Sunday, May 31th, 2009

Overnight the weather had worsened and a thick cloud cover welcomed us in the morning. The "Würzjoch-Tour" was on the program.

But before the tour there was a group photo on the program!

Some tour participants had other interests today and so we drove only with eight motorcycles towards Bozen. Behind Leifers we turned right towards La Costa. A very narrow but beautiful route, which leads steeply uphill and offers beautiful views into the valley. Then we turned left to Kohlern and on to Bozen. From there we went uphill towards Ritten to Klobenstein. A wide road, which leads uphill in wonderful curve combinations - a pleasure for motorcyclists! From Klobenstein the road led us further to Lengstein. From here it became narrow again - but with beautiful views down into the Eissack valley. Via Barbian (turn left here) we reached Villanders. From there down into the valley to Klausen. Here we turned right and immediately left into the centre of Klausen. Then we turned left again (passing under the Brenner route) towards Latzfons. The road leads - also very narrow - through a narrow gorge steeply uphill. Arrived in Latzfons the "loneliness" was over! Suddenly many people and cars. Apparently the church had just finished.

Behind the village there was a short stop and we drove via Feldthurns down into the valley and on into the Villnösstal, which we followed until St. Peter.

Here the narrow road branches off up to the Würzjoch.
Meanwhile the dense clouds began to break up and we had hope to be able to continue the further way in better weather.
At the Edelweißhütte we had a break.

During the meal I suddenly saw the rain outside! Partly strong, partly little. But it did not want to stop!

After 1 ½ hrs. we decided to drive on.
Stop! Kurt, Alfred, Ingrid, Thomas and Jacky turned around and drove back to Villnösstal to return directly to Montan! The continuation of the journey over the Würzjoch and the following way over the Grödnerjoch and the Sellajoch were too uncertain for them because of the weather conditions.
So the rest of us (besides Petra and me also Jürgen and Kai-Uwe - with Alea) continued the planned tour. Behind the Würzjoch in Antermoia the road was partly dry again and the rain stopped.
But this did not last long!
Through the Val Badia valley up to Corvara it started raining again and later on it even snowed in the driveway to the Gröderjoch! I can hardly remember ever having snowed on my helmet during the ride! In thick snowfall we crossed the pass and started the further way towards the Sella Pass. Also here the snow welcomed us and the landscape wore a white dress.

Luckily the roads were easy to drive on and so we arrived safely down to Canazei.
Before the turnoff to the Karerpass we had a cappuccino break.
Then we went over the Karerpass, past the Karersee to Birchabruck. There we turned left and continued in the direction of Deutschnofen.
The other five arrived shortly after us (they also had a break).

Monday, June 1st, 2009

For most of them the return journey was announced!
Except for Kurt, Kai-Uwe and Alea, as well as Petra and me, everyone went back home.
The sun shone again from the blue sky and promised again a beautiful day.
After the common breakfast we said goodbye to the departures and one after the other left the house Heinrich and drove from there.

Petra and I had planned to visit the gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle in Meran.

Via Kaltern and Terlan we reached Mölten and Vöran.

Via Haflings we finally reached Meran.

There we had an extensive look at the flowers and blossoms in the gardens of Trauttmansdorff Castle. The complex is really worth seeing and those who have time and opportunity to visit it should use it!

Then we drove directly to Kaltern and back to Montan.
A common evening in the Gasthof Rose with the other "remaining" tour participants rounded off this day.

Tuesday, June 2nd 2009

Today was also the day for us to go home.
The view from the balcony showed the best weather for travelling!

So we said goodbye to the others after breakfast and drove home!
Via Kaltern and Meran we quickly reached St. Leonhard.
Here the winding road up to the Jaufenpass begins - hardly any traffic and the trip was a pleasure!

Also the Brenner Pass was soon reached and in Mattrai we turned right again and drove over Ellbögen to Innsbruck. Unfortunately the Gasthof St. Peter had a day off and we couldn't make the planned stop there.
Via Innsbruck and Telfs we reached the Fernpass.
Here we found out that we had had good luck with the construction site at the Fernpass on Thursday before! This time the traffic volume was much higher and already a few kilometers before the construction site the traffic jam started. Because of the busy oncoming traffic, it was also difficult to get past the traffic jam on a motorcycle. So it took quite a long time until we could pass this narrow place. Also on the other side the traffic jammed for miles in front of the construction site!
At the Fernpass it started to rain a little bit, but soon it stopped again.
Behind the Lermooser tunnel the road was very wet. It had probably rained heavily shortly before. But we stayed dry and reached the Tannheimer-Tal via Reutte and Weissenbach. But from Nesselwängle to Tannheim it rained there as well - sometimes heavily. Afterwards we returned dry to Sonthofen.

Conclusion

In total we covered exactly 1600 km in the six days.
The weather was basically very nice and we had a lot of fun.
They were nice tours with partly very narrow but also wide and well developed roads - so there was something for everyone.

My thanks to all riders for the common tours and the interesting conversations!

It was great!

Ridereport for download

ESouthTyrolPentecost2009.pdf

Unterkunftsempfehlung:
Italien: Hotel Cristallo (Levico Terme)