrating after World War II, and the village was abandoned. Today, only the church of San Giacomo is renovated; everything else has been reclaimed by mother nature.
After a longer break, we continued on path 831A towards the saddle Forchia di Negardaia. A surprise awaited us there. We should have continued left on path 831, but the signpost at the saddle pointed it straight over the ridge. Path 831A should actually run there. Despite several attempts to find path 831 on its left slope, we didn't find it, so we shrugged our shoulders and started ridge walking. We followed ancient markings that kept disappearing, visited another peak named Cima Lareseit, and for the grand finale, an extremely steep and exposed descent to the saddle Forchia Cesilar followed. Per Esperti, without a doubt. On top of that, we experienced another surprise. At this saddle, the markings told a completely different story than before. Here, path 831A was correctly marked over the ridge, not as at the previous saddle. Understand it who can...
The day was slipping away from us quickly due to additional complications, so we shifted into a higher gear. Both paths ahead, 831 and 820, allowed it, and we were quickly in the valley. The late hour had its plus too. The sun had already dipped behind the hill, and we descended in pleasant shade . Along the valley, there was just some asphalt walking to the starting point, and the nice loop was completed. More in the photo story.
Coordinates of the starting point (Cjampon): 46.2594300N, 12.8313236E
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