Italy and the legendary Tremalzo MTB/ Gravel tour
Take to the heights near Lake Garda
There’s history all around Lake Garda, and this legendary route takes you up high to see it in the mountains, as you ride along tracks used by generations, including historic tracks used during the second world war.
Cycling clockwise from Molina di Ledro, we take on the legendary mountain bike route from Ledro via the historic remalzo road – one of the Garda region’s best-loved MTB routes. It’s a tough but rewarding mtb trip into the hills close to Lake Garda, and accessible for cycling tourists wanting to take in the beautiful Italian Lakes area. Good fitness is required, and a good quality bike. The route is on a well used track; however, you do need to be an experienced rider, with a good quality bike and the ability to look after yourself and any mechanicals along the way.
However, once you’re ready, this route is a mountain bike route that will stay in your memory for ever!
Note: This route can also be ridden on a tough and trail-ready gravel bike, such as the 3T Extrema Italia
Route Information
Stats: 46 km 1, 555 metres
Refreshments & Where to Stay: Lake Garda has everything you need. For detailed information, visit the Lake Garda and Trentino websites.
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Character: This is a great challenge, but requires fitness and good bike handling skills, and knowledge of how to fix your bike. If you get an issue, you’re up high and left to your own skills. Take plenty of fluids and snacks, in case the refuses are not available.
Route
- The ride starts at the village of Molina de Ledro and follows the Strada del Ponale downhill to the village of Pre de Ledro. At the village, a cobbled mountain road leads off to the right, before you take a gravelled path to Passo Guill.
- The gradient gets tougher here, with extensive views of Lake Garda to help you along the way. Eventually, a junction at the Bocca dei Fortini leads you onwards to Passo Nota, where the Rifugio degli Alpini mountain hut is on hand to serve refreshments before you tackle the main climb.
- Now, things get tough, as you follow the legendary Tremalzo pass road, constructed by the Italian Army during WWI. The winding trail and tunnels keep you focused, as this epic route continues.
- From the 1,200 m a.s.l. at Passo Nota, you reach the high point of the ride at 1,855 m a.s.l., reaching the gallery overlooking the beautiful Italian lakes scenery below Mount Corno della Marogna. Now it’s time to descend, through tunnels and along ribbon winding trails, passing the mountain hut at Passo Tremalzo, before hitting the valley and taking tracks back to the start.
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