scuol samnaun val mÜstair tour highlights....hotel tip: the four-day tour can be booked as a hotel...
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FACTSHEETSCUOL SAMNAUN VAL MÜSTAIR TOUR HIGHLIGHTS.
The biking region in the tri-border area where Switzerland, Austria, and Italy meet offers 800 kilometers of mountain-biking tours in the impressive natural landscape surrounding the Swiss National Park. With spectacular panorama trails and hidden smuggler’s paths, roaring ravines, and the highest and oldest Swiss stone pine forest, there’s much to discover here. During multiday bike tours around the National Park, you can take in the beauty of the region in its entirety and at the same time face the challenge posed by the mountains with unbridled enjoyment. And free-ride lovers can get their kicks on the flow trails in the Silvretta Arena designed by downhill legend Claudio Caluori.
THE SCUOL SAMNAUN VAL MÜSTAIR BIKING REGION.
Graubünden Tourism Alexanderstrasse 24 CH-7001 Chur
Phone +41-81-254-2424 Fax [email protected]://en.graubuenden.ch/bike
On this tour, you circle the Swiss National Park in four stages over a total of 138 kilometers and an altitude difference of 4,010 meters. The one-of-a-kind landscape is the backdrop to one of Switzerland’s most scenic bike tours. And what’s really special is that you can enjoy the National Park tour’s varied paths and single-track trails completely unencumbered, since your luggage is transported from hotel to hotel for you. The first stage leads through an unparalleled landscape with mountain streams and Europe’s highest and oldest Swiss stone pine forest at 2,200 meters above sea level, from Val S-charl across the Pass da Costainas into Val Müstair. On the
second day, after a long climb up the Döss Radond, you bike down a gravel road into Val Mora, with its legendary single track, to the Swiss-Italian border, and from there to Livigno. The climb on the third day to the tour’s highest point and on to the Chaschauna Pass is steep, and the descent starts off with a challenging single track. But on the subsequent downhill section from the Alp Chaschauna to S-chanf, you’ll completely forget about the previous efforts. On the final day, the tour passes through the Lower Engadin villages, past Zernez, through Susch, Lavin, Guarda, and Ftan, back to Scuol.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOUR: HERE
Scuol – Val Müstair – Livigno (IT) – Zuoz – Scuol
INSIDER TIP:
You can shop duty-free in Livigno.
BIKE-HOTEL TIP:
The four-day tour can be booked as a hotel package in different categories: HERE
DIRECTIONS:
Take the SBB train from Zurich to Scuol via Landquart in three hours and twenty minutes
DIFFICULTY: difficult
CONDITION: medium
DISTANCE: 138 km
DURATION: 4 days
ASCENT: 4,010 meters
DESCENT: 4,010 meters
National Park Tour (Route 444): Four Stages Full of Discoveries.
THREE TOUR HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE REGION
This free-ride trail is about three kilometers long and one of two trails created in the Silvretta Arena by former world-class downhill biker and icon Claudio Caluori. On this flowing trail, you can look forward to installed jumps, wooden bridges across mountain streams, and technical challenges. It’s easy to reach the starting point at the Alp Trida Sattel by cable car – and with a Samnaun guest pass, it’s also free. But you can
also get to the flow trail using your own muscle power from Samnaun-Laret via Alp Trida. The short trail isn’t too challenging and is still loads of fun, even after several rides.
Samnaun base station – Alp Trida Sattel – Alp Trida – Alp Trida Sattel – Samnaun base station
INSIDER TIP:
Visit the artisanal cheese factory in Samnaun-Laret and take a tour of the alpine dairy.
BIKE-HOTEL TIP:
Silvretta Hotel & Spa, 7563 Samnaun www.hotel-silvretta.ch
DIRECTIONS:
Take the SBB train from Zurich to Samnaun via Landquart and Scuol in four hours
DIFFICULTY: easy
CONDITION: easy
DISTANCE: 2.6 km
DURATION: 20 minutes
ASCENT: 90 meters
DESCENT: 242 meters
Alp Trida Flow Trail: Enjoyable Free Ride with the Potential to Become Addictive.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOUR: HERE
THREE TOUR HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE REGION
This tour is one you won’t want to miss due to the scenic highlights alone: the rocky gorge in Val d’Uina, the legendary Bernina Express, and the picturesque Engadin villages. Similar to the National Park tour, you can either bike the Uina Bernina tour in stages or book it as a complete, four-day tour with luggage transport organized for you.
The tour begins on an impressive smuggler’s path carved into the cliffs in Val d’Uina. The subsequent single track leads to the Sesvennahütte (Sesvenna hut), which is open to visitors. From here, you take gravel paths to the village of Laatsch and soon after the day’s final destination in Val Müstair. On the second day, you’ll conquer over 2,200 meters of alti-
tude difference. After reaching the Fuorn Pass, your next challenge is the steep climb to the Fuorcla del Gallo. Your reward awaits there – an unforgettable single track down to the Lago di Livigno. Then you continue onto a flow trail through the Passo di Val Trela to the final destination of this stage, Livigno. The third stage offers a long, varied descent to Poschiavo and the subsequent scenic ride with the Bernina Express mountain railway back to the pass. You’ll then ride the next 20 kilometers through Upper Engadin to this stage’s destination, S-chanf. From S-chanf, the tour follows the route of the National Park tour through the original Lower Engadin villages of Susch, Lavin, Guarda, and Ftan back to Scuol.
Scuol – Müstair – Livigno – Poschiavo – Alp Grüm – S-chanf – Scuol
INSIDER TIP:
Guarda is considered one of Switzerland’s most prized mountain villages from an architectural standpoint, and is the home of the famous Schellen-Ursli (little mountain boy). It’s worth a stop.
HOTEL TIP:
The four-day tour can be booked as a hotel package in a variety of different categories: HERE
DIRECTIONS:
Take the SBB train from Zurich to Scuol via Landquart in three hours and twenty minutes
DIFFICULTY: difficult
CONDITION: difficult
DISTANCE: 226 km
DURATION: 4 days
ASCENT: 7,414 meters
DESCENT: 4,112 meters
Uina Bernina Bike Tour: Scenic Highlights and Rides Rich in History.
LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOUR: HERE
THREE TOUR HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE REGION
For more information, contact:
Graubünden Tourism Mike Frei, Product Development Bike Alexanderstrasse 24 CH-7001 Chur [email protected] Phone: +41-81-254-2434
All the tours and complete details about biking in Scuol Samnaun Val Müstair can be found here:
https://en.graubuenden.ch/bike/scuol-samnaun-val-muestair
More information about biking in the entire Grau-bünden region is available here:
https://en.graubuenden.ch/bike