PRALI Colle di Fontane Ring

From the centre you descend the valley, first along the cross-country track to the hamlet of Villa, then along the state road to the turning for Maniglia. You go up the valley to the aforementioned hamlet and then follow a road that, skirting the valley at an altitude of 1200 m, takes you to Salza with gradients that are always very rideable. When you reach the hamlet of Didiero, where you will find two bar-restaurants well stocked with local products, just after the bridge on the left, the dirt road that climbs to the Colletto delle Fontane begins, a couple of hard hairpin bends on a dirt road and a few interminable traverses to reach the pass.

After a falsopiano (false plain) you start to descend again, and with a few hairpin bends you arrive at the Fontane hamlet.

After the hamlet, leave the tarmac road and take the off-road track to the right that climbs to Serre Vecchio; here another demanding climb awaits us with a gradient at the limit of cyclability, some stretches with a cement surface. When we reach the hamlet the hostilities are over, we take the path between the houses and descend in the saddle to the hamlet of Bounous: from here the carriage road starts and shortly afterwards arrives at Rodoretto.

Beyond the hamlet, climb up the opposite slope on a dirt road to the Galmont pass and continue along the path, initially on the level and then downhill towards Cugno and Ghigo di Prali and back to the starting point.

Appropriate clothing and footwear for the environment and season are recommended.

For those coming from Turin, follow the A55 to Pinerolo, then take the SR23 Sestriere and follow the signs to Prali.

Several free parking lots are located at the village center.

It is possible, with prior reservation, to make the "BIKE&MINE" variant, which involves cycling underground along the more than 2 km of the Gianna Mine. In this way, the descent to the Rabbioso Bridge is avoided, as you "disembark" directly into the Salza Valley. For info https://www.ecomuseominiere.it/territorio/bike-bikers/

Between Ghigo and Villa, the route passes along the "Children's Path," where you can admire the benches and sculptures made by Daniele Viglianco with a chainsaw, or peek at the gnomes and their houses, cross the forest of talking trees and have fun discovering hidden surprises.

It is possible, with prior reservation, to make the "BIKE&MINE" variant, which involves biking underground along the more than 2 km of the Gianna mine, "coming out" in the Vallone di Salza and then going up to the Colle di Fontane; for info https://www.ecomuseominiere.it/territorio/bike-bikers/