ROBURENT - ROBURENT

 

km 33
Route: mixed (asphalt and dirt)
Gradients: 620 m.
Difficulty level: difficult

 

Start out from the Roburent Piazza (800 meters above sea level), you take Via San Rocco onto the asphalt road that becomes a dirt road after the chapel of San Rocco, follow the wide dirt road main, arrived in proximity to a votive pillar near the Mountain House/Case Montagna (Cascina Bertone - mt. 1.000), you reach the first junction on a stretch of asphalt and from there continue on the plain on the right toward Serra.
From here you cross the square and continue in the direction of San Giacomo, leaving the asphalt after a few hundred meters to the left where it started a short dirt road that leads to the right fork for the Arotte and the Santuario dell'Assunta.

 

You don't consider the right fork for Arotte, follow that lower and not considering the smaller lateral branches, it continues between the chestnut trees along the hillside for a good stretch.
Descent to the old stone bridge over the river Casotto, the road climbs steeply on the main road to get the village of Valcasotto (m. 966), here follow the signs to the square for Ravonera on a steep road down to the river that climb up the mountain again on the opposite side until the chapel of S. Lorenzo.

 


 

Once you pass the chapel and ignored the junction of the left that goes to Celle di Valletta, you will continue in the opposite direction to reach the Colle della Navonera at an altitude of 1.419 meters.


From here, carry on towards the ruined of refuge Navonera, just beyond the ruins take a path downhill through a series of bends that lead to houses Gore, continue for Case Patelle and reached a wide carriage road and follow it to the right at the fork before the village of Pra, continue just above the village, goes on the road at an altitude of almost constant through the village Vernagli and arrives after about 10 km to St. Giacomo (m. 1.011), the last ramp and then you will end up Roburent after 4 km of asphalted road.

 



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