An alternative route to CAI trail 511, possible always using the train, is represented by trail 505 leaving from Faenza and, crossing Vena del Gesso, reaching in a couple of days on foot the ridge of Appennino Tosco-Romagnolo at Colla di Casaglia (913m) in the Province of Florence.
The departure point of the trail is situated in loc. Bocche dei Canali, a couple of kilometers from Faenza at the crossroads between the 2 main roads leading from Faenza to Brisighella, that is via Florence and via Canal Grande.