37th Ciaspolada for those who have never heard of "snowshoes"
January 6th I attended the largest Ciaspolada of Italy, starting from three named Piper wakes tricolor with the Plain and Romeno arrival (after 10 km) to the Fund in Valle di Non
we participated in almost 6,000 people, some professionals for competitive, but most Part amateurs.
with snowshoes (a word derived from the dialect Nones) means a snowshoe made to increase the floor area so the "floating". Those are traditional rope and wood, while those in use today are plastic.
a great way to visit new places, to enjoy beautiful natural landscapes, to see them in a different color, the white snow with his blanket that puts to rest any noise, and makes us spend a day out of time in complete separation from the fast and noisy life of every day.
all interspersed with some refreshment (Trentino great organization!) In typical wooden gazebo, with characters that have a warm welcoming mulled wine, delicious biscuits and apples Nones!
arrival, after 2 hours of snowshoeing, could not miss a lunch in a restaurant with typical food lost between the small villages of the Valle di Non
Ciaspolada will be the next "Moonlight" (the night are organized in periods of full moon for obvious reasons) ... it is ciapolade night, very impressive.
they are organized in the summer (!!!), one of the most productive region for tourism organization ... in Romagna! The organizing Ciaspolada Beach!
and then return home with a winter sunset so beautiful and went to hide in the mountains ...
Trivia:
each year makes its way between those who snowshoe in Val di Non a strange man who calls himself "shark"
even if the temperature is closer to that of a freezer that those of a tropical climate, this original snowshoe zipping through people wearing only a swimsuit and written on the back (on bare skin!) his cell phone number in hopes that some girl I am struck ... what to say, the world is great as it is diverse! or damaged?? :-)