Dag 1

Innsjekk Hotel Tyrol, Mals
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Dag 2

Frokost
09:00 Avgang fra Mals
Stigning helt frem til lunsj (tøff dag). Deler kan shuttles om ønskelig
Etter en ettermiddag med nedkjøring kommer vi ned i Engadin-dalen i Sveits. Her går vi ombord på toget som frakter oss lengere opp i Engadin dalen. Vi sykler de siste km til Pontresina.
Innsjekk

35 km, 1 400 vm opp, 1 400 vm ned

Dag 3

Frokost
09:00 Avgang fra Pontresina
Lunsj underveis
Ankomst/innsjekk Livigno
Middagsbuffet

50 km, 1 510 vm opp, 1 476 vm ned

Dag 4

Frokost
10:00 Livigno runde
Lunsj underveis
For de som ønsker: rolig bydag i Livigno

Overnatting i Livigno

30 km, 800 vm opp, 800 vm ned

Dag 5

Frokost
09:00 Avgang fra Livigno
Lunsj underveis
Ankomst Bormio

54 km, 1 627 vm opp, 2 230 vm ned

Dag 6

Frokost
09:00 Avgang fra Bormio
Gondol opp til Bormio 3000 (m.o. h.) Inkludert
Lunsj underveis
Tilbake til Bormio, overnatting

30 km, 327 vm opp, 1 585 vm ned

Dag 7

Frokost
09:00 Shuttle forbi St Caterina opp i dalen
Lunsj underveis
For de som ønsker: rolig bydag i Bormio
Overnatting i St Caterina

16 km, 944 vm opp, 944 vm ned

Dag 8

Frokost
07:30 Avreise fra St Catarina
Shuttle opp til Stelvio Passet (2 757 m. o. h.) Inkludert
Lunsj underveis
Ankomst/innsjekk i Mals
Middagsbuffet (inkludert)

33 km, 1 610 vm opp, 3 315 vm ned

Dag 9

Frokost
Utsjekk/avreise

Pris

Prisen er ikke fastsatt, men vil havne på et sted mellom kr 25 000,- og 29 000,- pr person i dobbeltrom, avhengig av hotellprisene vi jobber med.

Inkluderer åtte netter på hotell, måltider: frokost (8), middag (2), bagasjetransport mellom hotellene, stolheis, shuttlebuss og tog i h. h. t. “dag for dag” oversikten.

Eventuelle ekstra netter på hotell og/eller leiesykkel ordnes av den enkelte. Vi kan bistå med tips.

Datoer 2024

Slutten av august – begynnelsen av september. Datoer ikke fastsatt ennå.

Det vil være plass til 12 personer på turen

Bike day 1:

The tour – and the day – starts with a long climb, actually the major climb of our whole week, as we head out for Switzerland. It’s 1200m up to Sesvennahütte, an alpine hut on the Italian/Swiss border. The climb starts with a nicely rolling sealed road until we enter a gravel road that leads flat into a valley and steepens up at the end. Sesvennahütte is not only the highest point of the day, it’s also our well-deserved lunch stop.

It’s really spectacular here! After crossing the border to Switzerland, we ride all the way down to the Engadin Valley. After the pass, we enter the infamous Uina Canyon – an alpine biking experience you will never forget. The canyon is followed by some forest trails above a river called Inn. After a few flat kilometres, we will arrive in the small Swiss town of Scoul. We ride through the town to the train station, hop on the train and take the easy way through the Engadin Valley. Our destination today is Pontresina, close to St. Moritz. We jump off the train and bike the last few kilometres to Pontresina.

St. Moritz is possibly one of the poshest places to visit during the wintertime, and Pontresina is also kind of posh, but in a nicer and friendlier way. In the summer, the small high alpine town is a quiet and very bike friendly place. Like Livigno, the base of the valley is at an altitude of 1,800 m. Pontresina and St. Moritz both offer great trails, dreamy larch forests and stunning views of the Piz Palü and Piz Bernina glaciers.

Bike day 2:

We leave Pontresina and start the climb up to the Bernina Pass.  It’s flat into the valley until we reach a place called Morteratsch, where we turn right into the Morteratsch Valley. After a few kilometres, we reach the ice of the glaciers. It’s fascinating to see how fast the glaciers have receded over the past century. As the Morteratsch Valley is a dead-end road, we turn around and head back down to the Bernina Pass. We enter the upper parts of the pass with a good mix of smooth trails leading up to the final pass of the whole trip.

