Cross the bridge over the Gura torrent, then turn right onto the track heading into the valley of the same name (fountain after about a hundred metres). Continue uphill alongside the torrent and the alluvial plain of I Gabi.

After one kilometre, the track becomes a mule path that climbs steeply through mixed woodland in zigzags. The path makes a wide semicircle, emerging higher up in a clearing just before the ruins of Gias Roccette (1,629 m).

Continuing uphill, pass alongside Alpe La Grotta (1,750 m), beyond which the trees gradually thin. Shortly after, you reach the lovely plateau of Rova Piana (1,800 m), a broad grassy expanse surrounded by rocky outcrops, with streams and waterfalls scoring them.

The path turns right, descending towards the deep gully of the Bramafam Brook. Cross it on a metal footbridge (removed at the end of the season and reinstalled the following summer), then continue on the opposite side, making your way alongside the rushing Gura torrent.

Leaving the path to the Ferreri-Rivero Refuge on your left, cross the stream again via a second metal footbridge. Beyond the piled stones of the gully, you reach a grassy slope that you climb along a fine path beneath imposing peaks, with excellent views back down the valley towards Forno Alpi Graie.

Pass Gias di Milon first (1,994 m), then Gias Gran Pian (2,144 m), a cluster of ruins. The path descends slightly to skirt below a rocky band, then resumes its climb with a series of steep, tight switchbacks. It’s not far now, though the small Daviso Refuge (2,280 m) only comes into view at the very last moment.

Dedicated to the memory of the Aosta Valley baron Paolo Daviso, who died tragically in an accident on the Bessanese in 1921, it is a spartan yet welcoming building that perfectly embodies the spirit of Alpine refuges. The normal route to the Levanna Orientale passes through here, a great classic of the Lanzo Valleys.