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Participants: just Iris, age 72, tired and retired bicyclist Road bike Tour to Lesachtal, Plöckenpass, Nassfeld & more (Austria / Italy) Review of the bike Tour Time to work on white biking spots. No time for stall..., We fade away too young, so much left undone... enjoy the pictures and the report. Good luck to our followers 1. day: Tuesday May 30th 2017: Day distance: 85 kilometers.
ride the up's and down's of the Lesachtal Valley. At
Kötschach-Mauthen turned in into the Plöckenpass road. A rest at the
Plöckenhaus (about 2 Kilometers before the summit Passo Paluzza). We
gained so much power to continue our ride. Down to Tolmezzo and further to the "Kanaltal" (Friuli). There, we found the bike trail Tarvisio - Grado. FTG1. Please google the trail. A bike trail project which leads from Salzburg to Grado. Unfortunately the part throughout the city of Udine is not finished. It is wise to use a navigation device to get you though the city. It is on the old railroad, whereas they have removed the rails and paved the trail. Tunnels are enlighten automatically. Night stop at Pontebba. Day distance: 135 kilometers (many kilometers downhill)
Passo Paluzza (Plöckenpass on Italien side):
FTG1 bike trail: one of the best explorations we did on this tour! On the number of uploaded pictures you may guess how exiting we have been about this trail...
3rd day: June 1st 2017: ride the up the Nassfeld Pass and down towards the Gail valley. We found an interesting bike trail: R3 (Kötschach - Villach). Just beautiful. Away from the traffic. The bike trail is paved, except the last part. Close to Arnoldstein there is a dry compact gravel road. A bit winding up and down... At Arnoldstein we catched the train to Villach and changed there to a train to Vienna. Another challenge: a landslide stopped the train. We have been detoured by bus and continued the train ride hours later. Our arrival in Vienna: the next day 03:30 in the morning. No connecting train to our home at Brunn am Gebirge. What to do: ride, ride, ride the bike... day distance: 85 kilometers Nassfeld (Passo Promollo): Nassfeld Austrian side:
Gail bike trail R3 (another exploration): |