It’s finally time for another camper van adventure that we kicked off with another stay with my former HP colleagues and their wives at Riederalp on 6th September 2019. We are on the road for the next 3 weeks with the goal to explore famous swiss mountain sides and where ever the weather and road…
Tag: MTB
Extended weekend at Dockweiler (Vulkaneifel)
For our first extended trip with the camper van we decided to visit the Vulkaneifel in the upper West of Germany.Wikipedia mentions that it is the least densely populated district in that state and the fourth most sparsely populated district in Germany, and yes Wikipedia, this is in deed a perceptible fact. The chosen campsite…
Finale Ligure – Camping Tahiti – Day 5 // Nato base uphill, Crestino and Super Groppo lower trail
The rest day yesterday was spent with walking 12 km, more serious tanning business that resulted in a bit of sunburn and of course eating ice cream. As today is the last day in Finale, there was no excuse not to climb up to the famous Nato base and ride some trails from there. We…
Finale Ligure – Camping Tahiti – Day 3 // Rugetta original & Briga Trail
After having spent one day with a run along the beachside and serious tanning approaches on the beach, we did another MTB trail tour yesterday. After the Kill Bill II experience, we checked for trails in the range up to S2 – I recommend trailforks for checking the skill requirements. The tour had two thankful…
Finale Ligure – Camping Tahiti – Day 1 // A thrill with Kill Bill II
Unbelievable but true – we are at the mediterranean sea, with mountains, and trails. I had to go for swim almost immediately yesterday after we arrived in the late afternoon. The water is warm like in a bathtub, not refreshing but nice! Today we planned a trail tour with + 1000 meters of height, but…
Schlanders – Camping Vogelsang – Day 2
Around 30°C with a burning sun today but we were telling ourselves today or never – uphill Sonnenberg, downhill Monte Sole (Sunny Benny) and Tschilli trail. We tried that already in 2013, on that very first bike vacation still riding hardtails, and I remember that we had to push our bikes and were not able…
Schlanders – Camping Vogelsang – Day 1
Yesterday we had another transfer day, while travelling to Schlanders / Vinschgau we made a quick stop at the Salewa concept store in Bozen, which is really nicely built with a climbing wall outside of the building and a well organized shop inside. Once arrived in Schlanders on Camping Vogelsang, we managed to set up…
Kronplatz – MTB Enduro Tour
After a stormy night – 3450 lightnings were counted over Southern Tyrol – we got up not too late to start for the enduro tour that I found on the WWW -> Enduro Tour St. Lorenzen. We climbed a bit more than 900 height meters without any decent with an average percentage gradient of around 10%,…
Kronplatz – Camping Ansitz Wildberg – Day 1
We arrived in Sankt Lorenzen yesterday, after a super quick stop in Innsbruck, where we mainly just walked around the old town centre close to the river Inn and had some lunch. Today it was about to explore the downhill / freeride offerings at Kronplatz. What a view from Kronplatz on the Dolomites! This is…
Sölden Bike Republic – Day 2
Perfect weather today – sunny, warm and dry. We decided to buy another half day ticket today, as we wouldn’t be able to ride a whole day downhill anyhow. My arms, back and shoulders are already hurting from yesterday. We started the downhill fun with the Nene trail, even if rated as difficult we were…
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