MTB tours

  • Tour: Troiana, Monte Velo

    Type: Cross Country
    Difficulty:
    Length: 30 km
    Elevation: 1100 m

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    Starting point is the parking near the Sarca River Bridge in Arco. Choose the direction to Massone/S.Martino, and follow the signs leading to "Troiana". Initially the asphalt road will bring you slightly up, crossing a quite olive tree area, where you can find some famous climbing walls.
    After some kilometers the vegetation changes, the olive trees give place to a dense coniferous trees forest and chestnuts woods, and you will find yourself in the beautiful plain of Troiana, a small group of houses surrounded by green fields. Here you can have a break, drink some water and prepare for the long uphill trail which will lead you to Monte Velo.
    From Troiana, the road becomes paved, the first part still goes plain, but suddently it becomes harder but very regoular. On this path you can find many panoramic spots, where you can admire the North Garda Lake and the so-callled "Busa", the valley of Riva, Arco and surrounding towns.
    Keep riding until you reach the "Two stones Pass": this is the highest point of our tour. After you overcome this suggestive place, the path begins to go slowly down, until you reach some holidays houses and two restaurants too.
    Soon you will cross the main asphalt road which comes from Arco to S.Barbara: you have to go down for a couple of kilometers, til yuo see a sign on the left that leads to S.Francesco small church. Take this trail and keep riding on: this is the path that will bring you back to Arco, a very funny and fast dirty road going through the wood (path n. 637).
    In some minutes you will be back in Bolognano: follow the cycling road directly to the parking where our trip started!

    Conclusion: very funny trip, not too difficult, most of all on dirty tracks. You can make it with every kind of mountain bike.

 

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  • michele - 26/06/2017
    correggo ... 17% mt 1100 mt in 11km ( con con cosa l'hai fatta E-bike? )

  • marco - 18/06/2012
    fatto ieri 17/06/12 con amici conusciuti a Torbole salita impegnativa ma con un pò di allenamento fattibile MA LA DISCESA RIPAGA TUTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • the gin - 17/04/2011
    Alla faccia della strada che si inerpica dolcemente; in alcuni tratti la salita ha una pendenza pari al 15%! Comunque sia ...... è stato bellissimo!