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Val di Non - Mendel pass to Cles to Mezzocorona 2005  
by AmericanTourist

The way points of this bicycle route:

Mendelpass

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.

Mendel pass

Kaltern

Caldaro

Fondo

Brez

Arsio

Cloz

Romallo

Revo

Santa Giustina

Cles

Tuenno

Terres

Flavon

Denno

Moncovo

Dermulo

Toss

Ton

Spormaggiore

Rocchetta

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)

Mezzolombardo

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.

Mezzocorona

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

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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

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