Above Balme, turn left and cross the Stura di Lanzo river via a wooden bridge with great westward views towards Bessanese. On the opposite side, in front of an ice rink, the dirt path splits: select the left fork, which descends gently. After a few metres, you’ll arrive at the official information board signifying the route’s start, with several installations along it.

Ignoring side turnings, continue along the dirt track, which has several benches alongside it. A little further on, there is a good viewpoint over La Gorgia, a gorge with a striking waterfall (the fountain is just beyond). A diversion channel feeds a small power station at the base of the falls: the plant, opened in 1909, is one of the oldest still in operation.

The dirt track turns into grass and narrows as it passes under the Pakinò drag lift. Nearby, wide views open to the north-east, overlooking Punta Croset on the opposite side, Monte Doubia, and Monte Plù, along with the watershed that includes the Lanzo Grande Valley.

After about a hundred metres, leave the path heading towards the Cornetti hamlet and take a faint grassy track on the right (note: no waymarking). The track climbs across the meadow in a semicircle to a clearly visible wooden hut near the top of the drag lift. Take a very steep forestry track on the left and follow it until it joins a wider dirt track near the Alpe Arbosetta (1,530 m), the route’s highest point. Follow it downhill into the secluded Paschiet side valley, known locally to Balme residents as “servìn”, meaning wild and uncultivated (the nearby Monte Servin also takes its name from this word).

Skirt the attractive Frè hamlet (1,505 m) from above, cross a tributary on a wooden bridge, then descend on tarmac to the Paschiet brook. Cross it either by using the concrete-pipe ford a little upstream (for those with reduced mobility) or the footbridge just downstream, then continue north-east on a gentle descent along the grassy forestry track. Along this section, signs identify the botanical species present, particularly maples, beeches, and larches.

After several ups and downs, a steep descent leads to the Villaggio Albaron hamlet, near the former Sauzè drag lift, where the official itinerary ends.