From Portella Arena the path continues across the mountainside along the western slope of Monte Mufara. At P.O. 8 you have an amazing view of the Madonie landscape. To the east you can see the western slope of Monte Mufara, characterised by weathering and slope landforms, such as a scree slope, isolated needle rocks, talus cones, and nivation niches located above 1500 m a.s.l. Looking west you can see the Cozzo Piombino - Piano Zucchi area. This is characterised by Imerese Tectonic Unit rocks. These rocks, formed in a deep sea environment (basin l.s.), are made up of thin layers of radiolarites and reddish cherty marls, with intercalated carbonatic breccias that are very rich in marine fossils (Crisanti Formation, Jurassic - Middle Cretaceous). The latter rocks derive from the accumulation of carbonatic fragments coming from the close reef complex. The different rocks have favoured selective erosion processes, creating a landscape made up of steep and slight slopes respectively of carbonatic and radiolarite rocks. Some walls are fault scarps due to tectonics. From south to north you can see, in the foreground, Cozzo Piombino (1620 m a.s.l.), Pizzo Colla (1676 m a.s.l.) and Pizzo Antenna (1697 m a.s.l.); in the background, Monte dei Cervi (1794 m a.s.l.), which is the highest peak in this part of the Madonie Mts.