View of Sciliar – Bolzano Bike Path loop from Laives - Leifers

View of Sciliar – Bolzano Bike Path loop from Laives - Leifers

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View of Sciliar – Bolzano Bike Path loop from Laives - Leifers

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38.4km

1,170m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very 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 21, 2026

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Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 173 m for 2 m

After 38.3 km for 2 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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13.6 km

View of Bolzano from Kohlern / Colle di Bolzano

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Very promising from the south side of Steinmannswald, the straight two-lane route leads steeply with up to 13% up the eastern side of the Adige Valley, partly through forest and along rock faces, but also over clearings and meadows. The higher you go, the further the view goes up and down the Adige Valley, in the south to Trentino, in the west to the Vinschgau peaks.
The high point at 1245m is quite unspectacular in the forest, here you can either climb a few meters further to the Gasthof Schneiderwiesen at 1360 meters or plunge down into the cabbage. At the first meters of altitude, however, the route is in very poor condition (06/2020), deep washouts and potholes require careful driving.
From farm cabbages, the road is neat again and the remaining 900 vertical meters are very enjoyable, even if speed records are of course not recommended on the very winding and narrow road.

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15.1 km

Albergo Unteregger

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short coffee break,

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17.6 km

Villa Bittner at Colle / Kohlern

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The Villa Bittner or Villa Degischer in Kohlern was built in 1896 and was the summer residence of the Bolzano master builder Sebastian Altmann.

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18.2 km

World's First Mountain Cable Car — Bolzano–Colle (Kohlern Cable Car)

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The cable car takes visitors from Kampenn near Bozen to the 1,100 m high Kohlerer Berg, more precisely to the village of Kohlern, and overcomes an altitude difference of 835 m. The cable car was opened in 1908, which makes it the oldest free-floating cable car in the world: Back then, financed by the Bozen innkeeper Josef Staffler, it was supposed to take guests to the Kohlern mountain. It opened a month before the Wetterhorn elevator in Switzerland.

The view from the cabins and from Kohlern itself is wonderful and includes not only the city, but also the high plateau of the Renon and Salten as well as the surrounding peaks. In 2006 it was renovated and new cabins installed: today they usually take 20 people every half hour and bring them to Kohlern in five minutes. Once at the mountain station, numerous hiking trails await visitors. As an alternative to the mountain railway, a 9 km long curvy and rather narrow road leads up to the village.

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23.9 km

View of Sciliar

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26.6 km

Rail Trail With Historic Railway Tunnels

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For those who normally only drive over bridges, these tunnels in the region are a real highlight. A little change and nice and cool in the summer.

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27.9 km

Bolzano Bike Path

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Still as many tracks

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29.1 km

Talvera Bridge cycle path, Bolzano

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Can I just pass on that the cycle network in Bolzano is very well developed 👍🏻
We came from Merano and drove a few kilometers through Bolzano. Great cycle network but you don't have to see the city at least the way to the market square wasn't necessarily nice.

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