Monte Stella

We put our feast in Trentinara to good use the next day by climbing up Monte Stella, 3,700 feet high, for 5,700 feet of climbing from Agropoli in 38 miles. After quiet road to get there we saw virtually no traffic on the climb, which is barely more than a lane wide, with healthy pitches of 12-14% grade.



There's a radar (I think?) installation on top and a sort of blocky church.



And talk about views, you could see everything from there:

























The climb has some nice changes of scenery. Olive groves give way to some aspen- or beech-like forest for a while:

There are some stretches of oak woodland:



Here's a view from where the descent rejoins the main road, north through the hills and villages back to Agropoli:




Monte Stella is a stellar ride!