The path, this humble and often forgotten track on the earth, which for centuries has been synonymous with movement over this earth, has been an invaluable network for the life of a civilisation which we keep with us. To meet and compare yourself with the natural environment and the land surrounding you without technological help and driven only by your own motivation. The CAI offers safety to hikers, promotes sustainable tourism and the responsible use of the terrain and wants to help people understand and value the culture of the Italian mountains: a philosophy of quality walking and of seeking out the environment and culture of different places. Their motto is “Walk to know and protect” You can also help us to keep the hiker’s web efficient by taking part in the trips organised by the Sections and technical groups and also, simply, by following and respecting the path signs, avoiding short-cuts and by letting local Sections of the CAI and the Refuge owners know of any damage to or problems along the way of the paths. The White and Red signs are the “Ariadne’s thread” for hikers. This is an undertaking that offers safety to walkers, to get to know, value and protect the vast natural areas and the culture of the Italian mountains, and to promote sustainable tourism. The CAI, using the support of its members, marks out, signs and takes care of paths. The number of paths that are marked and looked after is estimated to be more than 60.000 while 7.000 volunteers ensure an efficient mountain rescue service (both Alpine and Speleological) over all their lengths. The CAI was founded in 1863 and has approximately 310.000 members, 800 branches and sub-branches all over Italy and they look after 700 national mountain areas. Italian Alpine Club: what it is and what it does The people responsible for these signs are the friends of the Italian Alpine Club known as CAI. How are the trails classified and how do we know how much height difference awaits us, for example, on a three-hour route? Arrows, stone cairns or red/white markings what information do they give us? Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Text Angela Trawoeger Creator, photographer and content manager Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.
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