Tour 1430 - Malghe delle Maddalene

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Marcena di Rumo

From the district of Marcena take the main road in the direction of  Corte Inferiore. On arriving turn to the north and on to the two Alto Adige villages of Wegele e Stablet, keeping at all times to the roads of the Pass, and which in some points are really steep, and then continue on to Proves. Up until the 1980’s the village could be reached only from the south, that is on the Trentino side. Thanks to the construction of the Castrin tunnel there is now a connection with Val d’Ultimo. With a quick and attentive look one will notice the different style of architecture and different disposition of the villages themselves. After a short downhill, one turns almost immediately to the left on to a side road in the direction of  Matzlaun, another Alto Adige village, and one where a long time ago mother tongue German speaking farmers organised a diaspora in the Italian speaking territory (“welsch”) of Val di Non. In Neuhaus the signposts tell us to keep to the left and take a steep cement road which goes up to Malga Kesselalm (if one finds the way up too steep it is possible to take a deviation via Matzlaun, and taking the main road which leads to Passo Castrin). Next there is another demanding uphill which passes through a magnificent larch wood. After 12.2 km of the route one finally comes to the first of the many malghe which are open – the  “Untere Kesselalm”. Turning to the west one takes the path for excursionists and which stand out in that they have many information boards as the way cntinues to Malga di Revo and Malga di Cloz. Notwithstanding that the two malghe are in Alto Adige, in summer they play host the cattle of the Trentino farmers. If one takes the time to read the content of the information boards, one learns a lot about the life and traditions of this land having a linguistic, cultural and territorial border. After the malga di Cloz the road slopes down towards the tunnel at Castrin Pass (km 14,3), and we head south on he main road. 200 metres further on (and not visible from the road itself!)  a bumpy path develops above the gorge, it parallel to the road. To reach the top it is necessary to push your bike along the gorge. Alternatively, one can decide to simply avoid this stretch. In fact, after 800m the highest variant opens out on to the road. After 15km is is importatnt to move to the east side of the  Rio Pescara and go down along the forest rad which is called "nuova via” and is in the direction of Passo di Brez (km 25,9) Cross the road of the Pass and once on the other side turn on to the forest path in the direction of Paso Cloz (heading to the south). Keep on this road until “Giovat” (the Pass; km 28,3) and then turn at an acute angle again towards the north, going down until reaching a total distance of 31 km. On reaching the tavern and shop of the village take the left turn and go down to the church. From here, cross a parking area and go in the direction of  “Sentiero dei Masi” (Höfeweg), and this will take you down steeply to Schmieden. Once reaching below, on the main road one will find oneself again at the border between Alto Adige and Trentino. Follow the main road beyond along the Pescara river in the direction of  Mione and then behind towards Marcena.