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Zena Climb – Beaver Lake loop from San Benedetto del Querceto

Zena Climb – Beaver Lake loop from San Benedetto del Querceto

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Zena Climb – Beaver Lake loop from San Benedetto del Querceto

02:30

54.8km

580m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

IT4050012 - SIC-ZPS - Contrafforte Pliocenico

Gessi Bolognesi, Calanchi dell'Abbadessa

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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221 m

Cyclist mannequin in Quinzano

Highlight • Structure

Strange puppet dressed as a cyclist, clearly visible from the road as soon as you enter the hamlet of Quinzano.

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1.98 km

Monte Bibele Archaeological Area

Highlight • Historical Site

After a few hundred meters of dirt road you will find the Etruscan village. This open-air museum is a reconstruction in wood, earth and vegetable fibre. In the center is the altar where lightning often strikes. The Etruscans respected nature and storms and atmospheric events were sacred, perhaps for this reason they had chosen this place to live. The name 'Bibele' derives from the word bibere which means 'to drink', in fact there were many sources of water here.

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12.6 km

Zena Climb

Highlight • Climb

Quite a nice climb with some turns in the road. Fairly steep gradient at the start, the climb gets easier after the first bend

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13.1 km

Zena Junction

Highlight • Trail

You can continue straight on towards Fornace di Zena, or turn right up a climb

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27.9 km

Church of San Lorenzo del Farneto

Highlight • Religious Site

Parish of a typically Bolognese orange color along the Val di Zena

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31.4 km

Val di Zena

Highlight • Gorge

Interesting route for training with long stretches of gentle uphill gradient and some short stretches to force the leg uphill! Cold winter and hot summer but with many shaded areas! There is little traffic even if the road is not very wide. You can reach Quinzano and Loiano if you want to tackle long uphill stretches.

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33.5 km

Botteghino di Zocca

Highlight • Cafe

The small village of Botteghino di Zocca in the Zena valley is an obligatory coffee stop for many Bolognese cyclists. From here many routes start for Zena, Monte delle Formiche, Quinzano, and for the sculpture of the great whale of Gorgognano. In 1965, a farmer discovered the remains of a 2-million-year-old whale.

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34.9 km

Beaver Lake

Highlight • Lake

Ponds very popular in summer by fishermen and patrons of the bar next door

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54.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

54.4 km

443 m

Surfaces

53.4 km

1.05 km

415 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 24 August

28°C

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October 12, 2023,In val di Zena tecnici agrari al controllo maturazione spighe di grano

To break the rules in the right way (there is no way) you have to learn them very well! 🙈

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Zena Climb – Beaver Lake loop from San Benedetto del Querceto

Cyclist mannequin in Quinzano

Monte Bibele Archaeological Area

Zena Climb

Zena Junction

Church of San Lorenzo del Farneto

Val di Zena

Botteghino di Zocca

Beaver Lake

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