Up Mottarone for the Snow Bar (Casa della Neve)
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008I am in Stresa where the scenery is incredible, Lago Maggiore is awesome and much bigger than I expected, but it’s damn near impossible to hire a mountain bike. Rather than rough mountain terrain, Italian bureaucracy is the obstacle.
So, with only Shanks’ pony available, we headed up the hill to Mottarone, a majestic 1491m above sea level making this a near 1300m climb – a decent half day walk. Mottarone turns out to be a small ski resort with 7 lifts and about 28km of ski runs – they look mostly blue and red, although on 1 October they are all green.
Stumble It!