424 Schlern-Rosengarten Ronda counterclockwise

Description

From Welschnofen | Nova Levante (1.882 m) the Laurin I cable car takes you to the Hut Frommer Alm (1.733 m). After crossing the street Niger, take the Carezza trail entrance and keep left towards the Karerpass | Passo Costalunga. Follow the route of the 354 Latemar Ronda on wide forest gravel paths, the national road 65 and the forest as well as meadow paths, until you reach the state road and shortly afterwards continue along the MTB route to Moena (1.148 m) in the Val di Fassa. The route now continues along the valley cycle path to Campitello (1.448 m) before following mountain bike route 908 into the Duron valley. The ascent to Mahlknechtjoch (2.204 m) is very steep, but the picturesque alpine landscape compensates. The tour continues on forest roads and the road Jochstraße across the expanses of the largest alpine pasture in South Tyrol, the Seiseralm | Alpe di Siusi, with views of the Schlern | Sciliar and its Santner peak. From Kompatsch | Compaccio (1.850 m), follow the national road 25 down to the village of Telfen. The tour leads through the village of Seis | Siusi on small secluded paths and along the national road 24 for a while. Then follow the cycle route parallel to the main road to Völs am Schlern | Fiè allo Sciliar (840 m). Via Obervöls to the lake Ums | Umes, along the foot of the mountain Tschafons, you follow the MTB Tour 255 to the „Schnaggenkreuz“ cross (1011 m) and then the national road 65 to Tiers | Tires and on to St. Zyprian | San Cipriano. From St. Zyprian | San Cipriano (1.100 m) you take Italy's first Cabrio cable car up to the Hut Frommer Alm and return to the starting point in Welschnofen | Nova Levante via the Carezza Trail.

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This challenging MTB tour takes you around two majestic mountains in the South Tyrolean Dolomites: the Rosengarten | Catinaccio and the Schlern | Sciliar.

On 88 km and 2,500 metres of ascent, the full-day tour offers a breathtaking panorama of picturesque alpine meadows, dense forests and imposing, rugged rock faces as well as peaks that rise steeply into the sky.