Monticello

Pleasant ride in the area from Rivalta and Mount Pillerone, the most popular area in the vicinity of Piacenza.

Done clockwise, has 2 main climbs and 2 long downhill sections, easy ride, are almost all dirt roads and a few easy trails.

It starts from Canneto on trails in the Trebbia almost to Croara.

Caution: this section is all done from late October to April, not in summer because the water intake in the Trebbia is opened and you have to climb up just before Rivalta.

Here you enter the beautiful forest of Croara, then, with various dirt roads, climb to the viewpoint of Boffalora.

Short descent,at Monticello follow a path to the Pillerone road, mostly downhill.

Gravel ascent to fountain si Monticello then descent to Rezzanello on dirt road.

Tarmac to Momeliano then you get to rio gandore powder magazine which you cross, in theory it would be closed but all bikers and pedestrians have been going through it for years, there is a big gap to the right of the inbound gate and one to the left of the outbound gate.

Now go slightly uphill then through 2 groves, a dirt road and back to the start.

Water at the fountain in Monticello, it is in the trail