Rosetta-Trail
Description
The tour starts in the village square of Canale d'Agordo at the foot of the Passo di San Pellegrino. Initially, you cycle on gravel roads along the Biois river to Falcade and then take the gondola up to Le Buse. This makes the ascent up to Passo Valles easier, which in principle could also be done under your own steam. The crisp part of the ascent follows at the top of the pass: a pushing passage up to Forcella Venegia. The first trail descent of the day awaits - a varied, fast and sometimes tricky path against a magnificent backdrop. This ends at a gravel road, which now leads up to the Baita Segantini. This rifugio is a very popular excursion destination from Passo Rolle - which is why the short descent has to be on the gravel road. The trail variant would be first-class, but is prohibited for bikes. After the Passo Rolle, trails are the order of the day again. These always lead close to the pass road down to San Martino di Castrozza, where the next train ride awaits. This time up to the Rosetta mountain station. Now you are on the huge, rocky plateau surrounded by jagged Dolomite peaks - a phenomenal scenery! The bike route leads right through the middle, partly as a single trail, then at times a little wider again. At one point, you even have to make a short counter-climb before heading down into the Valle delle Comelle. At the tree line, you leave the stony desert and the serpentine path is particularly challenging in the first section. The further you descend, the smoother the path becomes. Finally, you head down to the Capanna Cima Comelle on a super trail. The section from the Rosetta mountain station to here is one of the best bike routes in the Dolomites. The return journey through the Valle delle Comelle leads along a gravel road on the right bank of the mountain stream.
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Details of the tour
43 km
1065 m
2840 m
1 day
Canale d'Agordo
Canale d'Agordo
1824
limited
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User comments (6)
About the author: Thomas Giger
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I rode the tour on July 25, 2021. The trail into the Gares valley is rideable.
A few additional comments: The passage from Passo Valles to Forcella Venegia is clearly signposted with a bike ban (national park). I took this alternative route; a bit down the pass road on the other side about 4km where there is a large parking lot on the left and a gravel road starts towards Malga Venegia. If you continue along this gravel road, you will reach the Baita Segantini as described. When planning your trip, please note that the Col Verde Rosetta gondola has a lunch break of about an hour.
According to the hotelier's wife of the Bierria from Canale Agordo, the technically challenging trail section into the Gares gorge has slipped since the end of August due to the heavy rain and would no longer be passable. You may want to ask at the Rosetta hut before setting off.
I did the tour on August 8th
Hello Peter
What would be the alternative? Would the Sentiero Delle Comelle no. 704 be possible?
Checked 2020
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