Esplorando la Foresta del Cansiglio

This route on the Via delle Prealpi, which connects Lake Garda to the Cansiglio forest, starts from the Sant'Osvaldo refuge, in Farra d'Alpago, in the heart of the Cansiglio plain, easily reachable by car.

The MTB tour, also suitable for less experienced people, allows you to explore some magical places in the Cansiglio forest. The circular route winds mainly on dirt roads immersed in the serenity of mountain pastures and on forest roads where it is possible to encounter herds of deer that populate the forest.

From the refuge, you head towards the Giardino Botanico Alpino Giangio Lorenzoni, following a dirt road which, with unforgettable ups and downs, leads to the Valmenera plain, one of the three large depressions that characterize the area. This place is recognized as one of the coldest in Italy, with temperatures that can drop to -40°C during the harshest winters.

Through the scattered houses of the Cimbrian villages and a spectacular forest road immersed in the woods, where it is possible to admire the unique colors of the forest during the foliage, you return to pedaling parallel to the provincial road, up to the Osteria plain.

After traveling along the provincial road for a short stretch, you enter the woods again, passing next to the Pich village. Before closing the ring from the shelter you started from, you pass through an area where a NATO base once stood.