Cima Comer, Eremo di San Valentino

This is one of my favorite rides on the #garda!

We park on a clearing in the road we continue on asphalt on comfortable slopes to the locality Sasso

Protections on we descend from a nice trail S2 and then join the road that from Gargnano continues to Muslone, from Gargnano we take a nice trail (easy S1) that skirts the lake initially downhill then with several relaunches towards the finish

When you reach Piovere (last water point) you continue on asphalt with challenging gradients on little-less beaten road. At about 1000 elevation the road becomes a trail with 4 short deadly steeps. We continue always on trail and after about 70m on the shoulder we finally reach the top Here we enjoy a spectacular 360° panorama

For the descent we tell about a variant that should not be too extreme and descends from the ridge but in this track we continue from the normal variant,

We retrace the section done on the shoulder (70m S4 the most technical of the descent) and then towards the hermitage of San Valentino by a very technical and rocky path S3 medium (pay particular attention to a short section near the river quite exposed off the trail)

When you arrive at the junction for the hermitage of St. Valentine, you can visit it (it is reached on foot).

Continue on a less technical but still very physical mule track to the village of Sasso. (Water point)

Last nice descent S2 with some passages on the final S3+ and after a short ascent we are at the car

Trail style: AM

Personal rating: views 9/10; Descents 9/10

MTB: yes

EMTB: yes

Duration about 5h by mtb

Portage: 70m (avoidable by leaving bikes behind)

Difficulty ascent: very challenging in places

Difficulty descent: S3

Exposed: Short section on trail however very wide

Drainage: ND