La Bassa
Description
From Lamone-Cadempino station, you can take the long climb to Arosio or shorten the effort by taking the Postbus. There are no more excuses in Arosio. But the mountain road to La Bassa climbs pleasantly and leads to L Alp da Turesèla. From here, the surface changes from gravel to trail. Thanks to the moderate gradient, the singletrail up to La Bassa is easy to ride. The following descent provides plenty of riding fun - a mix of flow and technical challenges. Shortly before Arosio, the route leads in the other direction at the reservoir and provides riders with another good portion of trail before riding back to Arosio. Passing the Grotto Sgambada, you don't go straight into the descent, but up a few meters again, where the most famous jumplines in Ticino are located next to the Piano di Crosa. From here, a flowing trail leads quickly and playfully downhill and joins the path that leads back to the grotto. Shortly before this, however, it branches off to the right and rides downhill on a moderately difficult trail. Before Bosco Luganese, there is another opportunity to loosen up your hands before the final trail section to Manno makes a final challenge.
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Details of the tour
27 km
1250 m
1250 m
305 above sea level
1365 above sea level
1 day
Lamone
Lamone
2294
well suited
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User comments (8)
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In my opinion, the last 200m downhill of the GPX track is not exactly great to ride. Countless very high thresholds and steps (so that the down tube often hits the ground) in quite steep and washed-out terrain make this part of the descent more of an ordeal. A bit of a shame, as this almost unrideable part takes the air out of the otherwise cool descent and tarnishes the impression somewhat.
A real firework display!
The ascent by post bus is definitely worth it. This is followed by a pleasant ascent on asphalt before the path turns into a somewhat rough but easily rideable uphill trail.
Once at the top, we recommend the hike up to Monte Ferraro by bike (Bike&Hike category S***). Apart from the first 20 meters, everything is rideable.
The descent down to Arosio is mostly flowy, with a few tricky elements - but everything is rideable.
From Arosio onwards, you are spoiled for choice: there are already countless trails. The local bikers have done an excellent job, including a challenging (S2/S3+) trail down into the valley. This deviates from the original route, but we spontaneously decided on the best option - freestyle!
Absolutely great tour!
We rode the tour today. There was still quite a lot of snow on the last 70-80 m, so we had to push on the uphill trail. But the descent was snow-free, great trails, great mountain views - perfect tour - thanks for that!
Rode on 02.11.24. Fantastic tour, trails in great condition, lots of foliage at the moment of course. The detour to monte ferraro is definitely worth it.
Ticino 2.0
The first descent has sections with loose rocks that are sometimes covered in leaves: definitely better to do this trail in the summer than any other season. Views are nice and you can stop in Bioggio for a nice beer.
Great route, I rode it yesterday, with a detour to Monte Ferraro as recommended by Daniel Scherrer. The extra 100m are worth it just for the view :).
Shortly below La Basse, the track is no longer quite right, so just ride along the path and then back a few meters at the next hairpin bend.
I would classify the difficulty as S3 for the most part.
Wonderful tour - really recommendable. I rode it on January 3 and March 19. A little tip: go via Monte Ferraro. Short ascent on foot, but all the more downhill fun. It is now also marked on the singletrail map ;-)