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Monte Bar Nordseite

Monte Bar, Lugano

Monte Bar is one of the great mountain bike classics in the Lugano region. On its back side and on the neighboring Monte Bigorio, there are lesser-known but first-class single trails. The tour offers a new take on the well-known Monte Bar.

Description

Tesserete is the starting point for most mountain bike tours on Monte Bar, including this one. From the town center, take the road through Val Colla, turn left at Bidogno and finally reach the Capanna Monte Bar on a mountain road. After a refreshment stop at this exceptionally beautiful rifugio, the route follows the gravel road to Piandanazzo. Now climb up the moderately ascending trail to the crossing below the Cima Moncucco and tackle the first descent. The trail on the north side and the traverse over to Alpe Ladrim are first-class. The up-and-down route takes you past Alpe Crocc and over to Alp Davrosio - always on well-maintained single trails. Many people know Davrosio from the conventional Monte Bar tour. In this version of the route, you now roll downhill on a road to Gola di Lago and then climb a short distance up to Portico. Now it's back to the trails, all the way down to Tesserete. Fun, varied, occasionally tricky, then fast again - this section on Monte Bigorio has everything a singletrail descent can offer. Finally, you reach the Santa Maria monastery above Bigorio, climb a few more meters on a road to reach the final trail of the tour down to the sports field in Tesserete.

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35 km

1465 m

1465 m

1 day

Tesserete

Tesserete

1815

well suited

Thomas Giger
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Capanna Monte Bar

Alternative routes

Monte Bar - San Lucio

Monte Bar Tour (Gegenuhrzeigersinn)

Tour report

Ride N° 67 - April 2020

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Written by KlausRaabe on 07. September 2023

Very nice tour! The first 1,000 vertical meters are pleasant on the road, followed by a very long singletrail in a wonderful landscape without any technical challenges. The trail at the end is easy to ride (S2 with a few S3 passages), technically demanding but still flowing. Can highly recommend the tour.

Written by Jonas Spöring on 28. March 2023

The north-facing trails on Monte Bar and Caval Drossa are still covered in snow. Otherwise, the trails in the region are in top condition.

Written by culoduro on 14. May 2021

The descent to Alpe Ladrim is nonsense. Not really a singletrail, but rather a narrow farm track. Hardly any flow, constant ups and downs.
The first part of the descent is boring, just a wide downhill rush.
There really are more beautiful descents on Monte Bar.

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About the author: Thomas Giger

Thomas Giger has been the editor of Ride MTB since 2002 and is a regular online and print author. Over the years, he has specialized in tourism topics and is particularly well known for his blog-style columns. He is also one of Ride MTB's active tour authors.

Thomas Giger has been the editor of Ride MTB since 2002 and has had a significant influence on the tour database. His focus is on single trail tours. There are few who know the trails in Switzerland as well as he does. However, his areas of expertise also include Aosta, the French Western Alps, and the whole of South Tyrol.

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