Quick Review: Stilfserjoch Thriller & Top of Top View (September 23, 2026) What an absolutely amazing ride! From a riding perspective, it’s a damn awesome treat—if you’ve got the skills, you can ride through almost everything here! Warning: Bike Ban on the Goldsee Trail: The ban is absolutely justified, because the trail is really very narrow for the first few kilometers, and it’s very difficult for hikers to get out of the way. Passing other hikers here isn’t exactly easy either!
- PostBus trap: Starting in mid-September, the bus only runs up on Wednesdays.
- Timing is everything: The first PostBus doesn’t drop you off at the top until around 10 a.m. By then, the biking ban (9 a.m.–5 p.m.) is already in effect! Attentive hikers will give you dirty looks. So: Don’t waste any time at the start—quickly pass the first hikers and head out onto the trail!

The panoramic highlight: “Piz Chavalatsch” offers an absolutely spectacular view! Panoramic overload guaranteed.
Back-trip hack to Müstair: Don’t burn through your elevation gain too early! Don’t ride all the way down into the valley—instead, take the sensational Suonen Trail at the edge of the forest (at the very bottom on SwissTopo), which stays at nearly the same elevation.
- Warning, detour: At one point, you’ll have to go through a bit of a nightmare—about 100 meters of elevation gain and loss with 12 tight hairpin turns. It’s a brief struggle, but the rest of the ride more than makes up for it!
Link to the customized GPX track: https://www.komoot.com/de-de/tour/3277790845

Finally did the Goldsee Trail today. Beautiful views, but not very exciting as a bike trail: either very easy or (for me and probably some others) boulder fields that are unrideable. Then there were stairs toward the end. Bimbam and, of course, Tibet are more rewarding.
I then added the Chavalatsch and rode down from the Rifairscharte to Mustair. I thought it was great! This route is steep: sintered brake pads are highly recommended here!

I added the Chavalatsch to the Bimbam, I think it's a good variant. Unfortunately, I hadn't read Kaufmannurs' comment and took the direct route to Chavalatsch... Better down to the Stilfser Alm and then up from there (but I was alone on the way ;-) )
I drove down from the Glurnser Alm at around 18.00 (yes, there really is a prohibition sign a little further down). In the evening there was no one else on the trail... During the day I think it would be tricky if there were a lot of hikers on the path (sometimes narrow...)

The Goldsee Trail is quite nice, but pretty overrated. The Tibet Trail on the other side of the lake has a lot more to offer.
The subsequent ascent to Piz Chavalatsch is quite a struggle, but the descent is all the better. There are several S4 sections, which are also exposed. You're either an absolute pro or your survival instinct kicks in and you just descend briefly.
Which route you want to take from the Glurnser Alm down to Glurns is something everyone has to decide for themselves. In any case, I was very happy with my decision...

Today, on July 1, 2023, the tour is already almost snow-free and the trail is well maintained. Simply a great pleasure, because it is also nice and crisp.

Definitely a top tour! It's a shame I only got to it today. Technically challenging again and again, but also super flowy, especially in the 1st part. Because the Glurner Trail is forbidden, I turned left at Rifairscharte. Also a great, long descent.

We (4 technically experienced guys with enduro bikes) were disappointed and overwhelmed. The Goldsee trail is pretty overrated and not worth it. The section from the Goldesee to the Furkelhütte has some tricky passages and if you are not 100% free from vertigo, you should switch to the Bimbam trail at the Goldesee (down to Trafoi and up to the Furkelhütte with the chairlift. After a stretch of gravel road, turn left up to a small plateau where the path splits - don't make the same mistake as we did and take the direct route to Piz Chavalatsch, but ride the official route down to the alp and take the wider steep path up. This can be ridden by e-bike almost all the way up to the Piz. The descent from the summit begins promisingly on a narrow road with hairpin bends, but the joy is short-lived. Soon it's back to lifting the bike up and down over stone blocks and wooden fences. At this point at the latest, it's no longer fun with an e-bike weighing almost 25 kg. Watch out, the signpost to Rifair Schatte is on the ground. Straight ahead, the path ends at a stone wall made of scree. The whole Elevation loss from the Glunser Alm to Glurns has to be done on a Fiorst road due to the driving ban, which is not exactly fun after all the cramping. Conclusion: Completely overrated and only partially suitable for e-bikes! Worthwhile alternatives: Bimbam or Bocchetta di Forcola (world class).

The tour goes from Piz Chavalatsch via the Glurnser Alm down to Glurns.
Is there a recommended trail from the Rifair Scharte (2455) westwards down to Trafoi or Müstair?

Checked ...July 2019

Officially, the path from the Glurnser Alm to Glurns is closed to bikers by "mayoral decree" :-( Recommendation: After the Tschaggainhütte down to Lichtenberg via trails.

Tour 2016