038 Merano Bike Highline Marathon

Course: Naturno - Castelbello – Uphill "Marzoner Alm" – Bike Highline Meran – Monte San Vigilio – restaurant "Seespitz" - "Stoanbruch" Trail - Tel – 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 "Uphill Marzoneralm". The hut "malga di Marzon" (1600m) is our first stage 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 which connects the huts at the Monte Tramontana over Castelbello to Tel. We follow the Bike- Highline mostly on forest road in a constant up and down, to reach San Vigilio, `where` we ride past the church of San Vigilio to get to the restaurant "Seespitz". Just after the restaurant the "Stoanbruchtrail" (signposted) brings us back to the bottom of the valley and we reach Tel, `where` we cross the bridge, turn left into the cycle path to ride back to Naturno.