862 - Montagnaga's Marian pilgrimage site – Laghestel nature reserve

862 - Montagnaga's Marian pilgrimage site – Laghestel nature reserve - Description

Directions

• Start

  Miola
  
  From Miola di Piné, head for the village of Faida. After the church, head south down a secondary tarmac road. Carry on across a wood and over a stone bridge. One hundred metres beyond the bridge, turn right ('Ippovia – Laghestel'). Carry on downhill until you reach a cluster of farms (Maso Sassi Grandi). From there, we recommend you make a detour to take in the Rio Negro waterfalls (take the path on the right). Carry on along the gently climbing road first to the hamlet of Erla, then to Montagnaga. After going through an underpass (under a provincial road), you reach the pilgrimage site of the Madonna di Piné. Carry on towards the site of the apparition ('conca della Comparsa'). Turn right in the direction of Puell. In the vicinity of a dump of inert waste, bear right along a dirt road. At the hamlet of Bernardi, turn left immediately behind the church. After leaving the hamlet, carry on first along a tarmac road, then on a path between drystone walls (between the Tess and Palustel localities). Follow the dirt road around the nature reserve, then leave the biotope area and take the communal road, which, after heading east for 100 m, crosses the provincial road. From there, follow tarmac roads (marked as cycling paths) across the countryside until you get back to the starting place.

• end point

  Miola

required equipment

Mtb with dirt-free tires Helmet Glasses Repair Kit First aid kit water Snack map Windproof jacket for downhill skiing

Tips for the tour

This areas, hit by storm Vaia in october of 2018, have radically changed their appearance in some points: where there were expanses of wood, now there are impressive expanses of bare ground, without any trees, wich allow you to enjoy to panoramic view and open spaces never seen before.

Difficulty

• Difficulty

  Easy

• Fitness

• Technique

• Experience

• Landscape

Directions

self-arranged arrival
By car: From either south or north, from the A22 Brennero motorway (from the south exit Trento south - north exit Trento north) or from the main Brennero road n. 12; continue on the Valsugana main road SS 47 towards Pergine Valsugana-Padova; when you reach the junction with the Altopiano di Piné road, turn off into this secondary road SP 83 known as the “di Piné” road. Search for route.
Free car park at Ice Stadium of Miola

public transport
Miola di Piné è raggiungile con i bus di linea di Trentino Trasporti. www.ttesercizio.it/Extraurbano/