Folgaria – The fortress plateau
TOUR: FULL DAY
HIGHLIGHTS
Eastern of Lake Garda, just across river Adige valley, there’s a hidden Paradise of majestic Mountains where the meaning of mountainbiking takes real sense.
Enjoy this ride if you are a rider looking for an exploration of places and history, in contact with nature and far from the crowd.
What’s included:
- Full-suspended E-bike
- Certified MTB Guide
- Professional Photos
- Safety equipment – helmet, protections, gloves – provided in case you don’t have your own
- Pictures and video
- Pick-up & transfer to starting points (for guests of Lake Garda – Verona province + Trentino region accommodations)
Not included:
- Food (on demand we’ll be glad to suggest a local restaurant or a coffee break venue)
- Personal insurance for injuries
Bring along:
- Bike/trekking shoes (avoid running/gym sneakers and road/spinning shoes)
- Backpack with essential outdoor items (Sunscreen, rain jacket etc.)
Suitable for:
Anybody used to ride MTBs on mountain paths, while not suitable for beginners with no MTB experience.
Difficulty:
The tours are intended as eMountainbike rides, therefore it’s required a minimum level of skills in off-road cycling (i.e. natural environment, steep descents on gravel/unpaved roads, etc.).
The difficulty level is variable, and each tour can be adapted during the ride. Nobody will be asked to ride anything above the personal perception of danger, the Guide will always help in case of necessity and find a different path for the safety of the participants.
At the beginning of the tour there will be a briefing explaining the use of the bike as well as a personalized set-up for each participant.
Meeting point:
TBD Based on your accommodation
Important information:
- Price Reduction for each Participants with own E-MTB: 40 Euro.
- We need to know height and weight of each participant.
Languages:
- Italian
- English
- German
- Spanish
Eastern of Lake Garda, just across river Adige valley, there’s a hidden Paradise of majestic Mountains where the meaning of mountainbiking takes real sense.
In just a little more than one hour drive from the shores of the most touristic Italian Lake, you will be cycling into forests where time seems to have stopped decades ago.
Alpine Farms, meadows, cows, huts, WW1 fortresses, trinches, cold-war missiles, roads carved in the rock on the side of vertical cliffs… if it wasn’t for the ski slopes and their snow cannons (which have luckily replaced the real weapons) you would hardly realize if this places are into 21st century.
Minute after minute of this tour, you’ll feel more and more the time travel, with views towards wild valleys covered with trees, no sign of cities, villages, and crowd, the Po plain in the background, looking just like one of those bird-view ancient maps.
All of this, looking at the view from the peak of Monte Toraro towards Monte Baldo and Brenta Dolomites (the big mountains of Lake Garda area) the Valsugana and Levico Lake, Monte Grappa, Pale di San Martino: a 360° viewpoint sitting on the ruins of Forte Campogrosso, an Italian defensive fortress built (and destroyed before falling into austro-hugarian hands) at the beginning of 20th Century.
Mountainbiking here, doesn’t mean challenging your riding skills, most of the route is on gravel roads, the elevation isn’t something like you find in the Dolomites, steepness rarely needs a “turbo mode” assistance.
This is a ride for those hot days down at sea level, for riders looking for an exploration of places and history, in contact with nature and far from busy places.
