FROM THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE ROUTE, STEEP DESCENT TOWARDS THE SOUTH
FROM THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE ROUTE, STEEP DESCENT TOWARDS THE SOUTH
This stage starts in “bike&hike” style and here you find yourself on the roof of the Tour de Non. At the summit of Monte Roen, bikers have reached not only the highest mountain of the Mendola massif but also the highest point of this 4-day alpine cross. From this unparalleled panoramic point, nothing escapes: at the foot of the cliff is the Val d’Adige and the Caldaro Wine Road; eastward, the Dolomite peaks from the Sella group up to Marmolada; to the north, the grand massif with the Tux and Stubai Alps; to the west, the Brenta Dolomites with the wide Val di Non at their feet. Let’s put it this way: this stage gathers the fruits of all the efforts of previous days. One cannot go higher than this, and now begins a very long descent always along the ridge and along the cultural and linguistic border between Trentino and Alto Adige. Only after a long stretch do you reach Passo Predaia, where the ridge is left towards the west to land on the soft and green meadows of the Predaia. On single trails, sometimes very smooth and sometimes rugged, you finally reach the villages and their people. From this perspective, you realize only now that the previous day was spent in such a solitary and remote environment.
Before undertaking the long crossing in one of the many canyons carving the Val di Non and reaching the medieval Castel Thun in the lower part of the valley, you can be pleasantly surprised by an unmissable gem known only to some local bikers: “Amedeo super flow trail”, a unique single trail of its kind, a gift from mother nature offering pure fun to bikers descending from Rifugio Sores down to Vervò. Some bikers, with tears in their eyes, have climbed back the 200 meters of elevation on the paved road just to descend this trail again! The first time you ride it, you can hardly believe how perfectly this path is shaped in the landscape. The second time, an exclamation spontaneously arises: THIS must have been the hand of the creator of the universe of bikers!
3 REASONS NOT TO MISS THE STAGE
1. The privilege of being the first to reach the panoramic summit of Monte Roen in the morning
2. The panoramic single trail along the ridge from Passo della Mendola towards Graunerjoch
3. The incredible "Amedeo super flow trail", pure fun shaped by mother nature
