Mountain biking in the Vinschgau Valley
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On the website of our bike school Südtirolbike you will find the most beautiful mountain bike tours in the Vinschgau Valley including the descriptions and GPS tracks: Südtirolbike.
Mountain bike
Mountain biking in and around Prato/Prad means pure fun on the trail. Among the impressive summits of the Ortler Group, there is something for fans of each end of the scale.
For all those who would like to be skilfully guided through our flowing network of trails, so as to experience the adventure of mountain biking in Prato in a special way, a guided cycling tour is recommended.
With Pradbike, we offer guided tours to our mountain bikers six times a week, where they are well taken care of by our guide.
The programme is diverse; from trail magic all around Prato to varied mountain tours with wonderful panoramic views, everyone can select his or her personal highlight. …and in addition, we also provide 300 guaranteed sunny days per year.
From Monday to Saturday, from May to October, our bike guide will accompany you on easy to moderate tours. One tour costs Euro 25,00 (there may be additional shuttle costs).
Enduro
Enduro is a discipline of mountain biking closely related to technically very demanding tours on the mountain bike, focusing on steep downhills or jumps over natural barriers. The Vinschgau Valley is the ideal location for passionate freerider who want to feel the adrenalin flowing.
With the bike shuttle of our bike school we will take you to the desired starting points for your downhill descents:
- to the Stilfserjoch/Stelvio Pass and the gold sea path
- to Solda / Madritschjoch
In Trafoi (about 10 km from the hotel) there is the chair-lift Trafoi which takes you to the Furkelhütte at 2.153m. (Your bikes are transported free of charge.) The perfect starting point for freeride tours to the Montoni, to Schartalm and to the Archaic path.
Tour examples
from Bikeguide Siegi Weisenhorn
930 hm
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Easy MTB tour in the Stelvio National Park, in a reign of uncontaminated nature and anthropic landscape, where agro-farming and forestry have been practiced for centuries.
read more2650 hm
Gorge Uinaschlucht
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In 1910 the smuggler’s path was carved into the rock to bring the smuggling goods (e.g. cigarettes, sugar, etc.) into the Vinschgau Valley. Construction costs 32,500 francs. Today the path is one of the most visited high alpine sights. In fact, almost 1000 m of path length, up to 100 m above the bottom of the gorge, had to be cut out of the nearly vertical rock wall in a width of 130 cm, mostly as a rock-covered gallery with two tunnels.
read more1282 hm
Göflaner marble quarry
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To the degradation of the “white gold” in the Vinschgau Valley. The Göflaner marble quarry is the highest-lying marble quarry in Europe. The marble quarry is situated in 2,200 above sea level in the Stelvio National Park of the breathtaking Central Alps.
read more1950 hm
Avingatal - S-charljöchl - Passo Costainas
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This exhausting mountain tour is in the border area Swiss – South Tyrol.
read more2041 hm
Passo Gallo - Val Mora
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The Lago di Livigno, also called Lago del Gallo, is a reservoir lake, the largest part of which lies in the Italian area. Only at the 130-meter-high Staumauer, which is located in the north of the lake, the lake lies for about two kilometers on Swiss territory. The lake borders the municipality of Zernez at the beginning of the Spölschlucht.
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