Transalp Cycling Tour in August 2015


Some tid-bits from the ride for you...

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The route we took also on my strava: https://www.strava.com/athletes/1441177

A few notes:
We set off from Tegernsee having taken the train from Munich. Our first night was in Kramsach after a pretty wet afternoon. The climbing kept the legs warm! The second day we rode down into and along the Zillertal, through Mayrhofen and up to Dominikushütte. A stunning valley. At Dominikushüüte, the view over the Schlegeisspeicher is very nice, with a few glaciers as back drops. The next morning in thick fog and teaming rain we did a big up and over the Pfitscher Joch into Süd Tirol and down into Sterzing. As that leg was relatively short we took off for the afternoon having dumped our packs and did a big climb from Mauls over the pass to Rio di Pusteria / Mühlbach via Masl. Sterzing is very pretty - the hotel: Steindls was a highlight. Then the next day out of Sterzing was a long climb up Val di Racines (lots of carrying bikes up goat tracks) and then down into Walten then along the Passirio river into Merrano. We had a rest day in Merrano - cracking little town with a great public spa and plenty of beers gardens with Süd Tirol flair! Following the rest day again a lot of climbing and single trails past Masi di Sopra, past Saint Panraz through Ultimo, more climbing through tunnels to Tregiovo, past the beautiful Lago di Santa Giustino and down into Male. The last day up the Folgarida pass through to Madonna di Campiglio was very enjoyable. It was basically all fire trails in the National Park. The last afternoon was a stinker - a big dirty headwind, I snapped a chain and generally lots of climbing. We go through to Lake Garda in the late afternoon ready to smash some prosecco and nail some pasta!

For info:
Grand Canyon CF SL 6.9
35L backpack
2 x cycling kit
Shorts
2 x t-shirt
1 x long sleeve icebreaker thermal
1 x gore-tex jacket
1 x arm warmers
3 x socks
3 x jocks
1 x running shoes
1 x tube / small pump / allen key set / tyre lever
1 x Leica X
1 x rucksack cover
1 x cycling cap
1 x phone charger
1 x wallet
1 x bike lights
1 x toiletries
6 x cliff bars