Monte Capannello - Le Scalette Trail

Monte Capannello (Elba)

On this short circular tour, Monte Capannello marks the highest point of the crater-shaped gorges of the Valle delle Foreste and Valle del Fraso high above the Rada di Portoferraio. The route to the summit is completely rideable, the Le Scalette Trail begins with a flow and ends with some technical challenges up to difficulty level S3.

Description

Starting in the seaside resort of Bagnaia, you soon take the asphalted Via Volterraio under the ruins of the Castello del Volterraio up to the Le Panche pass and turn into the marked GTE gravel road via the parking lot. With the last few meters in altitude, you reach the northern summit of Monte Capannello (406 meters above sea level) on a narrow path. After the impressive panorama, the first trail descends on fine gravel into the grassy La Croce cut, where you come across the old Mulatierre, which runs from Rio nell'Elba to Bagnaia. On the Le Scalette Trail, you really get going until you reach a gravel plateau with numerous rocky steps and rough ground, where the descent becomes much more challenging. The lower, rougher section finally leads through a washed-out rocky gully on the Strada della Falconaia, which you follow for a short stretch along the coast. For the finale, you take a hidden path and end up back at the beach of Bagnaia.

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