Pischa
Description
Ride from Davos to the Büelen settlement at the entrance to the Dischma Valley and, after a short and steep section on a forest road, take the first single trail. This leads past the Bünda ski lift and later turns into the Flüela valley on a forest road. You follow the Flüela stream and soon climb up a singletrail to Tschuggen. In Tschuggen, take the singletrail up to the Tschuggenberg. Fit mountain bikers manage the ascent by riding, others push a bit here and there. Finally, you reach the mountain station and follow the fun trail along the ridge. At the transition just below the Hüreli, turn right and head for the super trail to Drusatscha. Here the signposted variant leads back to Davos. It is much more attractive to extend the descent to Klosters. To do this, follow the trail to Grüenbödeli and reach the village of Klosters on the gorge path. The Gotschnabahn takes you back to Davos. A high-level trail leads from Gotschngrat to Parsennhütte and from there on towards the middle station of the Parsennbahn. The mountain bike descent begins at Meierhofer Tälli and ends at Lake Davos.
Tips:
- On the descent through the gorge trail, there is a sign saying "no cycle path". However, the trail is not forbidden to be ridden by bike, but requires a particularly considerate riding style. The official route on the right-hand side of the gorge is a good, but much less attractive alternative.
- If you have the energy, don't take the Meierhof Trail to Davos, but continue along the high-level trail to the Strela Pass and head to Davos from there. There is a no biking sign here, but there is no official ban on biking on the trail. If you arrive in the evening and stay on the trail (don't take any shortcuts), you can take responsibility for the descent via the Supertrail.
Details of the tour
43 km
1140 m
2220 m
1 day
Davos
Davos
1352
well suited
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23.10.2022
Snow-free.
Please note the road closure, at the latest from 29.11.2022 in the area of the Davos snowfarming trail. roughly in front of the Pischabahn valley station.
Unfortunately, as last year, there is no exact information from the cross-country ski trail.
With regard to the gorge trail, I think the route should also be adapted. Bike ban sign, poster, ... I think it's quite clear.
If, on a quiet off-season day during the week, a single considerate biker with friendly behavior rides through the gorge, it should be possible. But in high season / summer / weekends anyway, it's actually a clear no-go...
thanks for the great route - greetings Tom
This trail is tough up and down. Was not the flowy ride I was hoping for but still a good day out. Also, as a non-german speaker I didn't realize the signs that said no bikes on the gorge path to Klosters. I got yelled at by 3 different parties, which was not a good experience.
Always a highlight! - https://youtu.be/6DaSibDeA3Y
Be ready for a challenging and exhausting journey if you're not a very good rider! Downhill from Pischa and Parsenhütte is on many parts enduro with rocks and exposures. The trails are eroded. From Tschuggen to Pischa it's a long climb with 500 m where you will mostly push you're bike if you're not a pro. Some nice part are for example going up to Tschuggen or some parts of the downhill to Klosters.
I rode the tour on July 16, 2019.
The approach to Tschuggen is very beautiful and easy to ride, although there are a few ramps to contend with. From Tschuggen it gets really steep, but apart from a few passages I was able to manage the ascent by riding. All the other bikers I overtook were pushing and didn't all look equally happy. Unfortunately, there was no Coke at the top as everything was closed. But there were still some snowfields which you could easily cross. The descent is really great and highly recommended, but not without its difficulties. I then also took the "no cycle path" to Klosters. The route is really beautiful and I only met 4 hikers. After my Coke at the Badi Klosters, I decided to ride back to Davos, but this time on the bike path. The start at the gravel works was not easy to find, but the route was very nice and also easy to ride uphill. In my opinion, this route is absolutely on a par with the "no cycle path", so I would recommend us bikers to use this route in future, no matter in which direction.
Conclusion: Highly recommended with enough gravel, and in my version completely without track support.
I ride a Scott Spark 900RC, am usually in the head group uphill; downhill always last, by a wide margin.
We rode the tour on July 24 from Davos to Klosters (back by train). A great experience all round (apart from Grüenbödeli, we only met 4 nice hikers). From Grüenbödeli we rode the newly created trail to Klosters-Selfrange. A big thank you to those responsible for this end to Klosters.
The ascent from Davos to Tschuggen is extremely scenic and a good start to a tour.
From Tschuggen to the highest point, I think that only EXTREMELY sporty bikers or e-bikers will really enjoy it. For average hobby riders, you can prepare yourself for very long pushing sections.
However, the panorama and the descent make up for it.
I rode the tour yesterday on an Enduro eMTB. The singletrack ascent from Davos to Pischa is simply brilliant. Pure uphill flow and completely rideable over 900 m of altitude. I admire everyone who rides up this route on an organic bike. The slope/ridge trail up to Hüreli was somewhat interspersed with new snow from the beginning of the week, but for the most part rideable. Thanks to the grains saved on the ascent, I was able to fully enjoy the brilliant descent to Klosters and there was also enough for the suggested extension of the high-level trail from Gotschnagrat to Strelapass. I didn't meet a single hiker on the gorge path to Klosters on the left side of the stream.
Many thanks for this super tour suggestion. No wonder this tour is so high up in the rankings!
Hello Ridetourenplaner
First of all, thank you very much for the beautiful tours on your tour portal.
I still have something to say.
Regarding the gorge path after Grünbödeli and the no cycle path sign.
We rode the tour today and also took the "no cycle path". Of course the path is attractive, but the signs are now so big that you should take the official cycle path. I think that in the long run there will be conflicts if you continue to use it. Perhaps it would be better if you changed the track to the official route.
Thank you very much and keep up the good bike tours.