Agricola San Maurizio
Transhumance: traveling with tradition

The experience in short

TransHumanus, or the night of the move. A unique experience, a vertical transhumance of sheep that will start from the San Maurizio farm (784 meters above sea level) and will arrive in Prati di Mezzo (the summer pastures of Picinisco), along stretches of asphalt road and pieces of old paths.

The slowness, the sounds, the unique atmosphere .. It will be an exciting five-hour walk, facing a drop of over 700 meters, to accompany the sheep on their millennial journey to the mountains , on a summer night.

PROGRAM:

• 19:00 hours - Meeting and registration at Agricola San Maurizio and Aperitif with the shepherds;
• 21:00 hours - Sheep gathering and departure;
• 11.30 pm - Bivouac and shepherd's dinner ("shepherd's shoots" based on bread, PDO Picinisco pecorino cheese and vegetables);
• 4:30 am - Departure;
• 7:00 am - Arrival in Prati di Mezzo and breakfast with the shepherds.

Compulsory clothing and equipment: hiking shoes, shirt and jacket, hat, gloves, rain cape, snack, water, sticks (optional), pocket or front lamp, camera.

NOTE:

• Degree of difficulty : E (hiking; easy but requiring adequate training and equipment);
• Difference in altitude : about 700 meters;
• Distance : about 13 km;
• Type of route : sheep track, path, with stretches of asphalt road;

Our products

1. Pecorino di Picinisco DOP
2. Formaggi freschi