Start of the trail Base Nato – Crestino Trail loop from San Giuseppe di Cairo

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Start of the trail Base Nato – Crestino Trail loop from San Giuseppe di Cairo

Hard

5.0

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Start of the trail Base Nato – Crestino Trail loop from San Giuseppe di Cairo

04:05

52.3km

950m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

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Ronco di Maglio

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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26.1 km

Bassa della Scoggia

Mountain Pass

27.5 km

Ex NATO Base

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NATO's "Scatter" base worked as a radio base from 1962 to 1992, year in which it was abandoned due to the end of the Cold War. Twenty American soldiers lived …

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27.6 km

View from the Former NATO Base at Pian dei Corsi

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Beautiful place to visit, shame there are always very uncivilized people who throw the impossible on the ground, especially broken beer bottles that risk puncturing bike tires.

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27.6 km

Start of the trail Crestino Pt. 1

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eMTB video by GIOCAL (updated Nov 2025):

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27.6 km

Start of the trail Base Nato

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eMTB video by GIOCAL:

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27.8 km

Crestino Trail

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Beautiful mountain trail. Beware of oncoming traffic!

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28.9 km

Ingenere Trail

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Very cool trail. The longest direct trail down from the NatoBase. Nice to drive and a good trail to get used to the situation

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28.9 km

Crestino Trail

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Beautiful Trail (max S2) over longer distances easy and flowig, which is probably less traveled than the other NATO Base Trail - at least he was very well in the …

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32.1 km

St. James Pass

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St. James Pass is located on the watershed between the Po Valley and the Ligurian Sea and was an important crossing point during the Middle Ages for travelers and merchants …

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37.6 km

Colla del Termine

Mountain Pass

52.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.9 km

17.7 km

13.8 km

1.31 km

1.04 km

675 m

Surfaces

30.1 km

11.7 km

7.36 km

3.17 km

Elevation

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Highest point (1,010 m)

Lowest point (340 m)

Weather

Monday 12 October

22°C

9°C

0 %

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Comments

June 9, 2025,Un gran Tetris di Trails (Acque💦+Supergroppo🦄+Boccion🎳+Link🫂+RioFarina🚀)

On board🎢🎢🎢.... Today I built a ring with a real puzzle of tracks.... Acque XC Supergroppo DH Boccion DH Link DH Rio Farina Dh Immersed in Deep Nature.... With still a lot of water and mud around but acceptable. Good like this😇😇

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May 19, 2024,Back to the Wheels Ep. 9 (o anche #to CRAVAREZZA crash😱)

Today, improvising, I went much further than I would have liked... But it was worth it... I was attracted, like iron to a magnet, by the Cravarezza Trail where I fell disastrously in October. Now there are two questions: how the hell did I end up in the spot where it happened? But above all, how did I finish the …

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November 1, 2024,On the Wheels - Base Nato e oltre🌲🌲🌲

Inspection after water bombs in the Melogno area, Nato base and surrounding areas. First of a series. It would seem that the last rain front was clearly different from Colla San Giacomo Vs Mallare stronger than towards Melogno/Riviera weaker. Certainly mud and water keep company but the trail situation is very different. Nato base ok apart from some critical issues …

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August 10, 2023,Anello Valbormida ep.39 (M.te Burot/M. te Baraccone Trail +CicloTrekking Pisciarella Trail💢💢💢)

Slightly different route from the usual ones with a stretch of at least an hour of Trekking cycle immersed 100% in the middle of nature in the company of only the sounds of the forest and half a meter of foliage in which to fall and get up again as if it were a latest generation mattress .. .. Excellent …

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