Caludranza (Gran Joanaz)

The great Joanaz tour from Torreano, to Puller and to Madonnina del Domm.
Distance Level difference Departing from Running Time Country roads Difficulty
36,5 Km 1150 m Ronchis di Torreano 3:45 h 75 % Hard


This wonderful and long rountrip runs along a great variedness of roads and overviews. The first piece climbs on the woods of Mt. Mladessena and Mt. Craguenza western side and reaches Spignon road. From Puller large overwies, the road continues to Bocchetta di Masarolis where enters the upper Natisone Valley and begins to climb round eastern, northern and the western sides of Mt. Joanaz. Descent begins from top of Mt. Joanaz on a path along the southern ridge to Madonnina del Domm where another path starts to the saddle between Mt. San lorenzo and Mt. Caludranza. The tour goes on the a long track until Montina. For those preferring a smoother descent the roundtrip Klabuk is suggested.

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Altimetric profile
Km Elev. Dir. Description
0,0 155 Departing from Ronchis along the normal road to Torreano.
1,9 - Just few meters ahead "Da Menia" Inn, take the country road that fords Chiarò river and hhortly after begins to climb on the right. The first stretch is in cement, then in very good conditions.
4,5 400 Forking. Turn right. Rising is hardless. The path on the left comes from a quarry.
5,4 449 Cross with la "Spignon" road: turn left. The track rises on constant slope. Sometimes the road-bed in not in good conditions.
6,1 492 Fork . Keep on rising on the right. The beautiful road on the left descends to Costa. Stay on the main track.
6,8 553 Deserted small barracks and bunkers. keep on climbing on the left.
8,1 660 Crossing. The roads on the right go to Puller and to Nlower Natisone Valley. Go ahead following "Maserolis" signs.
8,6 - Country road ends and asphalted road begins. Go ahead.
8,7 693 Forking. The road on the right goes to Pegliano. Turn left. From here there's a pleasant stretch to above Masarolis. Don't take care to "No thoroughfare" signs because now the road is OK.
12,3 750 Hairpin bend on the road from Masarolis to Tamoris. Climb turning right.
13,0 800 Tamoris. Stay on the right.
13,1 805 Just passed Tamoris there's a fork: take the road on the right.
14,4 925 After an hard climb there's a deserted barracks and a country road starts. Go ahead.
14,7 - Road has little slope. The path on the right goes to the top of Mt. Vorsic, where there was a radar until few years ago. Keep on the left.
15,1 960 "Bocchetta di Masarolis" (Masarolis pass). Go ahead. Descent to Montefosca begins. The hill on the right is Mt. Klabuk. The road on the left ends shortly after.
16,9 884 Forking. Take the road on the left that climbs northern side of Mt. Joanaz. There's grass on the bed of this first piece of track. Overview are beautiful on upper Natisone Valley, on Gran Monte and on Mt. Canin.
20,5 1075 Crossing with the road that climbs from Madonnina del Domm to Mt. Joanaz. Turn left.
21,2 1145 Shortly aftera small fir-trees wood, take la path that climbs on the right to the top and then goes down straight to radio station.
21,5 1140 Radio/meteo station with antennas ans sun-power cells. Amazing overview from Dolomiti to Adriatic Sea. Go down along the clear path to Madonnina del Domm.
23,0 960 Madonnina del Domm, War Memorial and sheds. Take the country road that goes down on the right.
23,1 950 Cross with the normal road that from Bocchetta di Sant'Antonio goes to Tamoris. Turn left.
23,2 950 Just before the turning left hairpin bend, take the "Sentiero (path) T1" that goes into the woods. Track is always clear.
23,6 - After entering the second woods there a fork: turn left. Path goes down hardly.
23,9 - After a steep slope there's an old road, now just large as a path: turn right. Actually (september 2001), due to maintenance works, there are trees on the road stopping the run. However the track is clear and becomes even better.
24,7 - Saddle between Mt. San Lorenzo and Mt. Caludranza. Stay on the left.
25,3 - Cross with the road that from Reant goes to Valle. Descent the steep slope in cement on the left.
26,0 - Hairpin bend. The road ahead climbs to the Mt. Noas. Go down on the left.
26,7 - Just before Reant take the road that goes down on the right. Firt stretch is in cement and stones. Starts the long descent (with few small climbs) to Montina.
29,8 - Landslide, easy to pass through. Pay attention to bramble-bushes.
31,4 - Crossing with path "T2" from Torreanto to Fonte Meria. From now there are no more bramble-bushes but some pieces of descent, in cement and stones, are hard.
34,8 200 After a last stretch in the woods, there the normal road. Take the steep descent on the left.
35,4 - Cross with road from Montina to Ronchis: turn left.
36,5 155 Ronchis. Cross with the main road to Torreano and arrival.

Roads status: some pieces of road may be difficult to ride with bike. Updated to September, 8th 2001.
Note: this roundtrip is also available on "Valli del Natisone in mountain bike" by R. Russi, roundtrip n. 10.
 
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