Passo Paschè al cospetto della Marmolada

We start in Val san Nicolò near the Crocifisso malga, first on asphalt with challenging ramps then on a dirt road until we reach the Forcia malga with its beautiful waterfall. You follow path 609 that immediately climbs with a very strong slope that cannot be overcome all in the saddle. When you reach some malghe you climb up in the saddle on a grassy path and undergrowth trail for a short stretch, after which you start a long and hard section with bike on your back passing under some beautiful rock walls, with a panorama of the whole valley up to Pozza di Fassa. Reaching the saddle below Col Ombert with its magnificent lace, a pedaled and then pushed segment follows to Paschè at 2499 meters.

A show-stopping panorama, in front of us the stunning Marmolada and in the distance nothing but beautiful peaks. The descent is impassable for the first 10 meters, then follows a technical trail over fixed, boulder-strewn rocks that test your balance. The trail disappears at times but we are so attracted by the beautiful technical passages that we navigate by sight for a while. Once past the first technical part the trail becomes easier, in places still with beautiful technical passages, a few short climbs and a final, never fast descent on a trail with fixed, dull rocks and a few nice switchbacks to the Contrin hut.

The descent from the refuge up the entire Contrin valley is on dirt road but with a good eye there are several really fun trail cuts before reaching Alba di Canazei, where some fairly challenging trail cuts take us out of the valley. A beautiful bike path that runs along the stream takes us from Canazei to Pozza di Fassa, a short climb takes us back to our starting point.