Kohlern-Trails
Description
Descent number one is the Kohlern classic and leads from the mountain station in a fairly direct way through the northern flanks. The descent is technical, rough and challenging - just like the other Kohlern routes. Mountain bikers have made some "improvements" to the trails here. The trail leads down to Virgl and then on a classic but challenging trail directly to the Kohlernbahn valley station.
Departure number two is also a classic: the Schulsteig. From Bauernkohlern, you climb up to Herrenkohlern and then a little further up the mountain to the Wolfstalalm. This is where the descent begins, which again requires a lot of riding technique. It leads through the steep eastern flanks down to St. Isidor and then continues steeply down to the actual and well-known. Schulsteig. This leads through the enormously steep north side under the Kohlernbahn to Virgl, where you have already landed on the first descent. The final section to the valley station is therefore well known.
Descent number three leads to the east side of the Kohlern region. The character of the route remains the same: challenging trails in steep terrain. First you follow the road uphill to the Kohlern Pass, where the singletrail descent begins on the right. A crisp trail leads down to Seit and from there under the rocks of the Seitner Walls through the very steep terrain back towards Bolzano. This section is very rough and difficult to ride in wet conditions. Finally, you reach a gravel road, climb a little again and then take the final trail to Haslach on the left. From this suburb of Bolzano, you return to the valley station on cycle paths. Because there is still a fourth descent to go.
This fourth descent is the longest of the Kohlern options. As with the Schulsteig version, you first climb from the mountain station up to the Wolfstalalm. Instead of turning left onto the descent, however, you now ride uphill unabated to Toten Moos - the starting point of the descent to Steinmannwald. The trail starts at Spörl Hof and rides in a fun way towards Seit. However, instead of climbing up to the mountain village, which you know from the previous descent, you follow the trail downhill, which crosses the mountain road several times. The downhill trail ends at the first houses in Steinmannwald, from where the nine-kilometre ride back to Bolzano along secondary roads and cycle paths awaits. Faizt: a sensational enduro tour, but one that requires a certain level of fitness and, above all, good riding technique.
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Details of the tour
50 km
980 m
4300 m
228 above sea level
1484 above sea level
1 day
Bozen
Bozen
1897
well suited
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User comments (2)
About the author: Thomas Giger
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The Kohlern trails are one of the best things you can experience on a bike around Bolzano, but they also require a lot of suspension travel. Departure 1 is quite challenging enduro fun and simply awesome. Descent 2 can be done, but the crossing via the Schulsteig is a bit tough with the ups and downs. So oh well. Downhill 3 is the second best and not as rough as downhill 1. Downhill 4, on the other hand, makes no sense at all. The upper part of the trail is very narrow and exposed, so definitely not rideable for normal mountain bikers. The middle section is rough gravel, and things get interesting again from the Rechtebner farm. But it's not worth the effort. Then it's better to ride one of the other variants again (or several times), or take the cable car to Oberbozen and do the lower part of the Ritten tour described here (many hikers, better only at off-peak times). Another great enduro fun in S2.
In any case, thanks to the gondolas, you can have a bike park-like enduro day here. As the Kohlern cable car is located right next to the highway and rides until 7 pm, option 1 is also conceivable as a quickie on the way home via the Brenner Pass.
Unfortunately, all trails are marked with prohibition signs. This is now the case almost everywhere in South Tyrol and can now be seen as a seal of quality for a trail. Unimpressed by this, the cable cars take bikes, and although I have ridden the trails many times, there have never been any problems.
After the satnav directed us to the fourth descent from the start and then played a little trick on us (with a detour of around 6 km), we were looking forward to the hard-earned trail start. Unfortunately, it turned out that a ban on bicycles had been placed at the start for a reason. We gave the trail the rating "consistently shitty". Unrideable at the top (and not just for me, but also for my partner), only rough gravel and no fun at the bottom and tar at the end. Wow... really NOT worth it.