Medelana e Monte Mario

Excursion between Monte Mario and Medelana.Departure from Bologna and small roads/cycle paths to Rastignano and from there to Junior.Here take a small road that then becomes a dirt road that goes up to Sabbiuno and then by asphalt to Pieve del Pino and then to V. Delle Orchiedee (Prati di Mugnano area). Before reaching Badolo you take the Vagabunder trail on the right: a classic of the area, very fun, it alternates flowing sections with technical passages some even challenging on rock.You get on the road up to Badolo and take a right to climb to the Sella di Monte Mario and here a right to climb to the summit of Monte Mario. Nice trail going down and then you get to the commenda to take a second nice trail: Nuvola Rossa. Steep, technical passages on rock, compressions and climbs.

You arrive on the road to Badolo , right to climb to Battedizzo and then to the saddle of Monte Mario. Here you keep the low trail that leads to the meadows of Mugnano and end with the 3 Cypresses trail that leads to Sasso Marconi (smooth but with some technical steeps to avoid the stairs), some mud in the final stretch.At Sasso Marconi you take the dirt road/cycleway along the Reno that leads to Fontana and from here by trails up to Iano and from there to the Medelana crossroads. One more short technical uphill section on trail and you get to the start of the "Bionda" which is the classic Medelana trail, technical on rock and steps. You go down to the Porrettana and then back to the bike path and asphalt to Castel de Rossi and bike path to Talon Park. Here the bridge is broken, so you have to go through Casalecchio, then uphill on the hill road coming from San Luca and then right to take the descent from Colle di Casaglia down to Villa Spada . Cyclable to return to Bologna.