Sparone - Gurgo - Sparone (08/2019)
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 7.67 mi
- Elevation gain
- 407 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 410 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,961 ft
- TrailRank
- 33
- Min elevation
- 1,702 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- one hour 11 minutes
- Time
- one hour 48 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1896
- Uploaded
- August 21, 2019
- Recorded
- August 2019
near Bisdonio, Piemonte (Italia)
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Itinerary description
Very cool trail near the official start of the Gran Paradiso national park area in Italy.
Start is in the big parking lot (free) near the gas station, in Sparone. After crossing the river Orco over the bridge, you are going on side-roads that go through small villages.
This is part of the official bike trail that can be found on the Gran Pardiso web, but their route goes further. You can cut it short at any of the bridges crossing the river, as did we.
Route is made of asphalt and terrain, pretty diverse. Easy to moderate difficulty, but very manageable either way.
Note #1: At first intersection go right. If you go forward you will come to Feilongo (dead end) and have to backtrack.
At second intersection go left and follow the route signs (visible in the photo). Be careful as they are sparse, and you will need some light guesswork when riding, but nothing too serious.
Start is in the big parking lot (free) near the gas station, in Sparone. After crossing the river Orco over the bridge, you are going on side-roads that go through small villages.
This is part of the official bike trail that can be found on the Gran Pardiso web, but their route goes further. You can cut it short at any of the bridges crossing the river, as did we.
Route is made of asphalt and terrain, pretty diverse. Easy to moderate difficulty, but very manageable either way.
Note #1: At first intersection go right. If you go forward you will come to Feilongo (dead end) and have to backtrack.
At second intersection go left and follow the route signs (visible in the photo). Be careful as they are sparse, and you will need some light guesswork when riding, but nothing too serious.
Waypoints
Intersection
1,941 ft
Intersection #1
Take a right turn here, downhill. The route switches from asphalt to terrain here.
Intersection
1,772 ft
Intersection #2
Head left here, and follow the official route signs (seen on the photo). After this left turn, you will take a right and go across a grassy field, with no obvious path. Just hug the edge of the field and you'll be fine.
Waypoint
1,843 ft
Dam
The satellite Google Maps may suggest that you can cross the dam over the river, but you can't. It's fenced, and off limits to non-personnel.
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