Passo Duron
Description
From the starting point of S. Cristina in Val Gardena, you initially cycle down the valley on the cycle path to Ortisei and take the gondola lift up towards the Alpe di Siusi to Mont Seuc. If you want to climb the Seiser Alm under your own steam, ride directly from St. Christina via Saltria up to the wonderful plateau. From the Alpe di Siusi you climb up on small roads, pass the Edelweiss hut and reach the Mahlknechthütte a little later. There is now a direct route towards the Mahlknechtjoch, but biking is prohibited on this section. If you want to avoid the short descent and the ascent on the opposite side, push your bike along this trail. On (steep) gravel roads, you reach the Mahlknechtjoch (Passo Duron) a little later, the transition to Val di Fassa. The main part of the ascent is now complete. However, it is another 200 meters up to the Plattkofelhütte hut, which leads over a long and easy to ride trail. The Plattkofelhütte is the ideal place to stop for refreshments before heading back to St. Christina along the impressive Plattkofel rock massif.
This leads along the single trail directly below the Sassolungo rock face. You ride downhill a little on the gravel road, but then soon branch off to the right onto the super trail along the rock faces of the Plattkofel. Before the single trail suddenly climbs steeply, we branch off to the left on this route and head down to the valley station of the Monte Seura chairlift in a flowing and fun way. The last section back down to the village center of S. Cristina continues unabated on single trails. The tour finally ends right in the village center.
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Details of the tour
32 km
750 m
1490 m
1218 above sea level
2311 above sea level
1 day
St. Christina
St. Christina
1899
well suited
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User comments (2)
About the author: Thomas Giger
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There is now a ban on bikes on the crossing towards the Plattkofelhütte from the Duron Pass. After we had pushed our bikes here on the tour around the Sassolungo group, we thought we would ride down towards the Zollinger Hut and then back up again. At the next possible turn-off to the right there is another bike ban, so you have to ride further down and then back up on the Zollinger Weg. From the hut, it's pretty damn steep (there's also a ban on bikes here, but with the sign "experts only"). We met more hikers on the steep path than on the original path a few days earlier.... So I would almost take the original route at this time of year.
About the tour: The Alpe di Siusi naturally offers great views (we cycled up from Selva Gardena), and it's very pleasant cycling there, although 100% gravel or tarmac. The cross-path that leads into the descent is beautiful and has nice sections and there is actually no ban on bikes (this will certainly come). As already described in the previous comment, it becomes somewhat unattractive from the junction onwards. Paths are buried or not maintained. Apart from the start, there is hardly any trail. It might be technically more attractive to continue on the cross trail (see Sassolungo circumnavigation UZ) and then branch off to the left later, e.g. via Ciampinoi, but I don't know the condition of the trail.
The tour (like some others in the area) showed me that this area is not intended for MTB. Everything is designed for gondolas, crowds and (lazy) hikers. It's expensive, crowded and you're constantly worried that you'll have to reschedule your tour because the next bike ban pops up. Of course, there is nowhere to find out about bans in advance, and an email to the local tourism association has so far gone unanswered. The fact that the information booklets state that hikers always have priority shows how priorities are set and is also a wind in the sails of those grumpy hikers who like to draw attention to bike bans (even where they are not).
After the turn-off from the path - turn left before going up - the old path is buried just below! But the new path through the larches is no less fun ;-) At altitude 1,750, the turn-off no longer exists! Just take the path a little further up to get to the other side! Nice tour with a few nice trail passages ...