Pedalling in the Val d?Aveto towards the Lago delle Lame
The Val d?Aveto is the perfect place for mountain bike excursions or hikes on foot. Mt. Aiona and Mt. Penna are two summits that every heights enthusiast must see. A piece of Liguria that has won the Touring Club?s ?orange flag? for its excellent man-environment relationship and for the quality of the valley air and water. The Riserva delle Lame (Lame Reserve) has unique naturalistic features, especially for some of its lake zones and its vegetation. The route: you enter Magnasco after leaving the Genoa-Livorno Motorway at the Lavagna exit and taking the provincial road for Santo Stefano d?Aveto; once you reach Rezzoaglio, take the fork for Santo Stefano d?Aveto. At Magnasco (830 m.), leave your car and go up by bike. Follow the directions for Lago delle Lame (1067 m), following a winding, asphalt road that leads to the area of the hotel next to the lake. From there, follow the forest path (you can see the refuge) and, following the ?Cappelletta? directions, take the unpaved road further to the right which immediately ascends, passing by a spring. Following the road, you will see the signs ?Riserva Integrale delle Agoraie? and continue to proceed until you reach a clear crossroads, recognisable by a statue of the Madonna inside a huge rock. Turn right and you will reach the Passo della Gonnella and then the Cappella delle Lame. As you continue, the road ascends slightly and then descends amid woods and panoramic views on Lago di Giacopiane. Ignore the secondary intersections until you come to a crossroads, where there is a sign for the Prato Mollo Refuge. Fifty metres before the shelter, next to a small chapel, there is a track to the left (?red rhomb? Fie trail mark) that leads to the Passo della Spingarda (1561 m.). From here, along an unpaved road, the route descends and intersects a new unpaved road (?empty yellow diamond? Fie trail mark) which you go down to the right until you reach a wide forest path in proximity to a clearing on the left which follows the ridge. Just past this point, descend a steep little road in the middle of the woods. Once you pass a river, the road gets better: now the roadbed is flagged and ends in the town of Amborzasco, from where you will return to Magnasco, on an asphalt road.
A12 Genoa-Livorno Motorway, Lavagna exit, then the provincial road in the direction of Santo Stefano d?Aveto; when you reach Rezzoaglio, take the fork to the right to Santo Stefano and stop in the town of Magnasco.
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Lunghezza: 40 km
Difficoltà: T/E
Quota: max. 1561 m
Sterrato: sì
Tempo di percorrenza: 2 ore
Periodo consigliato: tutto l?anno
Dislivello: max. 1000 m
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