7 Days Trip through Italy – Lombardia

27 Aug 2008

Phil

7 Days Trip through Italy – Lombardia

Day 1: Home – Trainstation (30km) – Train to Steinach/Brenner – Brennero – Trentino / Rovere della Luna
166 km / 700 m of elevation
Day 2: Rovere della Luna – Passo Tonale (1884m) – Vezza d’Oglio
100 km / 2000 m of elevation
Day 3: Vezza d’Oglio – Passo Vivione (1828m) – Breno
72 km / 1850 m of elevation
Day 4: Breno – Passo Croce Domini (1892m) – Passo Ampola
70 km / 2100 m of elevation
Day 5: Passo Ampola – Lago di Garda – Mezzocorona – Train to Brennero – Ellbögen (alte Brennerstraße)
125 km / 900 m of elevation
Day 6: Ellbögen – Zillertal – Gerlos (1550m) – Pfarrwerfen
220 km / 1700 m of elevation
Day 7: Werfenweng – Pass Lueg – Wiestal – Home
64 km / 700 m of elevation

Images in gallery are in chronological order. Click images for details about the trip.

Day 1: Train station in Freilassing at 4:20 a.m. — Day 1: Reached train station at 4:20 a.m. after 30km by bike to catch train to Brennero

Day 1: Brennero — Day 1: Finally arrived at Brennero much later

Day 1: Bikeway to Brixen — Day 1: Bikeway to Brixen, leading far down to Trento

Day 1: Bikeway to Brixen

Day 1: Bikeway to Brixen

Day 1: Bikeway direction Trento

Day 1: Bikeway direction Trento

Day 1: First accommodation Rovere della Luna — Day 1: First accommodation in Rovere della Luna, a nice agriturismo with this wonderful backyard

Day 2: Heading towards Passo Tonale

Day 2: Near Campodenno — Day 2: Near Campodenno, some slope to avoid going on main road

Day 2: Lunch in Cles — Day 2: Lunch in Cles immediately at main road, crowded and noisy

Day 2: Passo Tonale (1884m) — Day 2: After a long uphill ride of 60km and 1900 meters of elevation I reached Passo Tonale (1884m)

Day 2: Passo Tonal — Day 2: Passo Tonale reached. Strenuous but not completely exhausted

Day 2: Vezza d'Oglio — Day 2: Accomodation in Vezza d’Oglio

Day 3: Direction Passo Vivione — Day 3: Direction Passo Vivione. Weather still fine.

Day 3: Passo Vivione uphill: Taking a look back down — Day 3: Take a look back down at Vivione uphill

Day 3: Weather turning bad while climbing Passo Vivione

Day 3: half way Passo Vivione — Day 3: half way Passo Vivione, reaching area Bergamo

Day 3: reaching Passo Vivione — Day 3: reaching Passo Vivione, heavy rain, fog, lightning

Day 3: Passo Vivione, very uncomfortable — Day 3: Passo Vivione, very uncomfortable, bad sight

Day 3: really exhausted — Day 3: really exhausted due to wet and cold climb to Passo Vivione

Day 3: Downhill from Passo Vivione — Day 3: Downhill from Passo Vivione after clearing up

Day 3: Downhill from Passo Vivione

Day 3: Malegno — Day 3: Malegno, problems finding some accomodation

Day 4: Climbing the Croce Domini — Day 4: Climbing the Croce Domini from Breno

Day 4: Climbing the Croce Domini

Day 4: Looking back at uphill

Day 4: near the top of Passo Croce Domini

Day 4: view from Croce Domini

Day 4: Topmost road section of Croce Domini

Day 4: Croce Domini downhill

Day 4: Croce Domini downhill

Day 4: Passo Croce Domini: excellent coffee halfway down — Day 4: excellent lunch, wine, coffee halfway down

Day 4: getting down to Lago d'Idro — Day 4: getting down to Lago d’Idro from Bagolino

Day 4: there must be a way through this wall — Day 4: there must be a way through this wall. Heading towards Passo Ampola but not yet recognizing the passage

Day 4: Riding up to Passo Ampola — Day 4: Riding up to Passo Ampola direction Lago di Garda / Riva

Day 4: Passing Lago di Ledro — Day 4: Passing Lago di Ledro, found this nice location

Day 5: Reaching Lago di Garda — Day 5: Reaching Lago di Garda. Phantastic views

Day 5: Grand view to Lago di Garda

Day 5: Old gravel track down to Lago di Garda

Day 5: Old gravel track down to Lago di Garda

Day 5: Gravel track down to Lago di Garda

Day 5: Another view down to the Lago

Day 5: One of the tunnels we had to pass

Day 5: lago di Garda: View down — Day 5: View down

Day 5: Riva — Day 5: reaching Riva

Day 5: And soon leaving the Lago again — Day 5: And soon leaving the Lago again through Nago

Day 5: I might recommend this restaurant in Aldeno

Day 6: Heading towards Gerlos after riding the Zillertal — Day 6: Heading towards Gerlos after riding the Zillertal, coming from Brennero

Day 6: Gmünd, direction Gerlos

Day 6: there is water behind this wall

Day 6: Gerlos Stausee

Day 6: Downhill from Gerlospass — Day 6: Downhill from Gerlospass, taking the Königsleiten

Day 6: Tauern bikeway

Day 6: Tauern bikeway — Day 6: Tauern bikeway, I was getting tired but there were many kilometers left and there was some nasty head wind most of the time. This day I rode 220 km within 11 hours, and I finished in complete darkness. At least, I finished.

Day 7: The Hohenwerfen castle and Tennengebirge

Day 7: Wiestal lake

Day 7: Strubklamm

Day 7: Strubklamm, near my home

Day 7: Final steep uphill before returning home — Day 7: Final steep uphill before returning home, thank god.

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