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| Tried to take train down valley to escape rain in Davos. It did not work. |
Got a text from Marco at Bike Academy Davos, as he had a Rocky Mountain Instinct small, due to a cancellation. We were having a lazy morning, and had to rush over to the shop, as our phone wouldn't work and we couldn't get the hotel phone to work.
As soon as we got the bike for Francine, and went outside, it started to rain. We decided to take the train to Klosters(looked sunny down valley) and go ride the Gotschna Freeride trail, which just opened on June 23 of this year. When we got to Klosters, it was raining. On the train, our tickets were checked and we found out our bikes were not included on the rail pass. $20 for the two bikes to go two towns down the valley. At Klosters we rode the Gotschnabahn Tram up to the first station. It was raining pretty steadily, so we gave up on the flow trail and it's wood structures and headed into the woods, repeating the last part of our Panorama ride. It was barely sprinkling and the trail conditions were great with a little moisture, and lower temperatures. With the weather clearing we decided to cruise back through town to the Jakobshornbahn Tram. At the first station we descended on their bike trail - Bike Technik #48, which was a bit stutter bumped out, but a new trail for us. Rode the Jakobshornbahn tram back up, and descended on the gravel road Trail #47. Nothing too exciting.
We went to the Coop, the local grocery store, for lunch and coffee. Decided to ride back tthrough town to the Parsennbahn Funicular. We repeated Monday's ride to Strela Pass. Instead of taking the Panoramaweg, we parallelled trail #63, on a steep road. Actually was super fun with interesting bits of cow paths, trail, and general cross country. We had dropped probably 70 percent of our elevation when we spotted another unmarked trail. This turned out to be a great descent in the woods, putting us in the Botanical Garden Alpinum paths. We tooled around on these nice pleasant trails until we ended up on a gravel road, only to take a random left down a dirt path. It was great until it ended in a meadow below the Schatzalp Hotel. This is where Kevin says it got good and Francine got to practice her hiking skills again. Actually Francine rode quite a bit. Basically was a little used trail dropping straight down to town and our hotel. At one point the grass got too tall to see the trail. Fun stuff. Rainy day turned into another great day on bikes. Legs still tired. 26 miles travel and 11,000 feet of downhilling.
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| Grey start to the day, luckily sun came out for the afternoon |
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| Francine, trying to stay dryer in the woods |
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Not too wet. Bathroom break at Jakobshornbahn Tram mid station. Flow trail
from mid station was pretty stuttered and not that great. Did 2 laps from mid station before
switching to the Parsennbahn Funicualar after lunch. |
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| Francine, trail visible in distance dropping off summit. |
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| Kevin gets loose on way to Strela Pass |
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| Below Strela Pass, mixed terrain. |
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| Trail pretty good here. |
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| Almost down, road in site |
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