Around Mottarone A beautiful sunny Sunday we drove to the northwest, straddling the provinces of Verbania and / Cusio / Ossola and Novara to climb to one of the most difficult ascents' long near Milan: Mottarone from Baveno.
Carpugnino to leave the car, just beyond the exit of the motorway. I'm in the car with George and Francis awaits us in the area. The first kilometers are downhill freschino ago and then reached the lake we ran into a train of forty cyclists proceed apace. They range between 35 and 40 km / h for Baveno luck comes in a flash. Here away the jacket, and down 'his head on the handlebars: the ascent to the summit of Mottarone: they are little more' than 20 km climb with an elevation gain of about 1250 m. The average slope does not seem difficult, but misleading: in fact the case the hill reserve more 'challenging just in the last 2 km and half' and 'interrupted by a couple of kilometers slight slope.
In fact, the first stretch of a hundred meters after the turn is enough to stand but nothing compared to the ramp that appears after a hairpin. In these moments I think back with joy to the choice of using the wheels on the high-profile behind the 25 instead of the usual 27, as I was smart .... I'm standing on the pedals and do a hard beast to get the short slight slope that allows me to catch his breath a bit '.
A short coffee break 'and it starts falling towards Armenian side of the Mottarone Orta. Before reaching the valley floor, turn left and face the beautiful detour uphill to Coiromonte. A narrow road that winds through fields and woods of chestnut trees, quiet and green. Are less than 300 m in altitude up to Coiromonte before the new descent and return to the Upper Vergante Gignese and Carpugnino. In the end
1800 m about 60 km in altitude. A challenging ride in an ideal climate cool and clear.
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