Limone Piemonte town centre – Fort Central loop from Limone Piemonte

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Limone Piemonte town centre – Fort Central loop from Limone Piemonte

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Limone Piemonte town centre – Fort Central loop from Limone Piemonte

04:46

44.3km

1,450m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 10, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 32 m for 56 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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247 m

Limone Piemonte town centre

Highlight • Settlement

Limone Piemonte (Piedmontese and Occitan Limon) is a commune with 1469 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2016) in the Italian province of Cuneo (CN), Region Piedmont.
The neighboring communities are …

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13.5 km

Col de Tende Hairpin Road

Highlight • Mountain Pass

The Tenda hill is famous for its fortifications and for the "road of 50 hairpin bends", which through the hill connects the Vermenaia valley in Italy to the Roia valley in France.

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14.2 km

Fort Central

Highlight • Historical Site

The Fort Central is a former Italian military fort intended for the defence of the Col de Tende, on the French Italian border.

Along the Grande Alpine Traverse there are …

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14.5 km

View of Forte Centrale

Highlight • Historical Site

Passage inside the central fort very suggestive

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20.6 km

View of Laghetto

Highlight • Viewpoint

Climbing towards Forte Pepino above 2000 metres we came across 4 eagles flying above our heads.

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23.7 km

Colle della Perla

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Important junction on the Via del Sale.

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24.2 km

Lake Gias della Pera

Highlight • Lake

This curiously shaped alpine lake makes this stretch of the Alta Via del Sale even more beautiful.

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26.8 km

Colle Campanino

Mountain Pass

30.0 km

Col de Cannelle

Mountain Pass

31.5 km

Chalet Le Marmotte

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Reachable by the asphalted road to Colle di Tenda, it is a fundamental support point for many excursions and bike rides in the upper Vermenangna Valley!

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44.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.7 km

12.3 km

5.63 km

4.14 km

2.54 km

Surfaces

20.1 km

14.1 km

4.54 km

3.42 km

896 m

893 m

394 m

Elevation

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Highest point (2,240 m)

Lowest point (1,000 m)

Weather

Saturday 10 October

13°C

7°C

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Comments

August 27, 2022,Giro in MTB anello Forte centrale e Pepino

Starting from Panice, Colle di Tenda.
Forte Centrale, Becco Rosso, Forte Pepino, Colle della Perla.
Back on the salt road and descended from the Terra Sole lake, Panice👍

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September 6, 2025,UNA VIA DEL SALE ALTERNATIVA CON BIKE PARK

THE TOUR WAS CREATED WITH KOMOOT AT HOME AND IT PROVED TO BE VERY CHALLENGING BUT SATISFACTORY THE BIKE PARK IS VERY FUN

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November 16, 2024,Colle Boaria- winter mode

Now it's home ground, my dear fat.
Jokes aside, departure from Limonetto facilities.. fortini, Colle Perla and Boaria.
Enough snow, fun.. too much.. and time.. too little...

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August 31, 2023,Via del Sale da Limone Piemonte a rifugio don Barbera 1° tappa

Moving time approximately 3h15m. Average speed 11.2 km/h

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July 27, 2025,Panice soprana, Becco Rosso, Tabourt, boaria e don barbera.. best of Via del Sale

Beautiful tour starting from Panice on Via del Sale in an MTB variant from Becco Rosso to Colle della Perla.. from there Boaria to Don Barbera for a quick refreshment.
Return on a dirt road

Video:

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June 27, 2025,UN PO DI VIA DEL SALE CON INAUGURAZIONE TUNNEL TENDA

TODAY A LITTLE WAY OF SALE PASSING THROUGH THE BEC ROUSS OR I HAD AN UNUSUAL ENCOUNTER TWO BOYS ON HORSEBACK WITH A DONKEY BEHIND WHO WAS CARRYING THE EQUIPMENT BUT THE SPECIAL THING IS THAT WHEN I ARRIVED BEHIND THE DONKEY ON THE BIKE HE SAW ME AND MOVED TO ONE SIDE LET ME PASS AND RESUMED HIS CRAZY …

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