DAY 1: Innsbruck - Brixen
85km - 1380hm - around 6,5h of riding
The first pass is of course the Brennerpass - we will start with going up on the Patscherkofel side - starting the uphill to Viller Kopf, and work our way up to Gries am Brenner. I think it’s nice to start in the forest so we have a chilled start with no cars. Then it changes between easy gravel routes and tarmac.The way down will be happening on the awesome former railway track - tarmac, speed and smiles! Then we will pedal the rest of the day slightly downhill (yay) until Brixen, where we’ll stay for the night.DAY 2: Brixen - Andalo
107km - 1100hm - around 8h of riding
As we’re still on the way DOWN to Gardasee this means we’re starting the tour with an easy 80km flat to slightly downhill route. As there is a perfect bike path through the valley around Chiusa it won’t make any sense to search for gravel around there. I’d say we use this to get some kilometers in and our legs relaxed 😉
The goal of the day will be Andalo, which is on around 1000m. So we have a little work to do to get up there but I think this will be worth it! The reason why I want us to make this loop around the Paganella Area is that there’s a very beautiful downhill from up there down to the Lago di Toblino (which is also beautiful). And I just prefer beautiful stuff over lame and flat bike lanes 😀
But yeah, this roundabout will be paused in Andalo for our second stay so we can continue fresh into day 3!DAY 3: Andalo - Riva
52km - 870hm - 4h riding
We start the day with a 700m uphill which has some steep parts in it but secures us the nice downhill as I mentioned on day 2. So from here on we will ride some nice S1-S2 trails down to Lago di Toblino and then it’s only a Katzensprung entfernt that we can finally eat Ice Cream at FLORAAA ❤️