862 - Montagnaga's Marian pilgrimage site – Laghestel nature reserve - Mountainbiking

The Tour

This easy-to-moderately-difficult tour takes you past the Madonna di Piné sanctuary and apparition site and through the Laghestel biotope.

This tour is located in the area of a road block and is therefore closed. Current information

closed

moderate

15.9 km

2:25 h

370 m

Moderately difficult tour. From Miola, the route crosses woods on pleasant tarmac roads and reaches the hamlet of Faida. From there, a gentle climb takes you past the Madonna di Piné sanctuary to Montagnaga. On your way back, you ride through the Laghestel biotope before rejoining the road to Miola.

Details

Difficulty

moderate

Technique

Stamina

Experience

Landscape

Highest point

1007 m

Lowest point

773 m

Best time of year

Jan

Feb

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Dec

Rest Stop

Laghestel Biotope
Santuario della Madonna di Pinè

Safety information

The roads, trails, and ski runs indicated are often used in the opposite direction as well, so keep an eye out for hikers, other cyclists, and vehicles
On trails and other narrow roadways, pay close attention to hikers and slow down or stop as seems appropriate under the circumstances
Always were a helmet and never underestimate the difficulty of the trails
Take away your eventually rubbish
Obey all bicycle speed regulations and recommendations, and ride within your limits

Please note that the practicability of the itineraries in a mountain environment is strictly linked to the contingent conditions and is therefore influenced by natural phenomena, environmental changes and weather conditions. For this reason, the information contained in this page may have changed. Before leaving for a tour, make sure the path you will approach is still accessible by contacting the owner of the mountain hut, the alpine guides or the visitor centres of the nature parks, the info offices of the local tourist board.

Equipment

Mtb with dirt-free tires
Helmet
Glasses
Repair Kit
First aid kit
water
Snack
map
Windproof jacket for downhill skiing

Turn-by-turn directions

From Miola di Piné, head for the village of Faida. After the church, head south down a secondary tarmac road. Carry on across a wood and over a stone bridge. One hundred metres beyond the bridge, turn right ('Ippovia – Laghestel'). Carry on downhill until you reach a cluster of farms (Maso Sassi Grandi). From there, we recommend you make a detour to take in the Rio Negro waterfalls (take the path on the right). Carry on along the gently climbing road first to the hamlet of Erla, then to Montagnaga. After going through an underpass (under a provincial road), you reach the pilgrimage site of the Madonna di Piné. Carry on towards the site of the apparition ('conca della Comparsa'). Turn right in the direction of Puell. In the vicinity of a dump of inert waste, bear right along a dirt road. At the hamlet of Bernardi, turn left immediately behind the church. After leaving the hamlet, carry on first along a tarmac road, then on a path between drystone walls (between the Tess and Palustel localities). Follow the dirt road around the nature reserve, then leave the biotope area and take the communal road, which, after heading east for 100 m, crosses the provincial road. From there, follow tarmac roads (marked as cycling paths) across the countryside until you get back to the starting place.

Getting There

Getting there

By car: From either south or north, from the A22 Brennero motorway (from the south exit Trento south - north exit Trento north) or from the main Brennero road n. 12; continue on the Valsugana main road SS 47 towards Pergine Valsugana-Padova; when you reach the junction with the Altopiano di Piné road, turn off into this secondary road SP 83 known as the “di Piné” road. Search for route.