VILLAR PELLICE Comba - Pertusel loop

Until the 1960s, it was mainly used by those cultivating potatoes, rye, and especially vines on the terraced slopes. The toponymy also refers to this cultivation: along the route, you encounter a locality called "tinage," a name likely derived from the word "tino." Today, these crops no longer exist and have been replaced by spontaneous vegetation (chestnuts, birches, oaks).

The route starts west of the municipal cemetery, following the mule track that ascends with some hairpin bends to loc. Courbira, overlooking the Rospart valley. Then the path turns left, reaching loc. Cougn, a still fairly preserved hamlet. The trail continues climbing until it meets the paved road near the Cuccuruc hamlet (950 m). It proceeds along the road to the Comba hamlet, from where the path resumes with switchbacks and diagonals to Pertusel (1,181 m), a hamlet in a splendid position with panoramic views of the wild opposite Rospart valley, upper Val Pellice, and the plain.

For the return, it is advisable to follow the carriage road descending towards the valley floor and, after passing the hamlets of Bodeina and Uccioire (870 m), take a fork ascending briefly to the Mottero hamlet, up to the next hairpin bend, where a flat mule track leads to the Cougn hamlet, from which you return to Villar Pellice.