Oohh tell me more? That's on my bucket list. Watched a top video about climbing it and am just starting to think about next year's cycling trips.
Now that's strange.
The number of Transcontinental Riders who asked the question "Whats it like?" I was at CP2. The answer was simple "What do you think it is like?"
Its a big hill 20+ km long.
I will do a write up on this with some photos before long. I flew into Treviso with Ryanair. Its a lovely town. I then rode all the way to Sermonzo at the foot of Grappa on an old railway line that is now a cycle path and then other , easy to follow tracks. This route needs to be on your bucket list as it was great.
My Di2 was playing up and so I had to sit down all the way up Grappa to stop everything grinding. It is tough, but you expect it to be tough. It was even tougher because I cannot train for mountains in Denmark as we dont have any. The worse part for me was 2 small tunnels and a couple of small plateaus on the mountain. You get the release on the legs and then the mountain goes up even more steeply until you get to the top. Plus the fact it was hot.
The views are great. I rode a bit, stopped a bit. Had a snack at a restaurant. Watched the hang gliders taking off. The memorial at the top is great and I had a good walk round after climbing the 180 steps to get to it.
Well worth the trip and there are lots of places to ride near Grappa. The good thing is apart from cyclists the road up to grappa is quiet.
