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Trail hunting: Alta Val Formazza, the Bettelmatt DH

Let's go and discover the high Val Formazza; an outdoor paradise, where there are some of the most evocative mountain trails of the upper Piedmont

Mountain trail with biker descending, lakes and snow-capped peaks in the background, fairytale landscape.
Bikers on a mountain trail between lakes and snow-capped peaks. Adventure and nature in an extraordinary landscape.

The high Val Formazza is a frontier territory; where the meadows climb along the mountain walls and the peaks often exceed 3000mt. It hosts a network of trails through which those with legs and lungs can discover some of the most impressive alpine trails. Languages ​​of land in which to seek your own balance, where the flow becomes a personal experience.

There are no trail builders to open advances and smooth out the roughness; but when you manage to get in tune with the environment you will never want to stop. With this video begins a series dedicated to some of the most evocative paths of this corner of paradise. We start from the descent from Alpe Bettelmatt, located in the plain of the same name. A place famous among gourmets for the production of one of the most sought-after alpine fat in Italy.

The Plain of Alpe Bettelmatt

You go up along a comfortable gippabile, where the slopes are never prohibitive. After crossing a small river and you are at the start of this experience.

A glimpse from the gippabile that will take us to the Bettelmatt plain

A balcony overlooking the lake of Morasco, which remains in the background for all the time you go down. A mountain path, with the classic friable ground of the glacial areas, trialistic passages alternate with natural rock gardens. An experience.



Written by

ppgad@pucrs.br Mountain bike travel editor and expert. Chiropractor and personal trainer, for years following some of the strongest national interpreters of enduro mtb.

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