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| Left: Sulden / Solda, with Hintere Schöntaufspitze (Punta Beltovo di Dentro, 3325 m). Right: Glurns / Glorenza with Saint Pankratius church, and a part of the still intact city wall and two of its three towers. |
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have used the last day of our 2011 tour for both the joy of cycling in
an alpine environment and a nostalgic visit to Sulden, a village where
my parent and I stayed 45 years ago during summer holidays. It is
clear that the growing importance of winter sports has changed a lot to
Sulden. There are definitely many more hotels and ski lifts, but its
character seems to have survived rather than being declined to a trendy
resort. For Ward only cycling up and down to Sulden was a bit meager. His training for the Marmotte cycling race (Bourg d'Oisans, French Alps, 2-7-2011*) asked for more exercise, hence the additional Matschertal loop. A longer trip would have been possible, but was not advisable given the steadily deteriorating weather (... the Stelvio, yesterday, was enough). * Ward has completed the 174 km / 5000 m height gain Marmotte in 7h19' (official time, without Col du Glandon descent; 7h52 including Glandon descent). An outstanding performance which was rewarded with a gold medal ! |
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Glurns - Sulden - Glurns: GPS track (33 KB zip file; 56.4 km, 1759 waypoints; start and finish: Garni Gurnserhof, Glurns).
Matschertal loop: GPS track (37 KB zip file; 18.4 km, 2281 waypoints; start: Andreas Hofer Strasse/SS41, Schluderns, finish: Glurnserhof).
| start page | Mortirolo, Carette and Guspessa |
Santa Cristina and Mortirolo |
Gavia and Mortirolo |
Vivione | Stelvio and Umbrail |
Sulden and Matschertal |