Fonte Meria

From Ronchis to Reant and back to Ronchis through Montina
Distance Level difference Departing from Running Time Country roads Difficulty
19,5 Km 550 m Ronchis di Torreano 2:00 h 66 % Medium

A good roundtrip on Monte Noas and Monte Forcis east rock walls. A pleasant uphill to Chiarò di Torreano valley, then a part that, through the woods, goes to tha path to Fonte Meria and from here to a dizzy downhill to Montina. Check the brakes before to go!!!

Roundtrip Map
Km Elev. Dir. Descrption
0,0 155 Ronchis. Ride to Torreano along the normal road.
1,7 185 Torreano's main square. Go straight on.
2,7 210 Fork. To Laurini on the left. Go left to Masarolis.
2,8 - Right after a litle bridge on the left there's a country road: ride it.
2,9 - Shortly after the road has a fork: turn right. The road starts with an hard uphill. After few spurts the hill is lighter and the road, in not too bad conditions, rises on the mountain side.
7,1 - Normal road to Reant: rise up left. The road goes hardly up.
8,1 - On the right the good country road to Masarolis: go straight on along the normal road.
8,9 660 Reant. Round the village riding on the left.
9,3 660 Reant village finishes and the normal road too. A country road starts turning right.
9,5 670 Fork. On the right the way to Valle: take the road that goes down on the left. The first part has been newly remade in cement. A beautiful forestal path between centuries-old trees.
11,8 - Not on the maps fork. Ride on the right side. The road runs alongside cool rock walls.
14,4 455 You cross a "2" named path that from Torreano rises up to Fonte Meria. Leave the bike and walk. In about 15 minutes you can go and come back to the beautiful spring. Ride back on the country road that hardly goes down. Really hard in few parts, for both slope and conditions.
17,9 200 Normal road: down left.
18,6 150 Cross with the road from Montina to Ronchis: turn left.
19,5 155 Arrival in Ronchis.

Roads status: some pieces of road may be difficult to ride with bike. Updated to June, 6th 2001.
Note: this roundtrip is also available on "Le Valli del Natisone in Mountain Bike" by Brunello Pagavino, roundtrips n. 4 e n. 25.
 
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