PIETRA NATURAL 1 - ENDURO

The Colle del Melogno (1028m o.s.l.) witnessed many battles between the french and the austrian army in 1795 and was built as a barrier by the italian army one century later. It had an important role of defence and protection. Now it stands as the starting point for amazing tours deep in the Barbottina's beech wood.

40-minute shuttle to the Colle del Melogno. We take the Alta Via dei Monti Liguri path and follow it for about 40 minutes, it is 11 km (up and down with 200m elevation gain) up to Giogo di Giustenice (1143m asl) all immersed in one of the most well preserved beechwoods of Liguria.

Short pause and then we take the Oltrefinale trail mainly downhill towards the Pian delle Bosse refuge: first part side mountain trail with natural technical passages on roots, then rocky in the central part and flow in the final ending in the Ranzi area (250 m s.l.m.).

The last path of the morning, the Gabri trail that we need, through amusing passages in the chestnut wood with a view over the whole Maremola valley, down to the restaurant where we can taste the typical Ligurian dishes.

Finished lunch, urban downhill inside the old village of Ranzi, a characteristic Ligurian village overlooking the sea, which will take us to the heart of the splendid Pietra Ligure where we will find a shuttle for the afternoon shuttle to the NATO Base.

In the afternoon only downhill, by choice (based on energy left, customer requests and conditions traveled) one of the flows traveled by the NATO base.

Return to Finale approx. at 16.00 / 17.00

MORNING TRAILS (all those listed):

• Sentiero delle neviere (stage SuperEnduro 2019)
• Oltrefinale (stage SuperEnduro 2019)
• Titalana
• Gabri

AFTERNOON TRAILS (2 to choose from those listed):

• Ingegnere (stage EWS 2015)
• Base Nato 
• Madre Natura
• 115 
• H
• Oribago 1
• Oribago 2
• Margot
• Pino morto
• Pian Marino
• Cromagnon (EWS trophy of nations 2019)
• Neandethal (EWS trophy of nations 2019)