VINADIO – COLLE DI NEIRASSA

 

 

km 22
Route: mixed (asphalt and dirt)
Gradients: 1.150 m  -  Difficulty level: average

 

Starting from the square of the town of Vinadio, turn right onto the road that runs along the walls of the Forte Albertino and follow the signs to Neraissa, to go up again the valley and after some hard switchbacks you see the Borgate di Podio Inferiore e Podio Superiore, when you reach the km 3 keep right at the fork, after the ruins of Village Casrellar and always climbing you reach to a large clearing until Borgata di Neraissa Inferiore and where from the asphalt you pass on a dirt road, you continue to climb up to Mount Nebius until to a next junction where you turn left instead of taking the road to Neraissa Superiore e Rifugio Monte Nebius.

 


 

The dirt road climbs on the left where you come to a thicket where you ignore the lower branch and then follow a long diagonal to the right to get to the slopes of Varirosa up to Colle di Neirassa (km 11.5 – 2.015 m ).


Sometimes it will be necessary to push the bike on foot for to reach the summit of Cima del Varirosa, then you find a tract most suitable for the bike along the tracks and then keep left towards the Colle della Barmetta turning to the right for to reach the summit (2.275 m) at km 13.

 


 

Go down through the ascent route until the ruins of Castellar where you take the left path which leads down to Lentre where the cartroad meets the upward near a hairpin bend and continue to descend until the asphalt until Fort di Vinadio.

 



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