Valchiavenna
Moderate road bike ride. Good training required. Mostly paved surfaces and easy to bike on.
A pleasant climb away from traffic, not overly challenging, leading up to Starleggia.
This hamlet of Campodolcino is located on the right side of the valley in a panoramic position and is 1,565 meters above sea level on one of the minor shelves below the large rocky escarpment that truncates the Pian dei Cavalli and Piana di San Sisto to the east.
Once at the top there is a grand panorama of Pizzo Stella, Groppera, Emet and Suretta.
Starleggia is also famous for its potatoes, which are renowned not only for their goodness but also for their recognized antioxidant properties, due to the presence of cyanotine, a substance that gives the precious tubers of the Spluga Valley their distinctive blue and purple coloring.
Difficulty: Easy
Duration: 0:55 h
Distance: 6,17 km
Ascent: 485 mt
Descent: 0 mt
Highest point: 1569 mt
Lowest point: 1084 mt
Best time of year:
Getting there: Campodolcino can be reached by car via the SS36.
Parking: Free parking Acquamerla Park or Sky Express Funicular.
Starting point: get directions in Google Maps
Via Don Romeo Ballerini, 2
23021 Campodolcino (SO)
0343 50611
campodolcino@valtellina.it
Valchiavenna
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