Pracchia - Monte Cavallo - Portafranca

The itinerary starts from the station in Pracchia, we ride 6-7 km slightly downhill on asphalt, then turn left and begin to climb towards the locality Casa Boni, the pedigrees are quite challenging especially in the initial part. After a few km the asphalt gives way to dirt road and we climb to Monte Cavallo on a comfortable forest road. We arrive on the ridge and follow the dirt road that then becomes a path in the shade of the dense forest, we find a few uphill climbs but nothing technical until we reach the Portafranca Refuge where it is mandatory to eat a slice of raspberry tart (picked 50 meters up).

Behind the hut we take the path that climbs between raspberry plants and becomes a narrow track at times not very rideable that continues on the ridge. We begin to descend finding a beautiful view of the surrounding mountains and the Pistoia plain.

The trail then descends through the always cool Teso Forest returning to the starting point. This tour except for a few passages is technically quite easy and pleasant to ride even with a front.