10/11/2015: Colle Bione via prese delle Rose

Another wonderful day (21° in Giaveno at 10 am in the middle of November!?!) so I decided to try to reach Colle Bione.

Not wanting to do the whole way to Braida, I chose to climb from Selvaggio, enter the Ugo Campagna forest towards Prese delle Rose passing through Pian Aschero: maybe I was tired, but on this stretch I felt the thin air and had some difficulty, finding myself having to do several sections on foot (no idea!).

Arriving at Prese delle Rose, I refilled water, since the 2 liters were gone (wow, it was hot, going up from Selvaggio the thermometer showed 28°).

From here I descended towards Borgata Colle Braida to turn, before reaching down into the village, towards Colle Braida; after passing Colle della Bera and the fork for Pian Aschero, I took left on the lower trail to thus reach Colle Bione.

After a short break (mini snack and various photos), I took the way back, climbing up the trail that goes along the ridge (sentiero dei Franghi): on the left the Susa valley and on the right the Val Sangone... what a spectacle!

Going down from the ridge is a bit of fun until rejoining the main trail to reach again the fork to descend directly into the Ugo Campagna forest; I turn right here and find myself on a purely MTB trail, but definitely rough and technical (for my skills), which made me do several sections on foot.

After the very difficult part ended, the fun was assured until Pian Aschero!

From here, instead of taking back the way I came, I turned left for another trail (also quite challenging in the initial part), then becoming pure fun again until Selvaggio.

From Selvaggio to Giaveno, I avoided all asphalt by taking the dirt road starting from Borgata Selvaggio Rio.

Nice, nice!