HAT 2402 The High Alpine Tour 16.6.-23.6.2024
Hello and hello from day 1 of our tour So today is the day of days - we start our tour with our welcome briefing where we tell our new Edelweiss family about the tour and all the information about the countries we are traveling to and what we want to show you. Some of our new family arrived earlier and used the time to have a look at Munich with Markus who led a Guided City Tour. The rest arrived by 4 p.m. and at 5 p.m. all of our riders received the eagerly awaited keys for the motorcycles. And after all the information at the welcome briefing it was time to eat something and so we ended the first evening with a nice traditinal dinner. Well and tomorrow the journey starts and we're off to beautiful Austria. So see you tomorrow. Markus and Axel
Exspecting all kind of weather we were surprised with a perfect day! Leaving Erding the sun was almost out and the closer we cruised through the rolling hills of Bavaria towards the Alps, the better it got. After our lunchbreak in beautiful Pillertal a few dark clouds showed up in the sky, but that was it. Climbing Grossglockner High Alpine Road let the temperatures drop - from 72° F down to 47° - we felt like on top of the world! The charming town of Lienz was our final destination and we finished a great riding day with an excellent dinner!
Hello again to the Dolomites rollercoaster on the HAT2402 Today we finally made it from Lienz via the Pustertaler Höhenstraße to Italy via Lake Misurina to Cortina and off to the centre of pleasure for motorcyclists - the Dolomites. Passes like: Passo di Falzarego (Falzarego Pass) (2015 m), Passo Pordoi (Pordoi Pass), (2239 m), Sella (Sella Pass) (2218 m), Passo Gardena (Gardena Pass) (2121 m) + a picnic from chef Markus at Passo di Valparola made our hearts beat faster today, and not just once. What a brilliant day!!! The weather was not too hot and not too cold - just perfect for a day in the Dolomites. At the end we went down to Bolzano and then up to Klobenstein, where we have our rest day tomorrow. Well, a rest day - not really, because we crossed the Dolomites today from east to west and spent more time in the north part, so tomorrow we'll be travelling through the southern part of the Dolomites. So we are already looking forward to what we have to report tomorrow. And now we'll let a few pictures make you envious and let them speak for themselves. See you tomorrow Markus and Axel
Rollercoaster moment part 2 As mentioned yesterday, today is a rest day, but we are ready for another breathtaking ride in the Dolomites. What a brilliant day!!! Our journey started at 8.15am and from there we headed straight for the southern playground of the Dolomites. Our first destination was the Passo di Lavazè (1,805 m) and from there we travelled through the beautiful green mountains over the Passo Rolle (1,989 m), the Passo Duran (1,605 m), where we had lunch, over the Passo Fedaia (2,057 m) towards Collalbo. In total, we travelled around 280 km and every single one of them was a pleasure and certainly something we won't forget for the rest of our lives!!! Back at the hotel we had dinner and the smiles on everyone's faces spoke volumes about how the day had been. Well, and tomorrow we will leave Collalbo and head for Switzerland. So stay tuned for tomorrow. Markus and Axel
After an exhausting day in the Dolomites yesterday we were looking foreward to climb the "Mother of all passes", Passo Stelvio today. The north ramp was closed due to danger of avalanges, but our tourguides knew, that there is another way. After the coffeebreak in Glurns, one of the smallest but fully walled towns in Italy we crossed the border into Switzerland to climb Umbrail Pass and to cross back into Italy to get to the top of Passo Stelvio from the south side. Cruisding from Bormio to Livigno we got caught by the rain, but after the coffe break it had stopped. Doing to more passes and a border crossing back to Switzerland- Forcula di Livigno and Berninapass we reached Pontresina. Another successfull and great day!
Let's go Today we're heading back to Austria, but not too fast? Because in between there was Switzerland, which is a guarantee for an impressive riding day because it has the perfect recipe for motorcyclists: you take a breathtaking landscape with high mountain ranges, waterfalls, gorges and and and and and you mix that with hairpin bends and serpentines and all that together creates the perfect Swiss impression. For us, it all started with the Albula Pass (2312 m), from where we continued to Lenzerheide, where we stopped for a bite to eat in a bakery. And this is dangerous house in XXXL, because in Switzerland they know very well what they are doing - from cakes to croussions filled with Swiss chocolate - it's just so good and no matter what you choose - you can't go wrong. After this sugar overdose, we drove on towards Lichtenstein, but before we reached the border of the sixth smallest country in the world, we stopped for lunch at the famous Heidihof for a rösti. So, if you're in Switzerland, you must have one!!!! As I said, we crossed the border and stopped at Vaduz Castle for a photo. Just as an aside, today was our test for rain gear and we can say it was worth the money. From there, we had to cross the valley and all the little villages to get to our last little playground - called Vorarlberg. And then the sun came out too, so we could enjoy the beauty of Austria. Another day is over and almost the tour too - it goes very quickly when every day is a highlight. So tomorrow we return to the place where it all began. Goodbye Markus and Axel
Like in every sport also the motorcycletour needed a kind of cool-down. After hundrets of curves, some of them serious switchbacks, we headed north to leave the Alps and to ride through the rolling hills of Bavaria back to Erding. to give the tour a little cultural touch, we stopped at king Ludwig's Cstles - first to see Neuschwanstein and then Castle Linderhof. In between we were awaited by Axel at the shore of Lake Plansee with another outstanding picnic. You could tell by his fabulous presentation that he had done that before. At dinner everybody recaped his adventures, mishaps, impressions....... It was a farewell evening full of laughter. One more time a big thank you to all of you beeing such a great group of good riders, easy to handle customers and by the end of the tour - friends! We hope to meet you again on another tour one day! All the best and kind regards, keep the rubber down and the shiny side up! Your tourguides Axel and Markus