AVU Alta Via dei Lupi | Stage 8 Ellena-Soria refuge - Genoa-Figari refuge

From the Ellena-Soria refuge, the M10 mule track branches off to the right, which climbs towards the North West, passes near the Gias Alvé (1840 m) and climbs with numerous hairpin bends on the orographic left of the Fenestrelle Valley. The mule track reaches the ruins of Gias Balmetta (2157 m), then leaves the track to the right for Gias Confurci (2281 m). From here it passes the top part of the valley, passes a small lake (c. 2410 m), a ruined former military shelter and reaches the Gesso della Barra-Rovina watershed, where Colle di Fenestrelle opens up (2463 m). From the pass, the M10 path, past some pools of water, descends northwards on the slope of the Rovina (Chiotàs Basin) with a tortuous route, then, after a short climb, it takes you to the western slopes of Punta Ciamberline, from here it continues with a semi-circular route, the descent until connecting, at a height of c. 2000 m, to the cart track (M8) which, beyond the Chiotàs basin, quickly reaches the Genova-Figari refuge (2010 m) on the shore of Lake Bròcan.