Deviation after Montonero, Santhià to Vercelli

[kmrice]

The track I downloaded from the official site a while back shows the Via going through Montonero and continuing straight much of the way to Vercelli. I just noticed that the App (published, I think by the same folks) shows the Via turning left after Montonero and crossing SP11, eventually heading East and connecting with the prior route. Sandy Brown’s book, published in 2021 shows the old route with no left hand turn after Montonero. Anyone know anything about this? The old route looks shorter.

Any thoughts would be appreciated. We’re in Montonero and need to decide which way to go tomorrow.

Karl

 

[art4web]

Seems was problem with a private road, so in 2021 the path was changed. App path is right. I'm starting from Ivrea today and I don't use the app, I'm using gronze

https://www.gronze.com/etapa/santhia/vercelli/recorrido

Amici della Via Francigena Vercelli

www.amicidellaviafrancigena.vercelli.it

"La signora sbarra la Via Francigena: mi sembra assurdo"

"Urla dicendo che quel tratto è di sua proprietà"

lasesia.vercelli.it

Un nuovo percorso per la via Francigena

Inaugurazione in programma domenica 2 maggio

lasesia.vercelli.it

 

[kmrice]

Thanks so much!

I was planning to walk this in 2020 and downloaded the tracks. Then Covid hit. I didn’t check for changes. Lazy me.

I really appreciate your fast reply. It was just what I was looking for! Sounds like you saved my wife and I from being chased through the rice paddies by a local lady.

Buen camino,

Karl

 

[kmrice]

Made it to Vercelli without any problems. The new route is about 2k longer than the previous one and has one small stretch along SP11 which was unpleasant, but otherwise it was fine. One bonus is that the new route goes right by a large, well stocked, Decathelon store so we able to pick up a couple of things we needed.