Italy · Lake Maggiore · Val Cannobina

Short, brutal, and by my own account the hardest of the trip.

Ridden 24 August 2019 — the shortest of the Cannobio climbs, but the one with its own name in the ride log, and a Saltire flag at the top marking the occasion.

Route data (from Strava): 18.0km, 558m of climbing, max grade 46.7% — short compared to the others, but concentrated: nearly 560m of climbing in 18km.

The route, from my own GPS track

Real GPS route map of this ride from Cannobio
The actual recorded route, plotted from my own Strava GPX/FIT data onto a real OpenStreetMap base.
A beer on a café table overlooking the mountains near Cannobio after a ride
A cold Peroni at a café table with the valley laid out below — the reward at the end of this one.
View over the mountain valley near Cannobio in evening light
Late-light valley view from this ride.
Narrow street through a small village in the hills above Cannobio
One of the hill villages on this route.
River gorge and waterfall in the Cannobino Valley near Cannobio
The Cannobino river gorge, visible from the climb.
Strava route map and elevation profile for this climb from Cannobio
The actual Strava app screenshot from this ride — kept alongside the rebuilt map above for comparison.
Sign reading Arrivederci Scotland Goodbye The Last Climb with a Saltire flag, on a route near Cannobio
"Arrivederci Scotland — The Last Climb" — a Saltire on the way out after what the ride log calls, without much room for argument, "an absolute killer."

Source: my Strava export (24 Aug 2019), real GPS track, plus 5 real photos including the ride's own Strava screenshot.