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Year: 2015

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Having read in bike magazin and on the Internet about Tremalzo we thought this is definitively a route we would like to bike. Passo Tremalzo is famous for its way down on gravel in many turns. On this way first mountainbike tests for the bike magazin were done in 1989. It is possible to use a shuttle bus that takes you to the top of Tremalzo. But we decided either we do the whole thing on bike or we leave it. So we started in the morning and cycled from Torbole to Riva, from there along the old Ponale road with an amazing view on the Lake Garda up the Lake Ledro. When we reached the lake the first 600m in altitude were done. There is a nice cycling road from the lake to the beginning of the road up to Tremalzo. When you reach the road that leads up to Tremalzo 900m in altitude are left. The road is easy to cycle, never to steep, but still we were happy when we reached Rifugio Garda at 1600. From here the view around is great! We felt already quite exhausted at this moment, but then you have to cycle another 200m on gravel road. Then we reach a tunnel and the way down starts! That was great!! In endless turns you bike down to the lake and after each turn the view is amazing! At Passo Nota we had to decide which way we want to continue. Already quite tired we decided to go down to Lake Ledro and from there back to Torbole. That was a really cool start of our vacacion! 2300m in altitude in total, and in the evening we had a huge pizza! 🙂

GPS track available here.

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This year we spent another holiday in Torbole. This place is great, right beside the Lake Garda and a good starting point for cycling and doing via ferratas in the area. We stayed at a nice accommodation called 'Garni Ischia'. We rented our bikes at 3S-Bikes. The bikes were very good. Best pizza and pasta is from Al Pescatore. Unfortunately there is a main road going through the town, so in the summer months there is always a lot of traffic. But we do really like the sea side of Torbole, so we will come again 🙂

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The small town Oberstdorf at the foot of the Alps is a nice place for various outdoor activities like hiking, cycling ans skiing. But there is one more thing which most people are probably not aware off: When the nights are clear one can see lots and lots of stars - even the Milky Way is visible from here.

So while most of the outdoor activists are sleeping great things happen out there 🙂 On a clear evening we took our telescope and spent one night among the stars. Below are some photos of the Milky Way. Some more photos of this evening can be found here.

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It was a quite hot afternoon. At about 3pm the weather forecast was still great for the rest of the day. So I spontaneously decided that a little movement can't hurt today 🙂 So I packed a small bag and started to hike from Oberstdorf to the Gaissalpe.

The sun was quite hot but in the forrest it was acceptable. When I arrived at the Gaissalpe I still felt quite good and so I decided to continue walking to the Gaissalpsee. One serpentine followed another but after a while I finally arrived at the lake. The sun was reflected by the turquoise surface of the lake and glinted under the blue sky. Here I made a longer break and enjoyed the landscape.

After the break I felt quite good again and so I decided to go on to the summit of the Rubihorn. The rest of the ascent was luckily in an area without sun. When I finally arrived at the summit I was the only one up there.

I had a clear look down to Oberstdorf and to the north. I just love this place 🙂 For the way down I chose the descent to the Seealpe. It is maybe a little steeper at the beginning but I just didn't want to go all the same way back. At about 10pm I safely arrived back at Oberstdorf.

My conclusion of this day: Sometimes spontaneous decisions are the best 🙂