Seehorn (Simplon)
Description
The starting point of the tour to the Seehorn is the village of Simplon. After a short descent, you climb gently up to Heji on an asphalt road. The first trail descent is on the plan: a wonderful single trail rides down to Gabi. On the opposite side of the valley, take the Stockalperweg trail and follow it down to Gondo. It is a varied ride on trails, over road galleries, over historic bridges and through the middle of former fortresses. This is how you reach Gondo, the starting point of the long asphalt ascent to Furggu. An asphalt mountain road rides through the lonely and idyllic Zwischbergental valley to Furggu. This is the transition back to Simplon, but first there is the ascent to the Seehorn. It is exactly 600 vertical meters on trails to the summit. If you don't want to push your bike up, leave it at the Furggu. At the summit, there is a wonderful view of the Weissmies opposite. Now comes the reward for those who have humped the bike up: the fun, challenging trail in the upper section leads down to Furggu and in a similar way down to Gabi - 1200 meters of singletrail in one go! The route back up to the starting point in Simplon Dorf (200 vertical meters) is on the former pass road with hardly any traffic.
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Details of the tour
33 km
2135 m
2135 m
1035 above sea level
2403 above sea level
1 day
Simplon Dorf
Simplon Dorf
1852
well suited
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User comments (2)
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Seehorn
I rode the tour on April 18, 2022. Thanks to the mild winter with little snow, all but a single snowfield at the very top was possible so early in the year. The view from the Seehorn is sensational, but the climb to the summit is really only worth it for the view. The ascent is almost exclusively on foot and there are very few treats on the way down. From Furggu onwards, the trail is quite fun to ride, albeit quite rough and technical in places. All in all, a worthwhile tour, but one that I probably won't repeat every year.
I ride a Scott Genius Ultimate and am usually in the head group uphill; downhill I'm always the last, by a long way.
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