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Tours

The Wolf's Lair: Bikepacking Abruzzo

Belén Castelló (belletoscan)

Tours

The Wolf's Lair: Bikepacking Abruzzo

35:16

380 km

10,8 km/h

7.810 m

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Tour overzicht

Startpunt

2,75 km

First contact with gravel!

Most of the Wolf's Lair follows this signs.

3,60 km

Greeting the travelers from the scenic little train from Sulmona.

5,36 km

A field of purple thistles.

7,28 km

Slippery, loose rocks at the end of the trail that require you push your bike for some meters.

11,2 km

At the top of the pass, wondering if the rain would catch up. Spoiler alert: it did!

14,4 km

Bananas are cyclists best friends!

17,0 km

Escaping the rain! We can see the next town and shelter at the end of the road!

20,1 km

Letting the rain drip off my jacket as we sprint to the nearest shelter!

21,6 km

The town of Pescocostenzo, quaint little place.

Locals (in Covid days), just hanging around the village in their morning walk.

Pescocostenzo town: A very worth detour since it's beautiful!

23,7 km

Bike like between Pescocostenzo and Rivisondoli.

24,6 km

Entering the town of Rivisondoli

Stopping at the Piazza by Chiesa di San Nicola di Bari

25,2 km

Gotta love Italian villages

27,7 km

Farmer's double track path. Kinda stinky!

29,5 km

Farmlands of Abruzzo. No one to be seen.

31,3 km

The reality of slow travel: flies catch up!

33,8 km

We don't take many pictures together, so this one is a celebration!

36,0 km

Very lovely gravel stretch here.

37,7 km

Fountain in a ghost picnic area.

The last meters before saying goodbye to the asphalt

40,0 km

Climbing through a lovely and quiet forest. Ground quality it good so far.

41,8 km

As soon as you hit the top there's loose rocks on the track making descending very tricky.

Squeaking brakes.

43,6 km

Sketchy descend, gotta walk our bikes since our tires are too thin for this terrain (48mm)

44,2 km

Yupiiiiii

45,0 km

I see a lunch spot!

45,6 km

Up we go!

48,6 km

Beauty taking a break.

49,6 km

Few meters before entering the main road.

52,6 km

Climb to Passo Godi.

54,2 km

Made it to Passo Godi, that means jackets on before the descend!

56,6 km

Swoooooosh!

61,4 km

First views onto Lago de Barrea.

66,8 km

Entering the town of Villeta Barrea.

Around the parish of Santa Maria Assunta

Sugar break as we wait for the rain to stop.

85,0 km

Relatively boring stretch of asphalt. Time to get some distance covered.

87,2 km

No way! We found a bike lane!

95,5 km

The church of the tiny town of Gioia Vecchio.

97,7 km

Sweet descend before taking off the next exit to follow a gravel climb.

102 km

Crossing Camarda.

103 km

Tristan going for it!

Conquering those hairpin bends.

104 km

Torre di Sperone.

History and their feet.

106 km

Deceiving plateau since it goes up and down and up and down.

107 km

Pretty spectacular and quiet place up here.

109 km

Starting the descend but something tells me it'll required a lot of breaking!

113 km

Gravel here is tough to navigate through. Beware of all the loose rocks. Wide tires will make your life easier.

117 km

Can almost smell the fresh buns from Euro Spin.

119 km

Stacking up on some goodies.

122 km

Tough push up to the highway. Loose gravel.

128 km

You guessed right, tough head-wind against us!

132 km

133 km

Amazing paths on open fields.

134 km

Looking for a camp spot!

136 km

The return to asphalt.

142 km

Road alternative to the original path suggested by the creators. Easy to swoosh down into Gagliano Aterno.

149 km

Freshening up by the fountain.

151 km

Views onto Secinaro.

153 km

Nice alternative from the original track out of Secinaro. The road is very quiet.

155 km

Rough start on the path but it gets better ahead.

157 km

Little path section, fun to ride!

163 km

Cycling by Pagliane di Tione: another abandoned village

165 km

We decide to take the road down for some kilometres since the path would slow us down.

167 km

Small path road with some rough areas which may require a little bike pushing.

170 km

Little break to freshen up and wash my hair—be aware! Horseflies were flying around!

171 km

Town of Terranera—there is a little food shop with the basics that closes at siesta time!

172 km

Bike Lane or 'pista cicable' towards Rocca di Cambio.

177 km

Found some apples growing wildly by the side of the road!

Exit and climb towards the tunnel.

Short tunnel and well lit to get to the Campo Felice.

179 km

The light out of the tunnel.

Fun is starting—off to the path!

184 km

Road to Refugio Alantino. This valley is surreal.

One of the many fountains to refill the bottles.

186 km

187 km

The views here are so impressive. Never thought Central Italy would look like this.

189 km

Climbing back to the road.

190 km

192 km

Gliding our way down the slippery gravel. Thick tires are extremely necessary here!

195 km

200 km

The start of the path into L'Aquila.

203 km

Bit of a dodgy path by the highway. If it was maintained, it'd have a good potential for a bike lane.

205 km

209 km

Trying our best to find a nice route into L'Aquila—not that easy!

Tricky spot to cross the railway but it's the only option. Be careful!

213 km

L'Aquila suffered a severe earthquake in 2009 so the city is being reconstructed slowly.

217 km

The climb out of L'Aquila: our alternative to the original track.

219 km

We found a bike lane!

224 km

Nice gravel path.

225 km

Cycling by the highway.

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380 km

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Belén Castelló (belletoscan) en tristanbogaard hebben een gravelrit gemaakt.

9 september 2021

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Reacties

Belén Castelló (belletoscan)
15 oktober 2021
Tristan heeft 'The Wolf's Lair' gedeeltelijk gefietst in november 2020 en sindsdien wilde hij met mij terugkeren om er samen op te rijden - en dat hebben we gedaan! Dit is een goed ontworpen route van 'Montanus' (te vinden op bikepacking.com), die door de diverse regio van Abruzzo loopt en je door de…
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A Kent
1 november 2021
Ons favoriete filmpje. Wij zijn grote fans. Bedankt
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SebastianB
5 december 2021
Bedankt Belén en Tristan voor het delen van jullie ervaringen over deze tours. Het is een genoegen om je reisbeschrijvingen te volgen en je echt aangename video's op YouTube te bekijken. Ben benieuwd naar je volgende avonturen!
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Giuseppe T
26 november 2022
Ik zal het doen. 👍
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paolo pini
10 april 2023
hallo jongens, is het gemakkelijk om tijdens deze tour stops te plannen, zelfs als je niet in een tent zit?? mijn vrouw en ik zijn een beetje "ouderen" en we slapen liever in een kinderbedje!! zijn de structuren allemaal toegankelijk?? hallo en bedankt voor de mooie gedeelde foto's!!
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