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| Carl, owns a bike shop in Germany |
Our hotel, Hotel Linder, caters to both hikers and mountain bikers. At breakfast and dinner it was a mix of the retired seniors that hiked, and the younger crowd that was there for the mountain biking. The guide have a standard rotation of rides that basically cloverleaf out from our hotel. Starting on Monday with a shakedown tour close to the hotel. Each day thereafter the routes loop out and around the large peaks that dominate the vista. Each day has been a mix of natural trails, doubletrack, pavement, flow trails, gondolas, chairlifts, and trams as we navigate around the peaks and valleys. We missed Monday, but the next four days were a great mix of all types of riding. Often involving very steep descents and lots of braking. Most of the ascending was done using the lift system. We paid $147 euro for a 5 day lift ticket that worked at any of the lifts in the region.
Day 2 started with a steep paved road behind the hotel to reach our first Gondola nestled in a valley above our town of Selva. Today we covered 46.6 miles and had 16,000 feet of elevation gain including using the lifts. That adds up to a lot of downhill!
The weather was perfect, hills are green, and everywhere we rode was scenic.
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| Francine |
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| Kevin |
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| Mitch and Daniele satisfy their hunger |
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Our group for Day 2, Carl, Ricardo, Kevin, Francine, Mitch.
Guide Daniele taking photo |
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| Mitch |
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| Guide Daniele |
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| Daniele |
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