The Best Mountain Biking Trails in Sondrio

The tour of the Cancano lakes is one of the most popular trails in the area and one for all mountain bikers. It's around a 20km circular route and it's flat almost the entire way around....

The S- Way is a short burst of speedy flow and lots of jumps and a pipe. It begins at the second part of Coast to Coast and flows into the last section of H-Dream, which will land you at the mid-way station of Carosello 3000....

Beginning at the Livigno central bus station, head south along the bike path which runs parallel to the Spöl river. You'll find that the hotels and shops quickly start to fall away, to be replaced by wildflower meadows and pastureland....

Livigno Bike Park is the ultimate playground for mountain bikers who love flowy scenic trails. Out of the great selection of bike routes in the park, the Coast to Coast is probably the flowiest and most accessible....

Head to the top of Carosello 3000 for an enduro ride through woodland, across wide open plains, and down into the Federia Valley. In just 3.7km you’ll drop over 500 metres so brace yourself for some serious steepness! It’s both fast and bumpy at the start, and then flows into a dirt road as it enters the Federia Valley....

Flow Line and First Ever are two awesome intermediate trails that combined take you from the top of Mottolino (2347m) to the bottom of the Mottolino lift on the valley floor....

At the Bormio 2000 station, follow the S543 to La Rocca. Here you need to switch onto the S542 to Sobrettina before descending through a red spruce forest to Monti di Sobretta di Sotto....

This ride feels far from civilization while remaining close to Bormio throughout. It's beautiful, challenging, and easily accessible, making it a great option for a sunny afternoon when you don't feel like venturing too far out of the valley....

The climb from Bormio to the Cancano Lakes is notoriously tough. The average gradient of the slope is 6.9%, the maximum gradient is 8.5%, and the vertical gain is almost 800 m....

Situated on a 1949m plateau are the tropic blue-coloured waters of Lago di Cancano and Lago di San Giacomo, two reservoir lakes separated by a dam. Right next to the lakes and watching over the valley below are the Towers of Fraele, two military towers dating back to the Romans....

This trail is called Roller Coaster for a reason. It's a fast flowy trail with lots of ups and downs, taking you on a real ride through woodlands and vast open spaces....

Blueberry Line is a flowy, technical trail. It takes you on a rapid ride through woodlands and clearings with stunning panoramic views. Begin from the mid-station of Carosello 3000 and finish up at the Tea Bork restaurant....

Come il precedente anche questo percorso è doppio: l’obiettivo principale è la Val Torreggio e il Rifugio Bosio, il secondo lo stupendo nucleo dell’Alpe Pirlo. Complessivamente l’itinerario è lungo, il dislivello significativo e la pendenza non esagerata, ma con alcuni strappi sopra il 10 %....

At Bormio 3000, you enter a moonscape which is simultaneously very eerie and very beautiful. Right at the top, all to be seen is loose shards of rock and surrounding dalmatian patterned mountain tops with white patches of snow on dark brownish, almost black mountains....

This route is part of the Ortler High Mountain Trail—it is intensely steep and very technically challenging. Begin at the Fraele Towers, a pair of ancient fortification ruins perched on the edge of the gorgeous Cancano lakes....

The most iconic alpine trail of Vinschgau will make you dive into an amazing alpine experience, surrounded by some of the highest peaks in the Alps. The Goldsee Trail starts from an altitude of 2757m, more precisely from the ridge of Stilfserjoch, the highest mountain pass in Italy....

It's not often that you find a trail with more than 1500 vertical meters of descent, but this is one of those trails! How to get to the start of the route is up to you; you could either take a shuttle or - for those up to the challenge and an early start - make a long climb from the bottom....