Parco Appennino Tosco-Emiliano

This park encompasses large sections of the northern Apennines between Emilia and the very northern part of Toscana. My father's family comes from the highest peaks in the western Emilian section just south of Parma. It's the area that separates continental from Mediterranean Italy in this region.

Apparently, it's also a Unesco "Man and Bio-Sphere" Reserve, which I didn't even know.

It's a really excellent video showing the landscapes and the activities, i.e. sports, and also a bit about the people and the food. It's in Italian, but the visuals are self-explanatory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djXk91m2Umo

This is a video put out by an eco-tourism company;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F17sgGUOM2Q

This is the dramatic scenery of the heights...what experienced climbers would see...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW2CrTJ5SAw

The food: all KM Zero...

This being Italy, even climbers are presumed to want to eat well, and they do.

The accent, and the food, make me homesick:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4xCY4129yo

Down from the heights into northern Lunigiana:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYNvbXM8kXg

From the Emiliano-Reggiano side...a bit richer...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxCBp2LnNhM