Lolenpass (Pass Tagliola)
Description
From the Oberalp Pass, which you reach by train from Andermatt, you immediately take the first singletrail along the road down towards Tschamut. Soon, however, a path branches off to the right in the direction of the Maighelshütte, which you follow, but have to push your bike a few times for a few meters. Eventually you reach the gravel road that rides up to the Maighelshütte. Immediately below the hut, a singletrail branches off to the right and rides up to the Lolenpass. On this section, which is a good 100 meters long, the bike has to be pushed and sometimes even carried. The pass is the starting point for the descent. The first section is an alpine single trail, easy to ride but rough. The scenery then changes below the alp: the trail leads down into the valley in many, in the upper part very narrow serpentines. Good riding and especially cornering technique is required here. A little more than 300 meters in altitude lead through the extremely steep terrain until you reach the gravel road at the bottom of the valley. Follow this downhill until a trail on the left on the opposite side of the stream serves as an alternative. This path rides up and down to the village center of Andermatt.
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Details of the tour
17 km
500 m
1105 m
1438 above sea level
2405 above sea level
1 day
Andermatt
Andermatt
1911
not suitable
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User comments (5)
About the author: Thomas Giger
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Rode the tour today. Snow-free. Hairpin bends very technical. Very beautiful scenery. We also took the trail about 200m down from the Oberalp Pass to the forest road. Overall impression I would give it 4 out of 6.
Rode the tour today. Snow-free. Hairpin bends very technical. Very beautiful scenery. Overall impression I would give 4 out of 6.
The descent is only recommended for those with a passion for hairpin bends... I like doing it and had to descend 6 times. So quite ok...
If you don't know how to shift the rear wheel, it's better to choose a different tour.
Mudi has described the tour very aptly...
.... here is the pictorial "background"
https://youtu.be/-ooN63MIqTI
We rode the trail today. The hiking trail from Oberalp towards Maighelshütte is not recommended: 100s of hikers! There is a new path for bikers (unfortunately we only saw it from the top), which has been built and leads further down the gravel road to the Maighelshütte (you lose 200m here, but still better than having to greet your way through the crowds of hikers). The path up from the Maighelshütte can be ridden in sections - mostly you have to push or carry. You soon reach a kind of plateau at the top - you won't find a classic pass crossing. The first part is very rough until you reach the 48 hairpin bends. It felt like we could only ride every second one. The terrain is very steep and there are steps in several bends - you shouldn't fall over!
Conclusion: Very technical descent that requires a lot of concentration, at least S3.