Monte Scorluzzo
Description
The tour starts at the parking lot at Casa dei Rotteri just below the Stelvio Pass. From here, you start by climbing up the pass road towards Bocca del Braulio and then onto the 505 hiking trail, which runs over the Laghetto Alto (2603 meters above sea level). It is also possible to ascend on the (sometimes busy) pass road. You join this road again anyway and cycle up to the pass. From the top of the pass, the route continues to the Passo delle Platigliole at 2908 meters above sea level. Here the pedalling finally comes to an end and the bike is pushed about 200 meters up to the summit of Monte Scorluzzo. Remnants of the First World War can still be seen everywhere. These give an idea of what was going on up here back then. Once you reach the summit, you are at eye level with the numerous 3000e peaks of the Stelvio region: Hohe Schneide, Ortler, Piz Umbrail, Rötlspitze and Monte Braulio are just some of the well-known mountains in this area.
The descent runs along the south-west ridge on the 506 trail and is classified between S3 and S4 in the upper section. From the Filone del Mót, the route becomes more and more flowing and can be declared at S2 level throughout before you are ejected again at the starting point of the tour. Conclusion: All in all, a cool descent with an ascent of less than 1000 vertical meters including a 3000 m summit.
Map & GPX-Track
The map is only available to Ride subscribers.
The Ride-Subscription is available at ride-mtb.com/abo
.
Details of the tour
14 km
825 m
825 m
2204 above sea level
3005 above sea level
1 day
Passo Stelvio
Passo Stelvio
2033
limited
More information
More tours nearby
User comments (5)
About the author: Martin Depauli
Note: This content has been automatically translated from German. Please report any incorrect translations.
The Scorluzzo is probably one of the easiest bike 3000ers to reach. From the Stelvio, you can reach the summit in 30 minutes if you are careful.
Descent: 2-3min on foot, all well secured with ropes.
Then up to the fort ("Little Machu Picchu") beautiful S2 trail. The official hiking trail leaves here to the north.
Briefly pathless below the fort, then continue on a good path. But you should like hairpin bends and rear wheel offsets!
As already described, the trail then slips away in places in the scree field at around 2400m and is a little difficult to walk on. But it didn't take me more than 5-10 minutes. However, the path is no longer maintained and the condition is unlikely to improve.
Be careful with loose stones, they thunder straight down onto the Stelvio Pass road if you're not careful.
I rode the trail on 13.08.22 and I can only agree with the previous speaker! The trail is mega and where it gets really nice, with lots of nice hairpin bends and pleasant gradients, it comes to an abrupt end! From an altitude of 2450m to 2300m the trail is missing or has been totally destroyed! Quite dangerous as it is quite steep and the material is quite loose!
Hello everyone,
We did the tour on 1.8.22 - the scenery is mega, and the trail from Monte Scorluzzo is super cool (apart from the aforementioned climbing sections)! It has everything from gravel and hairpin bends to flow.
However, at the last fort (at approx. 2750m) we didn't follow the direct trail but turned right towards Malga Scorluzzo. Nice (almost) flow trail until you reach the ascent route. Unfortunately you then have about 200m of cart track/road, but you avoid the slide described in the last comment. I thought it was a super cool tour if you don't have the whole day!
Hello everyone,
We did the tour on 1.8.22 - the scenery is mega, and the trail from Monte Scorluzzo is super cool (apart from the aforementioned climbing sections)! It has everything from gravel and hairpin bends to flow.
However, at the last fort (at approx. 2750m) we didn't follow the direct trail but turned right towards Malga Scorluzzo. Nice (almost) flow trail until you reach the ascent route. Unfortunately you then have about 200m of cart track/road, but you avoid the slide described in the last comment. I thought it was a super cool tour if you don't have the whole day!
I was still wondering why there is no comment on the tour to Monte Scorluzzo in the Ride. I conclude that hardly anyone takes this tour under their wheels; nevertheless, I am writing my experiences from July 20, 2022. The ascent was very steep, but could be pushed without any problems. The descent had two or three very steep sections (similar to Piz Umbrail, but you have to cycle up there if you want to get to Lai da Rims). If there are at least two of you, these sections are easier to negotiate, but alone they present an even greater challenge, and I wouldn't want to have to heave an e-MTB down there. That's why I would (as on Piz Umbrail) note "not suitable for e-mountain bikes" under route details and not "limited suitability for e-mountain bikes". In the last section at an altitude of approx. 2400m, the trail was washed away in very steep terrain. The terrain is extremely slippery. It took us a good hour to cover 50 Elevation loss and it was definitely not without danger. I have no idea whether bypassing the last section via the path to Laghi Scorluzzo would be easy or rideable. Overall, I would classify the trail as black instead of red. The start is extreme as noted on the Ride Web Map Singletrail Map. The last part before reaching the pass road is the same. In terms of scenery and history, the trail is definitely worth a try; from the perspective of an MTB tour, I would only recommend Monte Scorluzzo to a very limited extent.