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Grosser Nock

Grosser Nock

The Grosse Nock over the Planeralm near Sterzing is an unknown mountain in the Eisack Valley and offers mountain bikers a great day tour with lots of trails.


Description

The tour starts in Mauls on the Brenner state road between Sterzing and Brixen. We set off in the direction of Valler Jöchl. First you wind your way up an old military road to Ritzail. From here, the asphalt section ends and you have to continue sweating on gravel with a view of the mountain ridge and the trail descent. After around 200 meters in altitude, turn right onto the 10a path to Ritzail (Planeralm path) and keep to it until you reach the mountain pasture. The last few meters to the summit or to the clearing are on paths and can be tackled by pushing. The summit and the plateau offer some views of the surrounding mountains, but are bordered to the north by forests and vegetation, which limits the view.

Nonetheless, the descent offers a seemingly endless trail at level S1 to S3 down to Fleins. In Fleins, it's time to cool down the brakes a little and shake out your hands, as you continue on the Romedi climb towards Mauls. This takes you back to the starting point, with the same level of difficulty as before. All in all: a perfect tour for autumn, as the west and south-facing route offers plenty of sun in the afternoon and the visibility is all the better when there are few leaves.

Note: The route is suitable for e-mountain bikers, as there is only a small amount of pushing or trail riding up to the summit.

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21 km

1185 m

1185 m

901 above sea level

2016 above sea level

1 day

Mules

Mules

2042

well suited

Martin Depauli
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I agree with johö. In addition, you should not just be good at hairpin bends, but very good.

I agree with johö. In addition, you should not just be good at hairpin bends, but very good.

Beautiful tour! If you like it steep and still love hairpin bends then you should definitely ride it

I've been following Martin's tour descriptions for a long time because he has really nice tour suggestions and describes well what you'll find. When Martin talks about "... Cooling the brakes..." and "...shake out your hands..." then that means something. The descent from the small Nock is really steep for about 400 meters, sometimes at the limit of my Minions' grip. For this reason, I would change the S1 to an S2, even though the route is really easy but "brutally" steep.

Update on the current situation:
From the small Nock, the trail rides through extremely steep terrain for about 400m. If you get over the edge of the path, a fall is probably unavoidable.
Here, too, a thunderstorm has laid some trees across the path, which either have to be bypassed or crossed. This is sometimes quite difficult with an e-bike.
The Romediweg is then actually easier, there are no S3s here.
All in all, a dream tour that can be extended to the summit of the Stoanmandl. A rustic trail then rides from the summit to the start of trail no. 11.

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