Blockhaus Bike Touring Italy's Classic Bike Climbs Blockhaus epic climb

As you plan your 2021 adventure in Italy and looking for a different location to bike tour and challenge yourself, consider the central Appenini mountains. With COVID changing the way we will travel and need to find off the beaten path locations to escape crowds there are lots of places to visit in Italy that are well known by the locals but not those from outside of Europe. Blockhaus, only the name commands respect, then when you look at the altitude you get shivers: 28 km, 2,038 m in altitude and 7.3% average gradient for the climb that starts from Scafa - Lettomanoppello (PE) and represents one of the most challenging unique ascents in all of Europe, as well as the longest in Italy.