Elba Ovest

Beautiful and challenging hike in the western part of the #elba Island. Start from Colle d'Orano and climb to Marciana by asphalt and then take the forest path to San Cerbone. Before taking the path down to San Cerbone take the path on the right that goes up to connect with the GTE. This section is a technical but well pedalable climb (95% rideability). At the intersection with the GTE take a left and a very scenic section begins, in the first part slightly uphill on granite slabs and in the second part slightly downhill with flow and more technical sections on firm rock and some climbing (95% rideability).You arrive at the road that climbs from Poggio to Monte Perone and take a right. Once off the trail, short descent and then right to climb on trail to the S.Piero pistes.

Wide choice of trails, this time I opted for Zucca 1 with BlackForest final variant: smooth trail with large and small jumps and some technical passages and nice steeps. On the forest road to the left and then immediately to the right for the second part: steep, technical passages on dirt and rock and then, topo a nice traverse, the final section on rock with nice steps and trialistic passages to San Piero.You take the asphalt road to San Ilario and here on the left the forest road that, after a short traverse, descends to Colle Reciso. Here you take a left and the forest road continues with some technical passages and after a few ups and downs you reach Poggio and from here by asphalt to Marciana.

Go up the Via Crucis to the sanctuary of Madonna del Monte and then by the scenic trail (traverse) to Serraventosa. Here go down a technical trail with jumps and steps on firm rock and then go up again (technical climb on firm rock), descend and arrive at Troppolo. Technical descent to Semaforo and then right to Cai 176. The descent is very technical with passages on rock and hairpin bends bordering on trialistic, a few more flowing sections, but very short; it's a descent that doesn't allow for breaks! You arrive directly at Colle d'Orano.