The route follows an ancient commercial mule track, once heavily traveled by those who, starting from Zogno or neighboring towns, headed toward the Seriana Valley along a strategic link rich in evidence of the past.
It is not only a typical path to be taken in autumn to learn firsthand about the tradition of harvesting, preserving and consuming chestnuts: it is a path capable of evoking emotions, memories and roots, inviting those who walk it to discover a cultural heritage linked to the land and the mountains. In fact, the Chestnut Trail is an easy-to-travel thematic path, traced on the slopes of Canto Alto and connected to the historic Via Mercatorum, already beaten in the Middle Ages for defensive and commercial purposes.
Having crossed the pretty little square of Piazza Martina, the route continues along a path that runs alongside a stream until it reaches the oratory of Sant'Antonio Abate: from here there is a striking view of Zogno and the valley capital.
The trail continues with gentle ups and downs, enriched by a dozen or so educational signs dedicated to the chestnut, which tell about curiosities and traditional practices. Coming out of the woods near the cemetery of Poscante, it descends to the left along the municipal road, passes the parish church of San Giovanni Battista and, to the right of the covered churchyard, is the entrance to the mule track that climbs to the Castegnone district, home of the famous Biligòcc.
Here, among stone houses and quiet alleys, you can visit the traditional secadùr, the dryers where the historic smoked chestnuts, the community's identity symbol, are still produced. An itinerary that combines nature, culture and mountain traditions, restoring to the visitor the authenticity of a carefully guarded territory.
