Route:
Lozzo di Cadore - Pian dei Buoi - Col Vidal - Park of Memories - Val Da Rin - Auronzo di Cadore - Lozzo di Cadore
Difficulty level:
suitable for well-trained cyclists
Details:
Leave Lozzo di Cadore (m 756). Take the military road and continue for 14 km (24 bends) as distant as the PIAN DEI BUOI (m. 1800). Go on to COL VIDAL forts, on a panoramic road crowned by the nicest Dolomitic peaks (Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Antelao, Marmarole). As you reach the World War I forts, enter the Park of Memories (Parco della Memoria), where you walk on the World War I paths as far as the junction to the refuges Ciareido and Baion, where you can try typical dishes.
Turning right, you descend to VAL DA RIN, on a beautiful downhill path that repay you of the previous efforts, up to Auronzo di Cadore where, cycling along the lake, you get to the ss 51 Alemagna Road that leads back to Lozzo di Cadore.
