Biking across the Alps 2.1: Villach-Hermagor (12.08.1997)

© Helwig Hauser

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Trip Summary

The plan of this multi-day bike trip was to cross the Alps, once again, from the south to the north, passing over the Glockner Hochalpenstrasse, which brings travelers up to 2500mosl! To start, we took the train from Wien to Villach, where we got onto our bikes at about 4pm in the afternoon. As a consequence of the comparably late start into this day 1, we only made a relatively short stretch on this day (about 65km). Surrounding the Dobratsch near Villach in its east and south, we entered the Gail-valley, which we then cycled westwards into the direction of Hermagor. After a little more than 3 hours of cycling, and passing by Pressegger See close to the end, we arrived in Egg, not far from Hermagor, where we stopped for the night.

Tour Info

More details about the entire bike-trip are available via a separate web page.

Useful Resources

Route details about four longer bike rides in/near the Alps are summarized on a separate web page.
See also the related FB-page Hiking around Bergen, Norway.