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Montan 2008 - Ridereport (Part 2)



Sunday, May 11th, 2008:

Again we started at 9 o'clock, this time "direction Caldonazzo Lake".
From Montan over a narrow strip of asphalt to Truden and on to Kaltenbrunn. After S. Lugano we turned right towards Altrei. The 6 km to the village are still wide and well developed. But due to the partial wetness they were not as fast as on dry roads. In Altrei we drive over cobblestones through the village and then left past the church. Here the road suddenly becomes very narrow and there is hardly enough space to pass an oncoming car with the motorcycle.

But nobody came to meet us and so we quickly reached the Val di Cembra on the right side. Here we turned right and headed towards Faver. The route is sometimes wide and then again very narrow, but still very clear and ideal for motorcycling. In Faver we turned left down into the valley and then via Lasés to the Caldonazzo lake. There we turned right and after a few kilometers left again to Carbonare. Halfway there (near S. Nicolo) we had a lunch break.

Then up to the Passo di Sommo and left towards Tonezza. Shortly before we reached the village the road was closed - like three years ago (!) - and we had to continue on a very narrow side road.
But the access was still partly covered with snow, so we had to be very careful here.

But everyone passed this section smoothly and went on.
Behind Tonezza a small narrow strip of asphalt turns off to the left into the valley.
When we reached the bottom we turned left and then right again towards Asiago. As narrow and narrow the previous section was, as wide and well developed is this one. A rush with 17 bends!

We followed the route to Asiago and from there to the left until Passo Vézzena. Here we made a "Capuccino break".

Then the Kaiserjäger-Straße followed. Always a pleasure again! The view down to Lake Caldonazzo and into Val Sugana - fantastic!

Here we took a group photo and afterwards we drove down into the valley.

Behind Borgo the last highlight of the day followed: The Passo Manghen (for me one of the highlights of the whole Alps!). Photo stop at the top of the pass and then down to the Manghen hut.

But most of them continued quickly because it started to rain. A few stayed up there and took a break.
Afterwards we went - almost the whole way in the partly pouring rain - down into Val di Fieme and back to Montan.
The last evening together came to an end in a relaxed atmosphere.


Monday, May 12th, 2008:

Except for Heike and Franz, as well as Petra and me, everyone else went home that day.

We said goodbye to the others and then set off for a cosy day.
First we drove up to Truden again, where I took some pictures, which was not possible the day before with 12 motorcycles in tow.

Down we went to Auer and further south to Salurn. Here a road branches off to the left, which leads up to Gfrill. A dead end, but still a nice side trip.

Back in the valley we drove to the other side of the valley and on to Kurtasch. From there we went up to Fennberg - another highly recommended detour!

Especially to recommend is the Gasthof Plattenhof, which is famous for its knuckles of pork! The route up was empty of people and vehicles, but up there was quite a lot going on. The Gasthof was well visited.

After the meal we had a lunch break at the nearby small pond.

Then we went back down to Kurtasch and via Truden and Altenburg (partly very steep ascent) to Kaltern, where we enjoyed - like on Friday - a delicious ice cream! We wanted to visit the Maniggler Lakes, but due to the high number of visitors we turned back and drove back to Montan.
A cosy evening at the Gasthof Rose ended this day.


Tuesday, May 13th, 2008:

At 9 o'clock we were heading home!
Via Kaltern we drove to Eppan and then onto the motorway towards Meran. Up into the Vinschgau Valley we were once again hit by the heavy traffic in this area! In Schlanders we left the main route and turned right towards Kortsch. From there a - partly very narrow - road leads via Tannas to Schluderns.

Then we went up to the Reschenpass without problems and still up to Samnaun. The cheap petrol (on this day 1.01 €), as well as the duty-free shopping always make this detour worthwhile.

On the further way we tackled the Piller-Höhe from Prutz and then went straight up to the Fernpass (Hahntennjoch unfortunately still closed). Here was again very much going on and some large trucks came only with difficulty up the mountain - we therefore unfortunately also!
At the rest area we said goodbye to Heike and Franz (who wanted to go home via Füssen) and drove via Reutte and the Tannheimer Tal back to Sonthofen.


Conclusion!

All in all, we covered a good 1,500 kilometres in the six days.
Although we never met some of the participants personally before, everything went smoothly. It was a great group and it was a lot of fun!
With the exception of the descent from Passo Manghen, the weather played its part.
We had a lot of sun, great routes, little traffic and a lot of fun!


Ridereport for download

EMontanRidereport2008.pdf


Unterkunftsempfehlung:
Italien: Hotel Cristallo (Levico Terme)