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Lastly, be warned that sheep dogs occasionally pose problems. Do remember that they’re just doing their job and see walkers as intruders in their territory. Keep your distance as they have been known to attack outsiders. Under no circumstances bring a dog of your own – even on a leash – as they can disturb the wild animals that rely on these mountains for their home and survival.

Raised river at Visso (GAS, Stage 1)

THE GAS: GRANDE ANELLO DEI SIBILLINI

This rewarding 8-day trek, designed as a 120km ring route around the perimeter of the marvellous Sibillini park, gives an excellent idea of the dramatic mountain range. Long days are spent on wild hillsides overlooking vast plains and thickly forested valleys, the stages differing excitingly one from another. The Grande Anello, the ‘great ring’, referred to in Italian as l’Anello, can be interrupted virtually on a daily basis so that walkers can embark on variants to places of great interest in the innermost heart of the Sibillini. For instance the Gole dell’Infernaccio is visitable from Rubbiano (Stage 4), and the range’s highest peak, Monte Vettore, can be climbed from Forca di Presta (Stage 6). One warmly recommended alternative veers off the official route at Forca di Presta to cross the Piano Grande to the iconic hillside village of Castelluccio, a must-see. From there a short leg returns to the GAS.