Maira-Stura-Ridge Road

Community Report Sept 2024: The line is closed due to construction work. Whether the line will be reopened for 2025 was not yet clear at the time of going to press. For further information see Restrictions.

The Maira-Stura ridge road, a scenic treat with a magnificent mountain panorama and magnificent views, also has a number of challenges to offer as a former military road.

It doesn't quite come close to the Ligurian border ridge road - but could be described as an ideal training route for it. It runs between Col Valcavera and Canòsio. A large part of the 23 kilometers runs through the alpine altitude range, which closely approaches the 2500 meter mark - and over loose gravel. Several times the road, which is very narrow in places, winds adventurously along the rocks. It is worth stopping in Marmora, where you can marvel at an idyllic hut village. But that's not all: the Biblioteca del Monastero Benedettino, at an altitude of 1548 meters, has been Europe's highest library since 2007.