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Capraga from Premosello

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2 reviews | Elevation profile | 9 photos
In some places the road surface of this climb is bad, but it can be ridden with a road bike.
Capraga from Premosello
Capraga from Premosello
Capraga from Premosello
Capraga from Premosello
Capraga from Premosello
Capraga from Premosello
Elevation profile Capraga from Premosello
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bad road

Statistics

Difficulty points 827
Length 7.5 km
Average gradient 9.8%
Steepest 100 meters 22.1%
Total ascent 732m

Short recap

21 hairpin turns
Bad road
#55 toughest climb of Piedmont
#100 most elevation gain of Piedmont
#70 average steepest climb of Piedmont
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Capraga from Premosello is a climb in the region Piedmont. It is 7.5km long and bridges 732 vertical meters with an average gradient of 9.8%, resulting in a difficulty score of 827. The top of the ascent is located at 966 meters above sea level. Climbfinder users shared 2 reviews of this climb and uploaded 9 photos.

Road names: Via Giacomo Varetta & Via Fontana del Bosco

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Capraga from Premosello
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Reviews (2)

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gabriele64
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This is an automatic translation, the original language is: Italian. Show original

Done today with dirty and wet 'asphalt', almost worse going down than going up :) But worth daring..including to date the
Best time in my cat. 🥇

Fatta oggi con “asfalto” sporco e bagnato, quasi peggio scendere che salire :) Ma vale la pena osare..tra cui ad oggi il
Miglior tempo nella mia cat. 43,34🥇

https://strava.app.link/X1IK7lyW2Kb

Capraga from Premosello
Capraga from Premosello
Capraga from Premosello
Capraga from Premosello
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1 y 4.0 01:11:13 (6.3km/h)
This is an automatic translation, the original language is: Italian. Show original

If you like "crazy" climbs with gradients and road surface conditions at the limit of what is practicable, the ascent to Capraga from Premosello and Colloro is for you.
The first part of the climb (up to the Church of Colloro) is a climb like many others, fairly paved, gradients never above 10%, with hairpin bends that make you take a little rest and allow some views of the valley below and Premosello.
Arriving at Colloro and glancing at the impressive wall to the right of the church that climbs towards the forest, one has to ask oneself a few questions: 4.2 km and a difference in altitude of 475 m d+ for an average gradient of 11.2%... would it be worth it? The numbers might not be frightening on paper but they are in reality. The climb is very uneven, especially in the section from the bridge to Capraga, and also has some downhill and uphill sections. In addition, the road surface from the bridge to Capraga is a disaster: asphalt patched in some way, gibbous (on the descent it will break your wrists and hands), a flood of debris and drainage ditches up to 30 cm wide, deep with two bricks to make them consistent with the road surface...
And the walls: slopes as steep as 20% with the asphalt described, continuous and long that cut your legs. The alternation of hellish walls and almost flat stretches, if on the one hand allows you to take a breather, on the other breaks the rhythm and gives you a real leg-breaker. The descent is, of course, dangerous due to the high gradients, painful asphalt, gullies and debris. I arrived at the bridge above Colloro with sore hands from brakes and stress (I was on a bdc and not a mtb). If you pass one of the very rare cars going to Alpe Capraga, it is impossible to pass on the move. Either the car or the bike must stop.
Honourable mention to the final wall at 19% and beyond and the tiny hamlet of the Alpe: the road ends at the fountain and becomes unpaved after a short climb to the left. There are two drinking fountains in the clearing (one is at another small group of houses at the foot of the final wall).

Se si amano le salite "folli" per pendenze e stato del manto stradale al limite del praticabile, l'ascesa a Capraga da Premosello e Colloro fa al caso vostro.
Il primo tratto della salita (fino alla Chiesa di Colloro) è una salita come tante, discretamente pavimentata, pendenze mai sopra il 10%, con tornanti che fanno un po' rifiatare e consentono qualche scorcio sulla valle sottostante e Premosello.
Arrivati a Colloro e dando uno sguardo al muro impressionante a destra della chiesa si inerpica verso il bosco, bisogna porsi qualche domanda: mancano 4,2 km e un dislivello di 475 m d+ per una pendenza media dell'11,2%... ne varrebbe la pena? I numeri non sarebbe spaventosi sulla carta ma lo sono nella realtà. La salita è molto discontinua soprattutto nel tratto dal ponte a Capraga e presenta anche dei tratti di discesa e saliscendi. In più, il manto stradale dal ponte a Capraga è un disastro: asfalto rabberciato in qualche modo, gibbosissimo (in discesa ti spacca polsi e mani), una marea di detriti e canalette di scolo larghe anche 30 cm, profonde con due mattoni che consentono di renderle coerenti con il piano stradale...
E i muri: pendenze anche al 20% con l'asfalto descritto, continui e lunghi che tagliano le gambe. L'alternarsi di muri infernali a tratti quasi piani, se da un lato consente di rifiatare, dall'altro spezza il ritmo e ti da delle vere e proprie rasoiate alle gambe. La discesa è ovviamente pericolosa a causa delle elevate pendenze, dell'asfalto penoso, canalette e dei detriti. Io sono arrivato al ponte sopra Colloro con le mani dolenti per i freni e le sollecitazioni (ero con una bdc e non una mtb). Se si incrocia una delle rarissime macchine che si recano all'Alpe Capraga, è impossibile passare in movimento. O la macchina o la bici si devono fermare.
Menzione d'onore al muro finale al 19% e oltre e al minuscolo borgo dell'Alpe: la strada termina alla fontana diventando sterrata dopo una breve salita sulla sinistra. Nello spiazzo sono presenti 2 fontanelle (1 si trova presso un altro piccolo gruppetto di case ai piedi del muro finale).

Capraga from Premosello
Capraga from Premosello
Capraga from Premosello
Capraga from Premosello
Capraga from Premosello
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Climbing times

7 km/h 01:04:02
11 km/h 00:40:45
15 km/h 00:29:53
19 km/h 00:23:35

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