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Dolmen Loop
Mountain Biking Trail
Hard
7.14 mi
921 ft
A quick lap on a challenging EWS stage.
After grinding a thousand vertical feet up the pavement, the Dolmen trail begins as a relatively flat, flowy natural singletrack that bobs and weaves through the trees. But don't get complacent! All too soon, the trail pitches downward, and the challenge ratchets up in an instant.
The upper section of Dolmen features several large boulder fields filled with off-camber rock obstacles. Picking the right line through this boulder field requires scoping your line and some serious courage.
After some entertaining chunk and high-speed tech, the next big feature is a narrower and steeper rock garden that twists through a steep series of switchbacks, plummeting down the hillside via a veritable waterfall of rock. While this section doesn't have any single major drop or feature, stringing together the entire slippery slide is no small feat.
After a brief respite, the final major trail feature plummets down a near-vertical set of switchbacks set into a steep, treeless hillside. It doesn't seem like human beings should be able to ride a bike down a trail so treacherous… and yet it has been done—many times. In fact, Dolmen has served as a stage for the Enduro World Series stop here in Finale Ligure. Imagine the best mountain bikers in the world flying through these burly features at mach-chicken, and somehow managing to ride down this final feature at race pace, and your own pace will suddenly feel quite meager! Written by Greg Heil
After grinding a thousand vertical feet up the pavement, the Dolmen trail begins as a relatively flat, flowy natural singletrack that bobs and weaves through the trees. But don't get complacent! All too soon, the trail pitches downward, and the challenge ratchets up in an instant.
The upper section of Dolmen features several large boulder fields filled with off-camber rock obstacles. Picking the right line through this boulder field requires scoping your line and some serious courage.
After some entertaining chunk and high-speed tech, the next big feature is a narrower and steeper rock garden that twists through a steep series of switchbacks, plummeting down the hillside via a veritable waterfall of rock. While this section doesn't have any single major drop or feature, stringing together the entire slippery slide is no small feat.
After a brief respite, the final major trail feature plummets down a near-vertical set of switchbacks set into a steep, treeless hillside. It doesn't seem like human beings should be able to ride a bike down a trail so treacherous… and yet it has been done—many times. In fact, Dolmen has served as a stage for the Enduro World Series stop here in Finale Ligure. Imagine the best mountain bikers in the world flying through these burly features at mach-chicken, and somehow managing to ride down this final feature at race pace, and your own pace will suddenly feel quite meager! Written by Greg Heil
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Route and Elevation
Segments
| Name | Distance | Elev. Diff. | Avg. Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| SanBernardino | 2.13 mi | 686 ft | 6.1% |
| Super Enduro Stage 1 road climb | 2.52 mi | 833 ft | 6.2% |
| SanBernardino climb to>Scollino | 1.90 mi | 705 ft | 7.0% |
| Capcaverne-1 | 2.44 mi | 791 ft | 6.1% |
| cima | 2.23 mi | 781 ft | 6.6% |
| SanBernardino climb to > Scollino ( salita del Grillo side ) | 1.86 mi | 640 ft | 6.4% |
| UP | 2.12 mi | 764 ft | 6.8% |
| SanBernardino tratto mediano | 1.63 mi | 614 ft | 7.1% |
| Via Degli Alisei Climb | 1.81 mi | 620 ft | 6.5% |
| San Bernardino I | 1.28 mi | 453 ft | 6.7% |
| EWS stage 1 2013 | 1.16 mi | -745 ft | -12.1% |
| Dolmet trail EWS 2013 | 0.92 mi | -663 ft | -13.6% |
| Dolmen fast sektion | 0.36 mi | -230 ft | -12.0% |