A few kilometers down Via Pedemontane, where the Prealps abruptly join the flat coastal plain, there is a large spring called la Santissima....

Another local ride- from Vajont a wonderful slightly downhill, straight, smooth road for several miles to Vivaro.  Today a very large dude ...

I usually omit these short local rides, but who knows, maybe they will help someone looking for a warm-up or connecting them together to mak...

For the first time in 6 weeks I pumped up the tires today and headed out on the bike.  To backtrack a bit, on the Passo Furcia descent (in l...

Just down the road from Prato Piazza and Lago di Braies, the next climb rising from Val Pusteria along the Austrian border is Passo Furcia. ...

These 3 climbs are close to home: just up Valcellina, across the Piave River at Longarone, and a short drive to Forno di Zoldo (812m).  I wo...

Another climb unknown (to me) until I saw it while researching Grossglockner.  The climb starts right on the outskirts of Villach, a cit...