The climb to Prato Nevoso from Villanova Mondovì is a well-known climb on a smooth and wide road to the Winter resort. This is popular and never very steep in nice scenery. It is however also possible to climb from est side and the Valle Corsaglia and apparently this side was used in a amateur cycling event, but according to the Italian I talked to they dropped this road as they thought it was too hard a climb. Looking at the profiles at Salite.ch, one would get the impression that this side is easier than the standard one, but that is not quite true … .

The climb from Corsaglia (698m) is on a narrow and nice road that starts to climb up the mountain side just before reaching Fontane. There is not much signs, but one sign above Fontane tells you to take left to Prato Nevoso. There is later on a very steep kilometre, but with much greater scenery than on the other side. Then the road descends before the final climb to the pass.