This mountain bike ride offers fabulous views and a few challenging sections as it leads through the area on the Austrian-Italian border. Riders will be able to look out over the Reschensee lake and can even take a dip in the idyllic Grünsee lake. Further highlights en route include the Schwarzsee lake and Naudersberg Castle. The toughest part of the ride comes at the end in the form of a downhill section over rough and slippery gravel terrain.
Mountain Bike Ride
Starting point
Nauders
Hike to
Grünsee lake
Finishing point
Nauders
Mountain chain
Sesvenna Alps
Length
22 km
Riding time
2 h 30 min
Features
- Circular route
- Handicap-accessible
- Route with e-bike charging station
- Hotel Post, Nauders
- Bottom of Bergkastel cable cars in Nauders
Difficulty rating
difficult
Altitude
2,020m 1,340m
Elevation uphill 740m
Vertical metres downhill 740m
Fitness level
Technique
Best time of year
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* These are approximate values and recommendations. Please take your personal fitness level, technical ability and the current weather conditions into account. Tirol Werbung cannot guarantee that the information provided is correct and accepts no liability.
Parking
Parking next to the ice skating rink in Grudanatsch, Doktor-Tschiggfrey-Straße
Places serving food & drink
- Pizzeria Hans (on the Italian border)
- Pizzeria Irene (on the Italian border)
- Rescher Alm
- Various locations in Nauders and Reschen
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Trail description
The ride begins in the Doktor-Tschiggfrey-Straße in Nauders and leads for around seven kilometres along the tarmac road to the Reschensee lake, passing the Bergkastel and Fuhrmannsloch ski lifts. After crossing over into Italy, continue up onto the Reschen Pass and, just before you reach the village of Reschen, turn right. Here the road merges with a forest trail that leads via Vallierteck towards the Rescher Alm hut at 2,000 metres above sea level. After passing the Rescher Alm hut, stay right and ride towards the Austrian border east of the Piz Lat. After 3.5 kilometres you will be able to see the Grünsee lake. Stay right again and ride past the Schwarzsee in an easterly direction. From here, the route leads downhill to the Tiefhof farmstead and then along a challenging downhill trail back to Nauders.
