Montoso – View of the Plains from Rucas loop from Genovesio

Montoso – View of the Plains from Rucas loop from Genovesio

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Montoso – View of the Plains from Rucas loop from Genovesio

02:26

32.2km

1,240m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

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After 16.1 km for 141 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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10.2 km

Montoso

Highlight (Segment) • Settlement

Reachable mainly from Bagnolo Piemonte

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10.7 km

1980s Brutalist Residential Buildings

Highlight • Structure

11.9 km

Luserna Stone Quarries (Montoso)

Highlight • Structure

Pietra di Luserna is a valuable metamorphic rock, known as lamellar gneiss, extracted mainly in the Cottian Prealps of central-western Piedmont, between Val Pellice and Valle Po. The municipalities of …

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16.0 km

Rucas

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Located on a natural terrace just over 1,560 meters above the Montoso hamlet in the Infernotto Valley. Rucas offers a unique view of the Po Valley, framed by the stupendous …

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16.1 km

View of the Plains from Rucas

Highlight • Viewpoint

But today there was no view, total fog

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21.6 km

Picnic area and Montoso stone sign

Highlight • Rest Area

Here, in front of the huge stone sign of Montoso, at 1,248 metres, you can take a well-deserved photo for having conquered this climb, a part of the 2019 Giro …

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32.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.5 km

744 m

Surfaces

27.7 km

4.09 km