We wanted to use the last day without snow for a long hike in the national park Gran Paradiso which is known for its wildlife with ibex, marmot and eagles. We parked the camper van on the public parking space in Valnontey where we slept 2 nights. The campsite was already closed when we arrived,…
Tag: Trails
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…
Sölden Camping & Bike Republic – Day 1
So after a long drive to Sölden, we have spent our first night in a camper van at Camping Sölden. Unfortunately the weather forgot that we are on our summer vacation right now, and has welcomed us in Austria with rain and fog. During the night it was around 5°C outside, suprisingly I did not freeze…
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