This is important for you and your passenger. Some tour members want to ride all day, others want to stop more frequently, meet the locals and see the sights and relax before dinner in the evening!

The riding hours indicated with every tour description include time for coffee stops and photo stops, but do not include time for picnics/lunches. Normally you will start riding at 9:00 am in the morning, with a lunch break for about one hour somewhere between 12:00 noon and 2:00 pm. So if riding day hours are indicated as 6-8 you will be arriving at the hotel between 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm. Many tour days give the option to ride route 1 (shorter) or route 2 (more riding). So pick the right tour for yourself and, if applicable, your passenger!

Route Grading
One of the most important features of any Edelweiss Tour is the right route. We take time to choose and test ride route 1 and route 2. For experienced motorcyclists the smaller roads with less traffic and lots of turns are close to paradise. This route may be too demanding to handle for beginners or intermediates. Edelweiss tours cover the world. Riding conditions, traffic flow, local driving habits, roads, no roads vary a lot on this planet. All of these factors go into our ROUTE GRADING. If you have never been on tour outside your home country and you have no experience riding extremely curvy mountain roads, stay with the EASY or INTERMEDIATE tours. If in doubt send us an e-mail or call!

EASY
The whole route is on asphalt. The road will at times be curvy but mostly easy to handle. Riding hours can be cut short by taking route 1. Even on our EASY TOURS you must be able to ride your motorcycle. Do not expect to learn to ride on the tour.

INTERMEDIATE
Asphalt routes. There can be sections of very narrow winding roads. In the mountains tight switchbacks. Traffic sometimes intense and not as you may be used to. Experience is required!

TOUGH
In general asphalt routes. There may be constructions sections requiring riding on gravel for some distance. Some quite long riding days. Very intense and unusual traffic at times. You must be a very experienced rider for our TOUGH TOURS!

OFF ROAD EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Our Adventure Tours are running on asphalt and on some dirt roads. The dirt riding is limited and mostly on graded roads of good quality.