I’ve been having an urge to go for a mini tour and managed to pull something together by taking a four day weekend, finally took my Tripster for a Trip.
The Stelvio pass was closed to traffic on Saturday so incorporating the pass into a route, I went for a ride.
Friday and Saturday was spent in the company of two others, Sunday and Monday I went it alone.
About 460 km’s and 7000m of climbing. Good fun, but experience now tells me to cut down on the daily distance if carrying gear and only attempt passes up until 14:00, after that, stop and tackle it the next day.
There were a few other people
Top of the Stelvio Pass….a few people tackled this on hand bikes..RESPECT!!
Plenty of Lovely scenery
One night camping.
Plenty of Paths like this, but a few others who were stretching the limits of being called a cycle route
On my way over the pass to Andermatt I had to take the train, I know that if I had attempted it, it would have taken the shine off a nice ride and I’d pay for it later….but thankfully there was a station at the top so I still got to enjoy the descent
Finally one more cracking view on my way back home
All in all, great four days riding…problem is I now fancy going a bit further a field….