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Balma Hut – Lago delle Scalette loop from Prato Nevoso

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Balma Hut – Lago delle Scalette loop from Prato Nevoso

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Balma Hut – Lago delle Scalette loop from Prato Nevoso

02:15

18.1km

730m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 24, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3.81 km

Alpe Balma

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Alpe near the Balma refuge, also reachable by car or by cable car

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5.38 km

Elevation: 1883 m
Good place to park the car and start the hike (you can also park in Prato Nevoso if you like a longer hike)
It can be used also to eat or drink something but from what you can read online and from my memory is a little in the overpriced side ;P

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5.54 km

Rifugio Merlo

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Under the municipality of Villanova Mondovì,
Refuge - Merlo [1739m]. In the locality of Balma di Frabosa Sottana, below the Colle della Balma 1883 m. A little further up is the Balma refuge

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5.80 km

Colletto della Balma to Lago delle Scalette

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Intersection point towards different excursion destinations

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7.05 km

Lago delle Scalette

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A beautiful lake that can be reached by an easy and wide dirt road from the Balma refuge in half an hour, a walk suitable for children and with a stroller.

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13.2 km

Gavo Saddle (1667 m)

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This road is not used by cars, it eats less dust

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18.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.97 km

4.82 km

2.52 km

562 m

215 m

Surfaces

9.33 km

5.81 km

2.17 km

795 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,900 m)

Lowest point (1,430 m)

Weather

Saturday 11 July

27°C

16°C

17 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

August 13, 2023,Giro tra prato nevoso e artesina

Beautiful day in the mountains between the two ski centres, from Prato up to the Balma refuge, then via a steep and battered path along the chairlifts, down to Artesina, and from there up to an intermediate collar to then return to the base on a beautiful road dirt road in the middle of the coast

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Balma Hut – Lago delle Scalette loop from Prato Nevoso

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Alpe Balma

Balma Hut

Rifugio Merlo

Colletto della Balma to Lago delle Scalette

Lago delle Scalette

Gavo Saddle (1667 m)

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