Croda delle Cornacchie 3251m.

3251 meters is perhaps the highest point in the Alps that can be reached without ever getting off the bike.

You get to Grawand, Croda delle Cornacchie, above the top station of the Val Senales cable car. A fair 3000 meters of elevation gain starting from Merano, but we started from Vernago Lake in Val Senales and did 1500.

Some info: the climb is very hard, with several long stretches at 33%, so you can only fully pedal by ebike (and even with that not everyone will succeed), with normal mtb you can climb but you have to calculate half an hour to an hour of pushing bike. You actually pedal up to elevation 3212 (cable car arrival), the last 40 meters are done on foot. Descent on the same road or on the technical trail 3.

On the final section of the tour there is a trail with a push bike section and climbs, but if you want to just return to the paved road and in a few minutes you are there!

The setting is spectacular, with magnificent views of the surrounding high peaks and with the red rocks contrasting with the green mountain lakes and white ice (what little is left now!).