Day 5: Torre di Fraele and snow.

Snow

 

 

 

That night the rain came, it was forecast to be a bad day the next day so we decided to have a short ride so we didn't get caught out in the weather. Yet the next morning was fine but cold. Overnight the rain in the valley had fallen as snow on the mountains. Knowing how cold the decents could be we kept to the plan of a short ride. Andy had decided to head for the spar for the day so Al, Bob, Dave and I headed off.

 

Torre di Fraele is an ancient pass that has only recently been tarmacked on the Bormio side. It is still a dirt track into the valley beyond so we only planned to go up and back down.

Looking down from the top

Looking over to Livigno

Al chilling

Ibex?

The tunnels at the top

Al, me and Dave.

 

 

 

Its a great short ride, after a couple of miles along the road from Bormio heading back to Livigno we turned of onto a very quiet road that immediately started to climb up the mountain side. At the junction Bob decided to call it a day so we were down to three. The weather was very cold for June and soon the drizzle started to turn into very fine snow. Looking over to Livigno the snow was down to well below the top of the pass. The three of us soon spread out taking the climb at our own pace. Soon enough we were at the top, its about 4 miles from the junction and 2000ft of climbing so a after the last three days, a doddle!

And that was it. The end to another fantastic holiday with the boys. Great riding, great food, brilliant company and another memory to savour.