ALPS OFFROAD: Most beautiful rides in Piedmont - Maira Varaita to Colle Valcavera

Welcome to the valleys Maira, Stura and Varaita - and to the breathtaking mountain passes, ridge roads and old military trails, that connect this region in the Italien Piedmont region.

If someone would ask me, where paradise is, I would answer, that paradise must be a place in the mountains. Not because you are closer to the sky, and closer to heaven, but because paradise can only be, where your heart beats a bit louder from excitment and astonishment.
Let me take you to a place, that made my heart sing from joy, to some of the most beautiful valleys of the alps, to the most stunning roads that you could imagine to travel on a motorcycle - and one of the most exciting dirt- and gravelroads in Italy, the Varaita Maira Ridge Road:

The highlights of our visit in the Piedmont region in Italy:
00:00 Introduction to the area
01:25 Approaching the first mountain passes
04:04 Visit Colle Valcavera mountain pass
07:03 Nervewrecking pass-road to Colle Fauniera
10:13 Descent to the town Marmora over the mountain pass Colle Esischie
10:54 The best hotel ever: Ceaglio Marmora
13:10 Attempt to ride Maira Stura Ridge Road offroad
14:14 Change of plans - ride to Colle di Sampeyre
16:28 The big challenge - Varaita Maira Ridge Road!
21:45 Descent to San Damiano Macra


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