Sud Tirol – Rabla – Aschbach Gondola
We rode in Sud Tirol in 2012 and had a great time. We wanted to come back to see other areas and spend more time in the great Bike Hotels. This time we stayed in Rabla at the Design Hotel Tyrol near Merano, we checked out the Testival at Brixen and stayed at the Bike Hotel Jonathan and explored another area closer to Austria, Val Aurina and stayed at the Bike Hotel Linderhof. The bike hotels are run by families who also bike, there are many trails in these areas and having a guide is the most effecient way to link up the goods.
In Rabla most of the biking is off the Aschbach Gondola. From here you can do a few different variations. Of course all climbs end at a hut! In this area they are called Alm. Our ride took us up a double track to Naturnser Alm where we had a snack. We then climbed the ridge and rode down to St Vigil. from there we took trail 29/27 on the Stuanbruch route back to Rabla.
Meran, South Tyrol – Ashbach from Lee Lau on Vimeo.
While the trains are nice and spacious and the time tables complete, it just doesn’t seem as informative or efficient as Switzerland
Our hotel and the Rose bikes we borrowed.
The Aschbauch Gondola
The trails in the area you can ride.
Well signed
The signs even correlate with the maps!
Naturnser Alm
Lee having his Kaiserschmarrm, and me having a beer
Then we ride up to the ridge
Sud Tirol Chue meet Sud Tirol Chue!
At the Seespitz we get onto single track
We go down
Back at the Design Hotel Lee has a swim with his ducks!
Boris and Suzanne were great hosts!
The bikes they rent at the Design Hotel
Our room with its view
The biggest agricultural industry in this valley is Apples. Apples apples everywhere!
Dinners were as always amazing!
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