San Martino Supertrail
Description
The tour starts on the valley floor of Valle Maira, where you turn onto a former road to Elva that is closed to traffic. This road is officially closed due to the risk of falling rocks and everyone rides it at their own risk. Nevertheless, it is the usual ascent for mountain bikers to Elva. Alternatively, you can also ride towards Elva via Stroppo. Both routes lead up to the ridge, but our tour ends here at the ridge, the culmination point of the tour.
The descent begins with a short gravel section to Colle San Giovanni. Keep left there and take the legendary singletrail downhill. The descent is fast, flowy and offers plenty of variety. It leads past Colle Bettone and ends in the picturesque mountain village of San Martino, after which the descent is named. Further down, the vegetation becomes denser and the trail even more flowy. A short climb to Stroppo leads into the final trail fun, which takes you back to the valley floor where the tour began.
Conclusion: This trail is rightly a classic in the Maira region and an absolute must for every mountain biker in the area.
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Details of the tour
22 km
1080 m
1080 m
916 above sea level
1940 above sea level
1 day
Bassura di Stroppo
Bassura di Stroppo
2934
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User comments (4)
About the author: Thomas Giger
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unfortunately there was no comment on the tour "Punta della Gardetta" because of the gate. It's still there ;)
To our astonishment, the two rockfalls were cleared. Unfortunately, a solid gate was installed halfway up. Behind it, we saw a climber who was in the process of releasing large rocks.
The impressions on the way to the gate were frightening. I personally recommend not using the trail as long as the prohibition signs are in place. I recommend that the ride editors reroute the route or clearly indicate this. The frustration is great after this danger and 300 m to turn back and pass the danger spots again.
The route text clearly points this out and indicates the alternative road to Elva.
On the first 800m of the closed road, 2 rockfalls block the road. The bike has to be carried over both of them, over the first easy climb with the shouldered bike. Doable with an organic bike, possibly tricky with an e-bike and the better uphill on the official road. After that, everything is easy to ride and a great tour!