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Bocchetto Sessera Pass – Balma Quarries Park loop from Biella Piazzo

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Italy

Piedmont

Biella

Bocchetto Sessera Pass – Balma Quarries Park loop from Biella Piazzo

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5.0

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Bocchetto Sessera Pass – Balma Quarries Park loop from Biella Piazzo

04:41

62.7km

1,320m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 12, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 19.0 km for 507 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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22 m

Biella Funicular

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Conceived by Eng. Vaccarino in 1885, began to work in 1886 using a hydraulic system: a large container of water pushed the upper carriage downwards which in turn made the …

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580 m

Bottalino Fountain

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A beautiful barrel-shaped fountain, there are also three benches and lots of shade, a great place for a stop.

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15.8 km

Campiglia Cervo Hospice

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ancient building astride the road designed to shelter wayfarers. Finally being renovated

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33.3 km

Memorial to the Garibaldi Brigade Partisans (Sagliano Micca)

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As stated on the plaque located in this place in the municipality of Sagliano Micca, the second Garibaldi Brigade was formed here. These were partisan formations involved in the Resistance. …

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35.2 km

Bocchetto Sessera Pass

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The **Passo (or Bocchetto) di Bocchetto Sessera is an alpine pass located in the Biella Alps, in the Province of Biella (Piedmont, Italy). It connects the Valle dello Strona di …

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49.3 km

Monument to Giovanni Macnani

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Rectangular shaped vertical stone plaque with black engravings forming part of a small monument located at the beginning of the bridge that allows entry into San Paolo Cervo

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50.5 km

The Parco delle Cave della Balma is a natural area of a quarry or recovered extraction zone located in the territory of Campiglia Cervo / Biella (Piedmont, Italy), near Biella San Paolo, highly appreciated by hikers and mountain bike lovers.

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60.7 km

Old Factory by the Stream

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62.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

50.5 km

8.82 km

3.19 km

212 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

50.0 km

7.37 km

5.02 km

180 m

130 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,360 m)

Lowest point (410 m)

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Wednesday 20 May

27°C

13°C

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Bocchetto Sessera Pass – Balma Quarries Park loop from Biella Piazzo

Biella Funicular

Bottalino Fountain

Campiglia Cervo Hospice

Memorial to the Garibaldi Brigade Partisans (Sagliano Micca)

Bocchetto Sessera Pass

Monument to Giovanni Macnani

Balma Quarries Park

Old Factory by the Stream

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