Highlights and tour details
When we arrive in the upper part of the hamlet of Forte we take the cartroad to the Sanctuary of the Madonna degli Angeli. After a stretch among the vineyards the road bends to the right, climbing up the hill, and we can admire the panorama of the hilly strip between Masserano and Brusnengo and the plain. Once we reach the top we can have a rest at the picnic area next to the little church, before going along one of the most interesting panoramic stretches of the whole GTB, a succession of paths along the ridges of the watershed between Rio Bisingana and Riale di San Giorgio, up to Castelletto Villa. After descending towards the Ravasanella dam, we climb back up towards Asei, and then tackle the challenging steep path that leads to the Sanctuary of San Bernardo, another exceptional vantage point. We continue along the ridge as far as the provincial road that connects Sostegno to Curino, and from here we continue northwards. Once we reach the ridge near the Rubattini peak we continue along the ridge until we have crossed the Massucco del Turlo, then descend rapidly towards the valley of the Sessera stream, cross the waterway at Azoglio and end the stage at Crevacuore.
Attractions
Sanctuary of the Madonna degli Angeli, Sanctuary of San Bernardo, Rive Rosse, Ravasanella dam
Other information
Source: Ente Provincia di Biella
Itinerary code: GTB
Classification: Medium and low mountain provincial
Provinces crossed: Biella Valsesia Vercelli, Biella Valsesia Vercelli
Departure, arrival and municipalities crossed
Stages
- Grande Traversata del Biellese (234,30 km)
- Grande Traversata del Biellese: Tappa 1 Santuario di Oropa - Santuario di Graglia (14,90 km)
- Grande Traversata del Biellese: Stage 2 Santuario di Graglia - Torrazzo (15,90 km)
- Grande Traversata del Biellese: Stage 3 Torrazzo - Viverone (Borgata Rolle) (14,30 km)
- Grande Traversata del Biellese (GTB): Stage 4 Viverone (Borgata Rolle) - Cerrione (10,02 km)
- Grande Traversata del Biellese: Tappa 5 Cerrione - Mongrando (10,75 km)
- Great Crossing of Biella: Stage 6 Mongrando - Pollone (13,96 km)
- Grande Traversata del Biellese: Stage 7 Pollone - Zumaglia (20,50 km)
- Grande Traversata del Biellese: stage 8 Zumaglia - Cerreto Castello (9,25 km)
- Grande Traversata del Biellese: Stage 9 Cerreto Castello - Castellengo (Cossato) (16,70 km)
- Grande Traversata del Biellese (GTB): Stage 10 Castellengo (Cossato) - Brusnengo (Forte) (24,10 km)
- Grande Traversata del Biellese: Stage 11 Brusnengo (località Forte) - Crevacuore (15,50 km)
- Grande Traversata del Biellese: Stage 12: Crevacuore - Coggiola (14,45 km)
- Grande Traversata del Biellese: Tappa 13 Coggiola - Piane di Veglio (17,20 km)
- Grande Traversata del Biellese: Tappa 14 Piane di Veglio - Quittengo (20,20 km)
- Grande Traversata del Biellese (GTB): Stage 15 Quittengo - Shrine of Oropa (16,56 km)