Cycling - Lanzo and Fossil Forest 28may23
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 39.68 mi
- Elevation gain
- 978 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 978 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,519 ft
- TrailRank
- 25
- Min elevation
- 822 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 6 hours 38 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1190
- Uploaded
- May 28, 2023
- Recorded
- May 2023
near Ceronda, Piemonte (Italia)
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Itinerary description
Cycling - Loop ride to Lanzo and return along the north bank of the Stura di Lanzo river.
Several fossil tree trunks and stumps along a portion of the Stura have been studied since mid-19th century. Continuous erosion uncovered more elements since and, in 2010, exceptionally abundant rainfall resulted in increased erosion action.
In such a dynamic environment, new elements become exposed while some are being eroded and washed away. Of a 10-meter long section of laying trunk, as it was when I had first seen it, only about two meters remain albeit still fascinating.
The large trees (Glyptostrobus europaeus) are kin to the American Sequoia and are about three million years old.
Info (Italian language):
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_contigua_della_Stura_di_Lanzo
Several fossil tree trunks and stumps along a portion of the Stura have been studied since mid-19th century. Continuous erosion uncovered more elements since and, in 2010, exceptionally abundant rainfall resulted in increased erosion action.
In such a dynamic environment, new elements become exposed while some are being eroded and washed away. Of a 10-meter long section of laying trunk, as it was when I had first seen it, only about two meters remain albeit still fascinating.
The large trees (Glyptostrobus europaeus) are kin to the American Sequoia and are about three million years old.
Info (Italian language):
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_contigua_della_Stura_di_Lanzo
Waypoints
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Cascina Oslera
land
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Devil's Bridge
Ponte del Diavolo bridge
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Fossil trunk
forest
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La Mandria Park - Ponte Verde entrance
pdstrn Corona di Delizie
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Reggia di Venaria
pedestrian
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