K1 - Straniger Alm - Pontebba

Level of difficulty: Difficult
  • 65.5 km
    Distance
  • 7.5 h
    Duration
  • 582 vm
    Lowest elevation
  • 1572 vm
    Highest elevation
  • 2105 vm
  • 2105 vm

K1 - Straniger Alm - Pontebba

Challenging bike route over Straniger Alm to Pontebba and back to Tröpolach.
Suggestion
A rest at the alpine inn Straniger Alm is highly recommended.
Equipment
  • Helmet mandatory!!!!!!!
  • Correct clothing: Adjust your clothing not only to the current weather conditions. Also pack warm clothing, a spare jersey and rain protection especially in the early and late season, even in summer.
  • Emergency equipment: first aid kit, repair kit (spare tube, pump, tools), map, mobile phone and possibly GPS
  • ATTENTION: Reception is not guaranteed everywhere in the mountains!
  • Take enough to drink with you and plan your stops in good time
Directions
B111, then towards Tröpolach and to the valley station Millennium Express.

Directions

KM 0 From the Millennium Express valley station directly to the L22 main road - follow this for about 500 metres to the west (Rat's Village)

KM 1.2 Turn right into Feldweg - straight on towards Gail until you reach cycle path R3

KM 1.8 Turn left and follow the R3 cycle path for 10 kilometres to Stranig

KM 11.7 Stranig church: continue along the cycle path or country road L24 for another 300 metres

KM 12.0 Turn left onto the gravel road towards Straniger Alm - follow the main road

KM 21.3 Straniger Alm - follow the main trail further uphill

KM 21.6 Keep right

KM 21.7 Keep left

KM 22.0 Keep to the right - only a few metres to Straniger Sattel

KM 22.2 Stringy saddle - straight on

KM 23.3 Continue straight ahead

KM 23.6 straight ahead

KM 24.6 Meeting point with tarmac road - follow left uphill as far as Lanzenpass

KM 26.8 Lanzen Pass - follow the road downhill to Pontebba

KM 41.7 Pontebba - sharp left over the sealed road to the Nassfeld Pass

KM 54.5 Nassfeld Pass - downhill over the pass road to the starting point

Location and how to find us

The Lesachtal holiday region lies in the Austrian province of Carinthia, directly next to the Italian border.

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