Klammlrunde - Gravel tour in South Tyrol

Nice tour with that above all Perseverance is required, technically not that difficult. Great landscape 🤩 Tip from the fellow driver: At kilometer 30, it's better not to turn onto the gravel road (like we did 😖), but rather stay on the country road until you cross the Schwarzach river there! Turn left behind the bridge and continue along the road, the paths come together again.

@Fritz_eBike_Adventures definitely try an e-MTB ride.🤩 The route is perfect for that and the mountain scenery is absolutely picture-perfect 🏞️

Nice nice nice !! I made the ring anti-clockwise. From Campo Tures to Brunico, classic cycle path, always enjoyable, especially early in the morning; then the Pusteria Valley cycle path to the gates of Valdaora to enter the Anterselva valley. Beautiful cycle path throughout the valley up to Anterselva di mezzo: from there you start to climb "seriously" for 5km with a 9-10% gradient up to the lake. From there it flattens out to the start of the climb to the Stalle pass. A few words about the pass: it is alternating one-way, open from 30 to 45 every hour from Italy and from 00 to 15 from Austria. This means having 30 minutes to do a 4 km climb with gradients reaching 13-15% and never below 7%. the road is narrow and avalanches of motorbikes and cars pass by, bikes are not "privileged", on the contrary... I arrived 500 meters from the pass when they opened in Austria, I stopped, waited 15 minutes and set off again. The view is spectacular, worth a lot! From the pass I descended towards St. Jakob and took the road to the Tauern valley, a nature park closed to traffic. From there a regular climb on a dirt road of about 18 km in the midst of uncontaminated nature, full of pastures and wonderful mountains. The dirt road is totally cycleable on gravel although every now and then you NEED to stop to take photos and enjoy the unique landscape around us! At the end of the climb you return to Italy from the Gola pass at 2200 meters above the lake of the same name. From here a somewhat challenging descent begins (on gravel, for the arms...) at the beginning, then, once past the Knutten Alm (stop to eat or drink something, it's worth it!!), the descent becomes very fun and relaxing (but watch out for the asphalt road Riva-Campo Tures, there are peaks of 17% which make you get carried away on the descent, but cars pass...). Little else to say except that I highly recommend it to everyone! HI Paul

Circular route from Rasun, follow the cycle path to get to Anterselva. From here you go up to Passo Stalle. You go down to Austria where you take the forest road that runs alongside the Ries-Aurina natural park (be careful at km 34 I made a mistake you must always follow the forest road). You go up to 2300 meters of the pass between Austria and Italy. You go down to Riva di Tures (be careful on the way down, some exposed sections). You arrive on the cycle path of the Aurina valley and in Brunico you take the Valpusteria one to return

While I'm here, I also had to have a classic. No sooner said than done, again a few meters more in altitude than usual 🙄, but if you don't try it, you don't know if it'll work. Everything was on offer when it came to the weather 😳, from the Staller saddle it started to rain 😖. Unfortunately only a rain jacket with me 🥹, all wet head, socks, crown jewels 😱, at a sporty 8 degrees and a very fast descent 🥶 I had a lot of fun 😁👍😉 and longed for a climb. But then there was the compensation. You simply have to experience the scenic impressions. The descent afterwards was like a rush...

The ride was not in Dolomites, in fact, but it's within an easy reach from Pustertal. The highlights are: 1. The high traverse over the Reintal - Val di Riva. 2. Knuttenalm with the food so delicious and attractive that you want to eal all the positions from the menu. Twice!! 3. The gravel switchbacks leading to the Klammljoch 2288 m. 4. The upper Defereggental (Arvental). 5. Staller Sattel and the road full of narrow hairpins descending towards the Antholzer See. ... Challenging. Beautiful. Giving freedom. 99% is rideable with a gravel bike. I heartily recommend this route! 🩷🩷🩷

The tour of the Vedrette di Ries is now a classic to do in Gravel. Super, super spectacular, super beautiful, super landscapes, super views!!

Another classic route for MTB due to the presence of off-road sections but absolutely feasible also in Gravel. The ascent to the Gola Pass and the subsequent descent into the Hohe Tauern Nature Park in Austria along the Defereggental are absolutely fantastic. https://youtu.be/ek5PNDbY-2Q