Colle Reisassetto
Description
The starting point is the small village of San't Anna, west of Casteldelfino. From here, the route follows a relatively steep forest road up to the Pian Ceiol alpine pastures. From Pian Ceiol, you’ll have to push and carry your bike through the gorge down to the valley floor, where the Varaita River has its source. From here, you can ride back a few meters before turning right at the end of the valley onto a barely visible path across meadows to the highest point of the tour, Colle Reisassetto (2,743 meters above sea level). A breathtaking panorama makes the effort of the climb well worth it. The pass is gently nestled in the landscape and dotted with historic buildings erected here before World War II.
Around the same time, a supply road heading south was built, which today offers the perfect trail adventure. With difficulty levels ranging from S1 to S2, and occasionally S3, the route leads back to the starting point. You’ll navigate a varied trail featuring flow sections, hairpin turns, and some eroded stretches. In the section above Grange Cheiron superiori, the trail is barely visible over a stretch of about 100 meters in elevation, and you’ll need to push your bike here (due to thorny undergrowth). After that, the trail becomes pleasant to ride again and offers a wonderful descent back to the starting point with difficulty levels ranging from S1 to S2.
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Details of the tour
13 km
930 m
930 m
1801 above sea level
2716 above sea level
1 day
Chiazale
Chiazale
2614
not suitable
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User comments (1)
About the author: Martin Depauli
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We did the tour on 23.07.2024. The hard-to-find path on the ascent is no longer visible - you definitely need GPS to find the ascent. About the descent: in the upper part, the path is partly heavily eroded but still easy to ride, further down, at approx. 2250 m, the trail is already quite overgrown from the fork in the path. From the point described, from which you have to push, there was actually no path to be found, which is why we went back to the fork and took the alternative trail down into the valley. However, the lower part was no longer worthwhile. Perhaps the descent will be a little better in the fall when the vegetation is not as thick as it is at the moment.
Compared to the very strenuous ascent with a lot of carrying, we didn't find the descent as rewarding. There are definitely more beautiful ones in Valle Varaita. But everyone has to decide for themselves...