Ultner Alpenrosenweg
Description
The starting point of the tour is St. Walburg in the Ultental Valley. In Merano/Meran, you hang your bikes on the rear rack of the local bus and get credit for the 800 meters in altitude. You don't need to have a guilty conscience, as the upcoming ascent is still long enough. You cycle up to the Ortlerhof on an asphalt road and then switch to a gravel road for the rest of the ascent to the Ortler Hühnerspiel. This adds up to a little over 1000 meters in altitude, and a short downhill section is the order of the day until you finally cycle up to the Innere Falkomai Alm. A refreshment stop at the inn is not a bad idea, as the feat of strength is now imminent. The bike now rests on your shoulders until you reach Lake Falkomai and you hike up a steep alpine path, which is secured with holding ropes in the meantime. However, the hike is no problem for experienced mountain bikers, even with a bike on their shoulders.
Lake Falkomai is the start of the ten-kilometre trail over from the Vigljoch. The trail is narrow, alpine but easy to ride for good riders. Fun for experts! Short climbs interrupt the flow time and again, but they offer the opportunity to take a break and enjoy the view across to the Dolomites. This view is particularly impressive on the plateau above the Naturnser Alm. After this, the path becomes somewhat rougher and rougher and rides up to the Vigiljoch. This crossing between the Vinschgau and Ultental valleys is the starting point for the long final stretch down to Meran. Here you pass the Schwarze Lacke (mountain lake) and immediately behind it head into the long and varied trail downhill to Gramegg. A few meters of asphalt are the order of the day, only to head into the next trail a little later and jet down to Forst via Rastbichlerhof on single trails. Top! The last few meters into the center of Merano are on cycle paths.
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Details of the tour
39 km
1270 m
2100 m
299 above sea level
2175 above sea level
1 day
Meran
Meran
2071
not suitable
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User comments (1)
About the author: Thomas Giger
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We rode the tour yesterday. Very cool thing. The climb up to the inner Falkomai is somehow exhausting. On the other hand, the carrying section to the lake was totally easy. The rope-secured sections go really well and at the top you can take a quick dip in the lake before the descent. The name changes: it goes up and down for ever in the middle of the alpine roses. But the endless counter-climbs are great to ride. So don't burn all your energy up to the lake, you'll still need some afterwards. The trail is really great. At some point shortly before and after the Vigijoch there is unfortunately a lot of forest road. But then you come to a fun, freshly built flow trail that later leads back into "real" hiking trails. Once we reached the bottom of the valley, our legs were burning despite the bus support at the start of the tour. The tour is highly recommended