Rattendorfer Alm - Pontebba HP3

Level of difficulty: Difficult
  • 56.5 km
    Distance
  • 7.5 h
    Duration
  • 582 vm
    Lowest elevation
  • 1780 vm
    Highest elevation
  • 2133 vm
  • 2133 vm

Rattendorfer Alm - Pontebba HP3

Cross-border, challenging and extremely rewarding bike tour along the Carnic Alps
Suggestion
  • Approved for MTB riders if not otherwise specified for the following periods:
    • May 1 - August 31, from 9 am to 7 pm and September 1 - October 31, from 9 am to 5 pm
  • The tour can also be done with an e-mountain bike – the battery may need to be recharged during the entire round (bring a charger or spare battery).
  • Tour variant - from Lanzenalm via the Straniger Saddle back to Austria and via Stranig and Rattendorf back to the starting point (MTB tour I2)
  • The route also passes through Italy (ID required).
Equipment
  • Helmet mandatory!!!!!!!
  • Proper clothing: Adjust your clothing not only to the current weather conditions. Also pack warm clothing, a spare jersey, and rain protection, especially in early and late season and summer.
  • Emergency equipment: first aid kit, repair kit (spare tube, pump, tools), map, mobile phone, and possibly GPS
  • WARNING: Reception is not guaranteed everywhere in the mountains!
  • Bring enough to drink and plan stops in time
Directions
Arrival by car:

Coming from Kötschach-Mauthen, drive on the B111 (Gailtal Federal Road) towards Hermagor and turn onto the B90 (Nassfeld Pass Road) at the Tröpolach junction.

Coming from Hermagor, drive on the B111 (Gailtal Federal Road) towards Kötschach-Mauthen and turn onto the B90 (Nassfeld Pass Road) at the Tröpolach junction.

Directions

KM 0 From the Millennium Express valley station directly to the L22 country road in the direction of Rattendorf

KM 2.7 Keep to the left and continue through the village in an arc to the left

KM 2.9 Continue straight on along the asphalt road

KM 3.3 Keep slightly to the left - gravel road

KM 3.8 Turn right - stay on the gravel road

KM 4.0 Straight on - the ascent to the Rattendorfer Alm begins - always stay on the main trail

KM 13.2 Rattendorfer Alm - straight on

KM 13.4 Turn right - Grober Karrenweg

KM 14.2 Straight on towards the Scotti Chapel, then left uphill to the Zanklhütte

KM 14.4 The trail to the Rattendorfer Sattel begins at the Zanklhütte; the bike has to be pushed or carried for the most part here

KM 15.2 right - just a few metres to the saddle

KM 15.4 Rattendorfer Sattel - now on the hiking trail downhill towards Lanzenalm

KM 16.8 Turn right onto a gravel road that continues to descend

KM 18.3 Lanzenalm - turn left and follow the asphalt road to Pontebba

KM 33.2 Pontebba - sharp left over the sealed road to the Nassfeld Pass

KM 46.0 Nassfeld Pass - downhill over the pass road to the starting point

Location and how to find us

The Nassfeld-Pressegger See holiday region lies in the Austrian province of Carinthia, directly next to the Italian border.

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