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Map 3 tracts ABCA

La Montagna, Vesina, Monte Casale

total 22 Km.

Duration approx 2.5 - 3.5 hrs

This route is demanding but permits you to ride a varied uphill and downhill beaten single track for kilometers, remaining always in altitude. Beautiful for the rock formations, woods and uncontaminated nature.

A (3 Km)

From Sansepolcro, along the state road in the direction San Giustino Umbro and Città di Castello, you will pass the hotel La Balestra on the left followed by a deviation for Monte Casale. Follow this road and after 1 km you will see the indication for Monte CAS ale on the right. Here tract A ends. 50m ahead of the deviation, there is a small church on the left, which if open is worth visiting for the antique painting on the walls.

B (12 Km)

Continuing down this road towards the small village Montagna, the road is well tarred and there are a few tracts uphill before you ride over a bridge situated on a curve of the road. This preludes the uphill climb called the Gotiche, brief but demanding, about 1 km long. This road leads to a curve on the left which is a dirt road with a blue sign indicating Germagnano. Continue along this road and after a bridge you will realise that the road presents an uphill climb that grows slowly quite demanding, for 2 km until you reach Montagna (682 mts s.l.m.). Immediately, on arriving at the little village you will find a wall in front with a cross. On the left of this you will find the village, two restaurants and one bar. Our tract follows the right main road. Now the road is quite flat and in reaching the end of the tarred road, there is a beaten track of excellent condition that is navigable in any kind of weather. The road starts to climb and will lead to the locality of Pischiano (748 mt s.l.m.), the terrain is les perfect and in between two houses on the way you will come across a fountain. On the left the path leads you to the Passo delle Vacche, it's advisable the path on the right to complete this tract. You descend down a brief pathway which crossed a stream at the end. Hereon the path starts climbing through rocks until it reaches the rim visible high above. The climb is brief but difficult and at the end is a stupendous landscape. Careful attention should be taken on this tract especially on the rocky rim; from here on the left there is a small pathway that is hardly visible, this is the continuation of the tract, the one visible thing that indicates the correct direction is a red-white and red marks designed on the rock to indicate the way. Hereon this tract is really spectacular: it climbs and descends trough woods, rocks and small streams. The terrain is varied and not always easy. You will finally arrive at rolling meadows and the old abandoned village  Vesina, after which passing trough the woods, you will reach the last part of the tract, turning right and following the path that broadens and passes by the convent of Montecasale (709 m.s.l.m.) the view from the convent is worth stopping for and for a brief visit of a much treasured spot to the people of this region. From here the road is well tarred and leads to Sansepolcro.

C (5 Km)

A road full of towns and curves with a steep downhill descent, through woods and meadows until you reach a stop signal on the road. Here you turn left.

 

A (2 Km)

Following this road, you will cross over a bridge on the river Afra, very soon you will be at the residential centre of Sansepolcro.