Hot hunting in freshly shoveled snow

The participants of the 3rd Hörnli Trailjagd in Arosa were once again served up plenty of trails and Hörnlis. However, there was a lot of snow for the Hörnlis this year. Instead of a bland trail cocktail "on the rocks", tasty trails were nevertheless served up - not least thanks to World Shovel Day.

The Hörnli-Traijagd is a fun mix of trail descents, rustic special stages and an obligatory finale with "Ghackets mit Hörnli". However, one Hörnli had to be omitted this year. There was simply too much snow at the top of the mountain of the same name - despite the hot, sunny summer mountain weather.

Route adjusted

The organizers of the Arosa vacation region and "die Rasenmäher" proved to be inventive and quickly adapted the route of this year's Hörnli Trailjagd on 29 June: The start was moved to the middle station of the Arosa-Weisshorn cable car and from there, compared to last year, there was once again a completely new, different route choice for the 200 or so participants.

The new Hörnli Trail

The new Hörnli Flowtrail could also be tried out, even if it could only be ridden in the lowest sector due to the snow, it was fun to ride and whetted the appetite for more. At the bottom of the Hörnli Trail was one of the special stages with the "Scott Kids Bike Challenge", right next to the new Skill Center, which was opened at the same time.

Shovelled trails on the Weisshorn

Thanks to the warm temperatures of the last few days and the hard-working shovelers from World Shovel Day on June 26, many more trails could be used. For example, the ride from the Weisshorn, where the "Endura Manual Challenge" was located, down to the valley provided participants with the finest Elevation loss adrenaline. At Ochsenalp, participants had to jump with the sack at Conti. Compared to the last event in Arosa Lenzerheide, this year's event was mainly held in Schanfigg, as it was unfortunately not possible to ride in Lenzerheide due to the amount of snow in the Urdental and on the Parpaner Rothorn.

World Shovel Day and Herbert's snow report

This year, the abundance of snow means that Herbert has put together a "summer sports snow report". This will be updated at the beginning of July. Thanks to World Shovel Day, there are also some alternatives in the Arosa Lenzerheide region, with shoveling taking place not only on the Weisshorn in Arosa but also on Piz Scalottas in Lenzerheide. Apart from a few hot summer days, all it takes is a little patience and you should soon be able to ride again on the "Bahnenentour Arosa Lenzerheide" - including the Hörnli Trail.

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