On the Stoanamandl

If you are truly physically fit and are looking for challenges in uphill cycling, the tour from Bressanone to the Stoanamandl, high above Valles, is highly recommended. It really is worthwhile mastering the course with a difference in altitude of 1,700 metres. If you are not in truly tip-top condition, you do not need to miss out or worry, for a large part of the uphill stretch from Valles can be negotiated by lift to the Jochtal mountain station and this saves you the drudgery of climbing 800 metres in altitude. The trail from there to the Stoanamandl then becomes a piece of cake. The crowning point of this hammer tour between Bressanone and Jochtal is the Single Trail descent from Stoanamandl down to Rio Pusteria: pure trail thrills at 1,000 metres in altitude.