Casola Canina – Montebello Clay Quarry loop from La Pulce

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Emilia-Romagna

Bologna

San Lazzaro Di Savena

Casola Canina – Montebello Clay Quarry loop from La Pulce

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Casola Canina – Montebello Clay Quarry loop from La Pulce

02:25

27.2km

560m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 9.51 km for 159 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.76 km

Wooden Bridge on the Gaibola Trail

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Small bridge that is found along a fun and easy path that connects via di Gaibola with via Montebello. If you descend from via di Gaibola coming from the south / Parco dei Gessi / calanchi you will find the entrance to the path in a semi-curve. It is indicated by the red / white symbol (at least at the moment) the coordinates should be (44.436121, 11.425985). The path then leads to via Montebello, so when you arrive on the gravel road, keep right and go down to the church of Pizzocalvo ..... at full throttle.

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5.56 km

Gaibola Descent to Via Montebello

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This passage is mythical for those who know and have already walked the path that goes down to the Fantini house .... when you pass it you can not help but feel the attraction and the desire to take it and get off ..... when it is dry, however, so it happens that for the whole winter you pass us by and you have to give up.

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7.23 km

View of the Idice and Zena Valleys

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Classic stop with a green bench for those who want to rest ..... in fact, a lot of effort has been made from whatever direction you arrive .... the view is always satisfying with a view of the gullies and the Idice valley

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9.39 km

View of the Calanchi on the Eremo Trail

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Beautiful ridge with gullies on both sides be careful when the clay soil is wet

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10.3 km

Casola Canina

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Beautiful descent to do at all !!!

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17.2 km

View of the Zena and Idice Valleys

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It can be reached by going up from the Zena valley (after Lake Castori 500m on the left there is a ford and then the challenging climb) or from Casola Canina which can be reached in turn from the "seven traverse" of the Zena valley or by climbing from Pizzocalvo / Gaibola. Panoramic and fascinating road. Get on and off with challenging climbs and descents that allow for significant speeds. Watch out for the grooves and "ditchers"

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17.6 km

Montebello Clay Quarry

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Well, it can be reached from via Montebello after a nice tear. The landscape around is beautiful, you will find it on an artificial esplanade, a clay plateau .. continue and you will find a ramp on the right. If you don't have an e-bike or a good leg trained with the right gears, get ready to climb it on foot. His friend Luca obviously did it with the muscular XC carbon front ... but he is on another level

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22.0 km

Gessi Bolognesi, Calanchi dell'Abbadessa

Nature Reserve

27.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.64 km

7.45 km

5.89 km

2.34 km

1.91 km

Surfaces

7.53 km

6.56 km

5.58 km

4.91 km

2.64 km

Elevation

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Highest point (300 m)

Lowest point (70 m)

Weather

Monday 9 November

11°C

8°C

84 %

Additional weather tips

There’s a fairly high chance of rain. Consider packing a waterproof jacket.

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Comments

September 7, 2022,Dalla Cava a Pizzocalvo

Apart from a couple of kilometers on the Val di Zena, the route is all on dirt roads or with practically no traffic; also practicable with a gravel, but the clay quarry requires dry conditions, and there are also a couple of stretches with important slopes.
The view on the ridge between Idice and Zena is beautiful.
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