San Giovanni - Bondiga - Rancion (All mountain)

The starting point of this trail is on the cycle path at the Caneve car park. Following directions, cross the River Sarca and head towards the centre of Arco. Do not be expecting to see signposts in the historic centre telling you which way to go. However, once you reach the church, hard to miss, it is easy to find the nearby via delle Magnolie and you must take this street. Now keep going straight along via dei Capitelli. Pass the hospital and the Casa di cura Eremo nursing home. Continue on straight until you come to via Giuseppe Verdi where you turn right and then left into via Nicola Bresciani.

You have now come to Varignano, and following directions for route 745, near the church, you take the road in the direction of Padaro. The road suddenly heads steeply uphill, reaching a gradient of 15%. at the village, where you will find a fresh water spring, the climb levels off a bit but the gradient is still in the order of 10%. The town is about 2 km from where you started out and the water spring is on the outskirts. Keep on straight following the main road and pass Mandrea and Doss del Cléf. Once you come to San Giovanni al Monte, you can always stop off for lunch on the mountain side. It is a classic destination for cyclists in the area, but you need to go on a further hundred metres or so to reach the highest point on the route.

Following signposts for the tour, continue on in the direction of Prai da Gom, where you start to go downhill, finally on a dirt road. Continue on easy forestry trails through lovely woodland and pass Gorghi and Treni. When you come to Ranciom, the signpost points you onto a forest road you will find on your left. A gentle downhill run at first, it gradually gets steeper with lots of loose rocks which really interfere with steering. Following the main trail you will come to a fence where you keep to the left and ride around it, keeping it on your right. Follow directions to Vandrino where, shortly after going back onto the paved road, you will come to a crossroads. Here route 745 leads towards the right to take you to Tenno Castle, about 1 km away on the main road. If you want to avoid the main road, keep to the left at Vandrino crossroad, follow directions for route 773 and after about 2 km you will come across route 745 again which heads off to the left on a dirt track. If you stay on track 745, you soon come to the main road which you follow downhill. Shortly after you pass Tenno Castle, turn onto a side road, running gently uphill on the left. You crest the brow of the hill overlooking Alto Garda once more and clear signposting leads you down the dirt track called “Strada del Pil”. When you get to Volta di No, you return to the paved road again and follow clear directions towards Varignano. When you get to the town centre, keep left at the church and follow the quiet streets to the olive groves at the foot of the Placche de Baone slabs. There is still one final uphill stretch  before you run downhill and into the centre of Arco and back to your departure point.