The Grand Alps Tour is on again! - CGA220A

03 Aug 2022

/Ted Goslinga

/Dominik Nattkamp

Welcome on the blog of the first Grand Alps Tour of this year with Edelweiss Bike Travel. We will travel through the most beautiful places and over the most awesome passes in the Austrian, Swiss, Italian and French alps and Dolomites. Along the sweetest and romantic lakes in the same countries , so we have a lot to write about and a lot of pictures tontake Today is the arrival day and the welcome briefing plus the handover of the motorbikes followed by the welcome dinner. And from tomorrow on we will keep you updated about this great motorcycle tour!

Good morning from a beautiful Seefeld in Tyrol in Austria. The weather looks awesome so all preparing to have a nice first riding day in the Austrian Alps.

Although last night was filled with thunderstorms in the higher moutain areas the morning was pretty ok. And the riding began with a amazing road of the Silvrett high alpine road, which was a great warm up for the rest of the day. And the sun broke through the clouds around noon, so we fully enjoyed our lunch at the lake side of Walensee. After lunch was the astonishing Klausenpass with breathtaking views and roads. Finally ending up in Andermatt, Switzerland with a super nice dinner and sharing stories of the road trip today

After a full riding day yesterday it is time for a rest day.....however, restday....the weather is too nice to sit down and rest !! So on the bikes this morning and hitting the road again for some nice passes and as a nice surprise a picnic in the Göschener Alp And at the end of a awesome day we had a very nice Swiss cheese fondue downtown !

Today we were riding from Switzerland into France along the wonderful lakes of Brienz and Thun. And because it was a hot riding day the group wanted to jump into the Thuner See and so they did ( some even in Adam s costume !) At the end of the day we ended up in Chamonix at the foot of the Mont Blanc having a very unusual warm evening. Having great soare ribs and good wine it was a good finish of this nice riding day

The rest day in Briançon was used by the majority of the group as a real reat day. Means a nice sleep in, relaxed breakfast and stroll a bit through town. only two and tourguide Ted made a short but beautiful ride over the Col d'Izouard. The dinner wenhad outside at a nice and typical French litlle plaza What a beautiful day it was! The rest day in Briançon was used by the majority of the group as a real reat day. Means a nice sleep in, relaxed breakfast and stroll a bit through town. only two and tourguide Ted made a short but beautiful ride over the Col d'Izouard. The dinner wenhad outside at a nice and typical French litlle plaza What a beautiful day it was!

Today we had a relaxing day. From Lugano we drove past Lake Lugano in warm temperatures to Lake Como. Then we went back to the mountains. Again we enjoyed an infinite number of curves.

What an absolute fantastic day we had today!! Because of the altitude in Livigno we started with a nice fresh temperature towards Switzerland again for the last time. And right after the toll tunnel we rode our first pass out of five today: the Ofen pass. This was a nice warm up for the next two epic passes: the famous Stelvio - and the Gavia pass! At top of the Gavia we had a nice lunch outside and enjoyed the stunning views if the Alps. And just to be sure we didn't go out of practice we had the Tonale pass and to conclude this Pass day a great finale on the Mendola pass with brandnew asphalt and after a well earned beer and a great puzza in downtown Bolzano we called it a day! .....a long way home

Yes we did a rest day......no curves...no switchbacks....ore maybe a little

What annelic day we had! Riding the last 5 passes in the Dolomites before we entered Austria again, before we disnthe last highlight of the day: The famous Grossglockner High Alpine Road. Spectacular curves and sweepers up to a level of 2571 m towards the Edelweiss spitze. Great day !

And then suddenly it is the last day of the tour! Under a steel blue sky we started our riding day from Kaprun. Through the beautiful Zillertal and the Inntal we rode our last curves, switchbacks and sweepers of the Mother of all Tours. What a great finale of this two week adventure in the Alps and Dolomites: 67'passes, numerous curves and switchbacks !! Thank you Brad, Max, Claude, Ron, Mark and Fred for the unforgettable two weeks in bikers' heaven.! We have had a lot of fun, great food, good wine and fine cigars! It was a pleasure to ride with such a group of great riders! We really hope to see you guys somewhere on another great Edelweiss tour Ted & Dominik ( the Deceiver)