CUNEO CRONACA – Officina Monviso, the program of accompanied excursions aimed at groups of users of social-assistance and health services, day centers and communities in the Cuneo and Turin area, has reached its eleventh edition, organized with the aim of making the mountains increasingly inclusive and therapeutic. This year’s program is divided into five daily outings in July and a two-day trip with an overnight stay in a refuge in September and is dedicated in particular to young adolescents and their relationship with the mountain environment, to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the first female ascent of Monviso by Alessandra Boarelli, whose group included the very young Cecilia Fillia di Sanfront, to whom we want to dedicate this anniversary.
We start with two excursions in the province of Cuneo: on Wednesday 3 July from the Maira valley, the excursion to the ANPI “Carlo Fissore” refuge in Sant’Anna di Roccabruna is scheduled; the second stage is Thursday 11 July in Frassino in the Varaita valley on the San Maurizio ring: on this occasion musical entertainment is planned by Occit’amo festival. Afterwards, Officina Monviso moves to the Metropolitan City of Turin: on Wednesday 17 July the appointment is in the Chisone valley with a visit to the Fort and the “Carlo Alberto” forestry nursery in Fenestrelle; Wednesday 24th we reach Prà del Torno in the Angrogna valley for the excursion to the Saben and Chiot villages. The July excursion program concludes with the walk to discover the ancient mule tracks of Crissolo in the Po valley, scheduled for Wednesday 31 July. In September the traditional two-day excursion with an overnight stay at the Jervis refuge in Conca del Prà, in the Pellice valley, returns. To participate, or to request information, you can write to the email [email protected] or call 339.3166611.
Like every year, hundreds of people are involved in these initiatives: all participants will receive a free neck warmer, an official gadget of the initiative whose realization is made possible by the support of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Saluzzo. The scheduled activities are organized directly by day centers, communities and local entities in the field of disability, psychiatry, and services for minors who independently organize excursions in their own territory that are then networked and shared. This helps to activate a cooperative mode that favors interpersonal growth and the growth of the movement itself: an objective also well summarized by the motto of Officina Monviso, which is “To learn to walk together and enjoy beauty”. Various types of organizations participate in the coordination of the activities, the Montagnaterapia Piemonte network, the Consorzio Monviso Solidale, the Monviso Park, the Terres Monviso Occit’amo music festival, local administrations and associations, the CAI, the Alpine Rescue delegations and many other entities from the valleys involved, including, above all, numerous people who have given their availability to organize and participate on a voluntary basis.
The purpose of the event is to experience the mountain as a therapeutic, educational and cultural tool, making excursions an experience that allows you to socialize, get to know the territory, measure yourself and stimulate your emotional world. It is also a way to encourage the meeting between the realities of the social and the territory, discover new places and opportunities that the services can cultivate on other occasions even individually. The idea behind Officina Monviso is that the beauty of the mountain is a resource available to everyone and a source of well-being, therefore in line and full continuity with the path of the network of the Carta Etica della Montagna Regionale published in 2019.
