The way points of this bicycle route:
We got up here to Mendelpass by "cheating": riding up the cablecar from Kaltern / Caldaro. It was the first lift up on a midweek day, and they had space, so they let us bring our bike on. (? perhaps there's a but up to Mendelpass from Bozen or Kaltern ?). Another time I pedaled up the road from Kaltern to here -- not real steep, but long.
what we remember doing here in 2005: Just after merging into the new main highway, see sign for Rocchetta, just above two half-circle traffic lanes with a parking area in the middle. Exit left from the main highway onto the half-circle with signs for “Cles” + “Passo di Tonale”. Just before the end of that half-circle, look straight across the northwest-bound traffic lanes and see the single-lane road going into the woods.
This single-lane road started rough + dirt, soon got better. Sometimes it's called "old SP29"
alternate: to save a little distance, but miss a chance to ride thru a pretty vineyard, instead continue straight here.
(if brought a snack with you, this could be a nice quiet spot for a picnic)
alternate: to connect with bike path going southeast toward the Adige river, instead turn right here, and after a very short ways across the creek, turn left onto the bike path - (not checked by us ever).
alternate: if in a hurry, could instead continue straight here.
last time here we had gelato -- and the exterior dome and roof of the cathedral of Mezzocorona are remarkably beautiful.
from here could either continue north thru Rovere della Luna toward Tramin + Kaltern + Bozen / Bolzano, or east toward the Adige river and Adige bike path, then south toward Lavis + Trento -- for connecting routes, see www.roberts-1.com/b/x/it
Welcome to Bikely, take a step by step tour of this path:
Press Start Tour - then use the navigation buttons below to move along the path.
Big views traversing around the top of a big valley, lotsa apple orchards, pleasant riding thru villages -- much more down than up. Afterward we rode north to Tramin + Kaltern back to the base of the Mendelpass cablecar. For more details + links to other routes, see www.roberts-1.com/b/x/it. Labels on map points have details and alternates, especially check the detailed instructions for the tricky road junctions by Rocchetta (click on Show, select Cue Sheet). I rode it all it once in 2005, then the upper section again in 2008 -- but not with a GPS, so I might not have gotten all the turns + roads exactly right. Anyway there's probably some better route thru the Val di Non, and I hope somebody puts it out on the web -- but what's here is roughly what we rode, and we enjoyed it plenty then. This route not checked by me since 2005.
Tagged with: Recreational, Onroad, Rural, Scenic
