We were based at about 600m above sea level and my goal was to reach the three main peaks around us, these being, Recoaro Mille@ 1000m. Rifugio Cesare battisti @ 1265m, and Campogrosso @ 1457m. after achieving these goals as well as numerous other rides from the mountain to the flats and throughout neighbouring valleys, in weather which on the one ride could go from 8 degrees and raining to 30 degrees and sunny and back to raining again all on the one ride, the friends I rode with decided I could handle a real mountain so after a 3 hour car trip we set off on a 90km round trip starting @ 1000m above sea level, rising and falling until we reached about 2100m above seal level.
The most enjoyable part of this ride was the beer and burgers at the summit on the Austrian / italian border, followed by about 30minutes of extreme downhill, where the brakes spent more time on than off, which is tricky when Italian bikes use the left lever as a front brake and the right as a rear.
Due to the cool air vests were on for every descent...
Group photo of our bunch...
Slow going on such a big climb...
Passo campolongo @ 1850m above sea level...
Extremely steep section of the climb...
Snow & ice still litters the roadside in summer...
Great view of the mountains near the Italian/Austrian border...
The highest point of our ride, approx 2100m above sea level...
Great pub about 30 min ride from base camp...
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