Time for lunch at the top of the Bernina Pass! After a short climb, it’s time to hit the final single tracks all the way down to Livigno.

Bike day 3:

A full day in Livigno. If you need a rest day, you can enjoy nice cafés and shopping life. The rest of us will join the guide exploring the trails of Livigno.

Bike day 4:

One more cappuccino in Livigno and we’re set to go! We ride out of this lovely Italian high alpine town following the path down to Lake Livigno. We continue riding on the flat path along the shores of the lake until we reach the main climb of the day, 600 vertical metres up to Passo Alpisella. It’s a nice rolling gradient at the start and a bit steeper towards the top. After the main climb, the reward is priceless – stunning views over to the glaciers of the Stelvio National Park. From here, it’s downhill: Initially a gravel road and then a flowy single track that brings us to the bottom of a high valley. From here, we cross the border to Switzerland and start climbing up a single track through a valley called “Val Mora”. The trail has a nice gradient and flows quite well even when climbing on it. We stop for lunch at Döss Radond.
After lunch, we roll back down the Val Mora trail again and reach another lake, Lago di San Giacomo. From there, it’s flat along the shores of lake until we start the final descent down to Bormio. We spend the night in Bormio and enjoy some of the delicious local specialities.

Bike day 5:

After some intense days of riding, we will spend another day and night in Bormio. You can either take a day of, or you can join in on a huge climb up to 3000 m. No worries here, we use the Bormio 3000 lift to get to the top. From here on it’s basically downhill all day. We follow a single track that covers all kinds of terrain – from the high alpine and rocky section on top, it gets smoother in the lower parts, followed by a loamy and flowy trail as soon as we reach the tree line again. We return to Bormio by following fire roads through the forest.

Bike day 6:

We leave the old town of Bormio by taking a shuttle up a sealed road so it’s an easy morning. We then unload the bikes and hit the trails. Straight from the cark park we start the first of two major climbs: 500 m of elevation up to Rifugio Pernici and from there down on a single track. The next climb is steep to begin with, but you will be rewarded with amazing views of glaciers and snow-covered mountain peaks. We stop for lunch at Rifugio Branca. After a fine Italian lunch, we complete the final part up to the glacier, a smooth single track followed by some hiking sections towards the end. You could jump over onto the glacier from here – a very inviting opportunity on a hot summer’s day. After crossing the Tibetan Bridges and climbing up on a few more huge, slick rocks, we reach the start of the “Tibet Trail”. You will fully understand the name when you’re standing there. Back at the trailhead, we can either roll down the sealed road, have a cappuccino stop at the Rifugio Stella Alpina or hit another short climb and descend on a gravel and single track down to the small town of Santa Caterina.

Santa Caterina is in the Valfurva valley and is the starting point for one of the most famous road climbs in the world, the Passo Gavia, while the area around Santa Caterina also offers virtually endless opportunities for mountain biking. So, if you did not get enough biking today, we can go out and hit some more trails until the sun goes down. We spend the night in Santa Caterina.

Bike day 7:

Our last biking day! We leave Santa Caterina, hop on a shuttle again and head up the famous Passo Stelvio. When we reach the top of Passo dello Stelvio, we unload the bikes and start off with a little climb. It’s almost 3,000 m above sea level here and you’ll definitely feel the altitude a bit. From here, it’s pretty much downhill all day but, before entering the famous “Goldsee Trail”, we need to take a moment to enjoy the scenery. On the other side of the valley is Ortler (3,905 m), which is the highest peak in this area. The trail flows along the mountain for many kilometres, mostly nicely rolling with a few technical, rocky features to spice things up a bit.

When we enter the German-speaking part of Italy, South Tyrol, it’s time for lunch and some rest until a bit of up and down on an alpine plateau. Soon it’s time to enter the final trail down to the Vinschgau valley and, after a few kilometres spinning the legs in the base of the valley, the day is done and dusted. We will stay in the town of Mals in the Vinschgau Valley just a few kilometres away from the Austrian and Swiss borders.

In the afternoon, we visit the highest winery in Europe and taste some of their delicious wines. Afterwards, we enjoy our last dinner together.