サンバルトロメーオヴァルカヴァルーニャの峠・トップ18

The pass is called Passo della Cava, but unfortunately there is no special name sign at the top of the pass, but there is a sign announcing the following valleys, "Val Cavargna" or "Val Rezzo".

The final climb to the top of the pass in Buggiolo, over 4 serpentines, has a gradient of more than 20% - you have to pedal hard again here, but there aren't many meters of altitude left to overcome.

The Capanna San Lucio is a refuge that can be reached starting from Val Cavargna or from Valcolla, the opposite Swiss valley.

The Giovo Refuge is closed and unattended, in order to stay there you must ask for the keys in advance at the Sant'Anna restaurant in Germasino. Here you can leave the car to go up to Passo San Jorio or to continue on other paths. The road that gets here is not the best, as a large part of it is dirt, but with the right attention it is not a big problem.

The climb up to then is really steep. The thing doesn't even have a name

Branching point for the various destinations of the itineraries that start from the Menaggio refuge. Once you reach the forcola you can continue along the ridge towards Mount Grona, or always reach Bregagno along the coast. Continuing on the opposite side you reach some mountain pastures in the upper Sanagra valley

Here you are at 1611 meters.

The descent from Val Rezzo is a lot of fun, but not entirely easy due to the tight curves. But for me 100% an absolute highlight on the tour...