MOUNTAIN BIKE TUSCANY MTB FLORENCE - MORELLO MOUNT

FLORENCE - MORELLO MOUNT - CHERRY AND SEPPY SOURCE - VOLMIANO - MATTAIANO - PATERNO

 

 

SLIDESHOW - MONTE MORELLO

 

TRAILS DIFFICULTY TIME ALTIMETRY LENGTH OFF ROAD
SESTO F.NO - MORELLO MOUNT MEDIUM        850 m 30 Km 40%
SESTO - CHERRY SPURCE - COLONNATA MEDIUM        510m 25 Km 30%
SESTO - CHERRY SEPPI SOURCE - POLICE HORN DIFFICULT     900 m 35 Km 40%
SESTO - VOLMIANO - MATTAIANO - PATERNO DIFFICULT     900 m 45 Km 30%

 

 

Vertical Drop 850 m - Length30 Km - 40 % Off Road

DIFFICULTY    MEDIUM
- Departure from Sesto Fiorentino
- Road to Calenzano Direction Legri begins a gentle climb
- After the cement of Calenzano, turn Right
- Start a slight ascent you must follow the paved road for about 1 Km
- Passing a series of industrial, one arrives at a Crossroad
- Proceed straight on the road (we are in town Sommaia
- We pass a Small River and proceed right onto the paved road
- At the next Junction take right
- We are thus faced with a Steep Slope about 500 m long
- We pass a Small Church and then the road becomes dirt
- Proceed straight for the dirt road for about 2 km
- On the right you can see on the hill adjacent to the Tower of  Baracca
- Then you meet a steep but short climb - Just passed two houses turn left
- Proceed straight for the same path
- We passe a barrier that prevents tra transition to self
 - You reach a junction, keep right
- The climb is gradual for about 4 Km
- It reaches a height of 510m   above sea level so the "Source of Cherry"
- Recommended to stop having the freshness of the water source
- Once you are rested and watered again for a short descent to the Refuge of  Gualdo
 - Here ends the dirt road
- Past the hut turn left into the main road that goes to the Top Morello
- Follow the main tarred road for 5 km, you reach the source
- I found at an altitude of 700m above sea level
- At the source Seppi takes the dirt road
- After about 300 m you will forward to the left in the bush
- Follow the path downhill for about 4 km on the right while keeping junctions
- We get to the restaurant the Vecciolino
- We call on the asphalt road that takes us back to Sesto Fiorentino

SESTO - MORELLO MOUNT

Località

Km
Altezza m
Sesto Fiorentino
0
0
Cementizia
3
0
Sommaia
5
100
Church
6
150
Houses
8
200
Cherry Source
12
550
Gualdo Refuge
16
400
Seppi Source
20
700
Vecciolino
24
450
Sesto Fiorentino
30
0

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Cherry Source - Click for Zoom

Monte Morello View - Click for Zoom

 

 

Vertical Drop 510 m - Length 25 Km - 40 % Off Road

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DIFFICULTY    MEDIUM         (Rapresented in the Map Above)
This is a very scenic, especially in the stretch dirt road that goes from home to the Refuge Bongini Gualdo The view across the plain in Florence
and you should tell about the area in Calenzano. Of great interest is evident Baroncoli tower, built by the family Ginori in 1520, and attributed to Baccio d'Agnolo.
- Departure from Sesto Fiorentino
- Road management Legri for Calenzano
- After the cement of Calenzano, turn Right
 - Start the climb, you must follow the road for about 1 km until you pass a series of industrial, one arrives at a crossroads
- Proceed straight on the road (we are in town Sommaia)
- We pass a Small River and proceed right onto the paved road
- At the next Junction take right
- We are thus faced with a Steep Slope about 500 m long
- We pass a Small Church and then the road becomes dirt
- Proceed straigth for the dirt road for about 2 km, also meeting with a steep but short climb
 - Just passed two houses, turn left
 - Proceed straight for the same path, past a barrier that also prohibits the passage to the car
- Reaching a height of 510m above sea level
- The "Source of Cherry" and here we recommend view of the freshness of the water source
- Once you are rested and watered again for a short descent to the Refuge of  Gualdo (428 m)
- Here it meets the paved road that goes Morello to Top
- Take the paved road Towards Sesto Fiorentino, there is a steep downhill slope 22%
- In the bottom of the hill, turn left and continue towards Colonnata for the asphalt road
- Very attentive to 4 very tight bends and down
- Be back here the last steep descent to Colonnata - Sesto Fiorentino

 

 

 SESTO - CHERRY SOURCE - SEPPI - POLICE HORN
Vertical Drop 900 m - Length 35 Km - 40 % Off Road

