018 Monte Tramontana Castelbello

Course: Naturno – Castelbello – uphill malga Marzoner – Bike Highline Merano – Montefontana – forest road and asphalted street towards Ciardes – Castelbello – Naturno

From the town center of Naturno, we take Via Stazione / Bahnhofstraße which leads us to a bridge, the starting point of the cycle path on the Lungoadige / Etschdamm. We turn right and take the cycle path towards Stava, Ciardes and finally Castelbello, `where` we turn left and follow the signs towards "Uphill Marzoneralm". The hut "malga di Marzon" (1600m) is our highest point of the tour, which we reach after 1000 meters of elevation gain, with a few steep uphill sections and through the mountain village of "Montefranco" (1200m). From the "malga di Marzon" we take the Bike Highline Merano to get to the Montefontana. The first part of this Highline is quite technical at some points and beginners maybe have to push the bike. Arrived at the Montefontana we start riding downhill towards Ciardes. First on a forest road but afterwards the road is asphalted and we reach the bottom of the valley and find ourself in the middle of the orchards. At Ciardes we take the cycle path to return to Naturno.