Percorso Circolare Santuario Part Deux

Revisiting this nearby trail network to figure out where it goes.  This time I avoided climbing backwards up the super cross jumps and instead pushed the bike up Via Crucis (stations of the cross). This arrives at Madonna del Monte where I pedaled briefly until the trail plunges into the Torrente Aga ravine.  No water this dry autumn day so I carried the bike without getting wet.  Eventually I climbed out and mostly pushed the bike on the very rocky narrow trail.

Finally arrived in grassy fields and found a lovely flower garden someone has planted out here.  More climbing in low gear until I reached the trail junction where I rejoined the PCS last time I was here.  The trail meanders around westward, even arriving at Via Piancavallo highway, which I luckily chose not to bail out on.  Luckily because the trails get even better, with saliscendi, open pastures I’ve never seen before and a sweet approach to Colle San Giorgio.  After the abandoned village I took the wide gravel road down to the bridge and headed home.  Great trails just a couple of km from home I’ve just begun to explore.

Start of via crucis/stations of the cross

Madonna del Mont

Pala Fontana

Toward Piancavallo

Aviano

Beautiful garden along PCS trail

Tree carving near San Giorgio

Looking north toward ruins of San Giorgio

Sunlit window of ruins