Colletto di Laura
[IT-CN-1980]
| Colletto di Laura |
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Height | Climbing height |
| 1980m | 1175m (Valdieri) | |
| Difficulty | Beauty | |
| 4 (5) | 4 (5) | |
| How to get there | This climb is in the south of Piemonte and starts just after Valdieri (805m), where you take off toward Entracque. You do not have to go through Entracque, but can soon choose a more direct (and better) road toward Lago della Rověna (1532m). This is nice and sweet at first, but after passing a first dam you are given the choice of two narrow roads. It is the one to the right you should take. It is quite steep most of the way to the Rovina lake and continues steep thereafter on a restricted and private road. Supposing you do not have a mountainbike, this is the only possible road to take. It is owned by the electrical company (ENEL) that operates the dams above and they may not like that you make use of that road! You have to go under a turnpike and then be careful with the drainage gullies as they are of the dangerous variety. At another crossroad (the road is very good until here) take the one in the direction of the huge dam wall you have seen for a long time above the Rovina lake. Then you will encounter a tunnel which is closed, but you can open the door and if you are lucky it is lit and the door is open (I would not try and call on ENEL to open it (they have such a device)). The tunnel, even if lit, is quite scary, wet etc. At the end of the tunnel go straight and get out of it! After a short while you are at the highest dam where you see Rifugio Genova at the other side (reachable with a path (S2)). This is in the proximity of the pass. Same way back! | |
| Other comments | It is worth the trouble to get up there as the views are very nice at the top and the whole climb is exciting! It is sad the high part of the road is not open to cyclists. I had no problem getting up, but some wokers were up at a tunnel working and I never met any workers on the actual private road. You might not be as lucky. It could be very hot on the climb up to the Rovina lake and toward the tunnel. There is no water higher up. [IT-CN-1980] |
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