Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Mountain passes

Montepiano Pass

Mountain passes

Montepiano Pass

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Montepiano Pass

Name: Montepiano Pass
Rating: 1.8

Recommended by 4 road cyclists out of 5

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Parco Regionale Gallipoli Cognato Piccole Dolomiti Lucane

Save

Location: Accettura, Matera, Basilicata, Italy

Save

See rides here

Take Me There

Routes here

Best Road Cycling Rides to Montepiano Pass

5.0

(11)

riders

1. From San Mauro Forte to Valico di Montepiano – loop tour in Parco regionale di Gallipoli Cognato Piccole Dolomiti Lucane

46.2km

02:32

990m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Hard

3.7

(3)

riders

2. Pietrapertosa – View of Pietrapertosa loop from Albano di Lucania

84.4km

05:18

2,340m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Hard

riders

3. Ascent to Craco Vecchia – Craco Ghost Town loop from Craco Peschiera

103km

05:24

1,940m

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Hard

Tips

Cristian

June 28, 2021

Visiting our roads is magical, when you arrive in the Montepiano wood you can immerse yourself in pure nature by breathing air that gives you health and a sense of peace.

Translated by Google •

Cristian

October 12, 2020

Arriving at the Montepiano pass, prepare for the turning point of the hardest climb of the tour! 15% !!

Translated by Google •

Bäda

October 23, 2020

On new asphalt through the oak forest over to Stigliano

Translated by Google •

Cristian

October 26, 2020

One of the most beautiful places in our Basilicata, from the Lucanian Dolomites to the Gallipoli park immersed in pristine greenery!

Translated by Google •

Cristian

August 2, 2021

Valico Montepiano, wonderful place.
The Bosco di Montepiano is one of the most beautiful cerrete in Basilicata which extends between 700 and 1,200 m. There are many reasons of interest, first of all the village of Valmiletta, an evocative group of ancient stone houses (dating back to the 18th century) built as a base for agricultural activities, but also the paths that connect the town to Montepiano. Along the way you will run along arable land, bushy pastures, ancient farmhouses and sparse forests of Turkey oak, or the stretches bordered by dry stone walls and thorny shrubs, perhaps a way to make the passage obligatory for the flocks. You meet the characteristic Pietra del Corvo, a beautiful sandstone rock formation, an evocative balcony towards the upper valley of Salandrella, Gallipoli-Cognato and Accettura. Once in the wood itself, a network of ancient paths and more recent forest roads allows you to visit the splendid columnar cerrete with trees up to 30 meters high. Of considerable historical importance is also the Tratturo di Montepiano, one of the many testimonies linked to transhumance and cattle breeding together with the ancient casone where once the products of Podolic cows were transformed. Still visible at the edge of the wood, the ancient Neviera di Montepiano, a deep moat where snow was once kept. Montepiano, like other Lucanian forests, was a place of refuge for bands of brigands who ran around Lucania after the unification of Italy. Worthy of note are the paintings by Ernesto Treccani that inspired the composition of a master of twentieth-century Italian symphonic music, Riccardo Malipiero. In the wood of Montepiano, moreover, the Maggio is chosen: a large Turkey oak that will be transported by couples of oxen to the village to act as bridegroom in the famous wedding of the trees, the Maggio di Accettura.

Translated by Google •

In the know? Log-in to add a tip for other adventurers!

Details

Informations

Elevation 1,030 m

Weather

Today

Saturday 15 November

18°C

10°C

0 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 3.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See rides here

Take Me There

Location: Accettura, Matera, Basilicata, Italy

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Accettura Village

Strada di Oliveto Lucano

Acropolis Main Gate, Parco Regionale Gallipoli Cognato Piccole Dolomiti Lucane

Trailhead to Monte Croccia Summit

Area Picnic nei Boschi di Accettura

Garaguso Village

Petre de la Mola Megalithic Complex

Madonna della Grotta Shrine

View of Pietrapertosa

View of the Hills Near Accettura

Chestnut Forest

View of Castelmezzano

Montepiano Pass

1. From San Mauro Forte to Valico di Montepiano – loop tour in Parco regionale di Gallipoli Cognato Piccole Dolomiti Lucane

2. Pietrapertosa – View of Pietrapertosa loop from Albano di Lucania

3. Ascent to Craco Vecchia – Craco Ghost Town loop from Craco Peschiera

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️