DIFFICULTY    DIFFICULT

- Departure from Sesto Fiorentino
- Road to Calenzano Direction Legri begins a gentle climb
 - After the cement of Calenzano, turn Right
 - Start a slight ascent, you must follow the paved road for about 1 Km
- Passing a series of industrial, one arrives at a Crossroad
 - Proceed straight on the road (we are in town Sommaia)
 - We pass a Small River and proceed right onto the paved road
- At the next Junction take right
- We are thus faced with a Steep Slope about 500 m long
- We pass a Small Church and then the road becomes dirt
- Proceed straight for the dirt road for about 2 km
- On the right you can see on the hill adjacent to the Tower of  Baracca
 - Then you meet a steep but short climb
 - Just passed two houses, turn left
- Proceed straight for the same path
- We pass a barrier that prevents the transition to self
 - You reach a junction, keep right
- The climb is graduall for about 4 Km
- It reaches a height of 510m   above sea level so the "Source of Cherry"
- Recommended to stop having the freshness of the water source
- Once you are rested and watered again for a short descent to the Refuge of  Gualdo
- Here ends the dirt road starts and another asphalt
 - Past the hut turn left into the main road that goes to the Top Morello
 - Follow the main tarred road for 5 km, you reach the source
- I found at an altitude of 640m above sea level
 - At the Seppi Source takes the dirt road
 - After about 300 m there right and resumed the climb that is hard for about 500 mt
 - At the top of the hill there is a beautiful view of the First Top of Monte Morello
 - Continued the uphill path to reach the Antennas of Police 747mt above sea level
 - Begins Descent to Leonardo Square is reached after traveling a Narrow Path for 2 km
 - We call on the asphalt road that takes us back to Sesto Fiorentino

SESTO - CHERRY SOURCE - SEPPI POLICE HORN

Località

Km
Altezza
Sesto Fiorentino
0
0
Cementizia
3
0
Sommaia
5
100
Church
6
150
Houses
8
200
Cherry Source
12
550
Gualdo Refuge
16
400
Seppi Source
22
640
Police Horn
24
747
Sesto Fiorentino
35
0

Images in Sequence

Morello Mount View - Click for Zoom

Police Horn View - Click for Zoom

 

Vertical Drop 900 m - Length 45 Km - 30 % Off-Road
 

DIFFICULTY    DIFFICULT

- Departure from Sesto Fiorentino
- Road management Legri for Calenzano
- Once you reach the junction for Legri Continue right (Direction Legri)
- Walk along the paved road for about 3 Km.Si encounter some small climbs
 - Once past the Legri lake, turn Right towards Legri Volmiano Mattaiano
- The road becomes unpaved and steep
- They are quite tight bends 4
- The road salt. Located at the V Crossroad of Hall Volmiano on the right and you keep left.
- It is yet another V Junction takes us on the Left
- It's a house on the left and one on the right: You enter the trail within the forest
 - The dirt road continues to climb and is very bumpy with big pebbles
- It is still a little salt on path
- After about 5 km uphill from the junction of Lake Legri
- You reach the top of the hill, a group of houses and the Village of  Mattaiano.
- There is a beautiful View towards the Calvana Mount in the valley the Hall of Volmiano
 - Slightly before the houses you take a path on the right and fraught with the large pebbles.
- I drive about 1 km
- You arrive at the highest point at about 650 m above sea level.
- Now start the desired descent.
- You reach a crossroads, there remains the rigth.
 - It is always along the main path until you reach the village of Cerreto May
- Here the road is paved and well traveled though steep.
- Proceed for another Paterno (Location Vaglia). are about 300 m above sea level.
- Things get tough because to return to Morello Mount road climbs to a height difference 300 m
- The road is paved for about 3 km in area Vitereto
- Then the road becomes a dirt road in area Starniano
- The road goes up again but becomes paved.
- We get to Ceppeto location.
- It is still a bit of paved road to the antennas and then off to Sesto Fiorentino from 22% slope

       

SESTO - VOLMIANO - MATTAIANO - PATERNO - MORELLO

Località

Km
Altezza
Sesto Fiorentino
0
0
Calenzano
3
0
Bivio x Legri
5
0
Lago Legri
8
100
Volmiano
11
450
Mattaiano
15
650
Cerreto Maggio
19
450
Paterno
22
400
Starniano
26
450
Ceppeto
32
550
Antenne Morello
35
600
Rifugio Gualdo
39
400
Sesto Fiorentino
45
0

Mattaiano Country - Click for Zoom

Volmiano Cross Road - Click for Zoom

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