Biking across the Alps 2.2: Hermagor-Döllach (13.08.1997)

© Helwig Hauser

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Trip Summary

The second day of this multi-day bike trip across the Alps brought us close to the big goal, the Glockner Hochalpenstrasse. First, however, we continued through the Gail-valley for about 40km until we came to Kötschach-Mauthen, where the valley stops to be wide and comparably flat. This was the point, where we wanted to cross over to the Drau-valley (in the north of the Gail-valley). Thus, we traversed the Gailbergsattel, i.e., the first major pass on this trip (almost 1000mosl). Once in the Drau-valley, we continued in western (northwestern) direction, getting closer to Lienz quickly. Before actually getting to Lienz, however, we made a turn to the north, leaving the Drau-valley again and crossing over the second major pass on this day, i.e., Iselsberg (about 1200mosl), to the Möll-valley. We then cycled the Möll-valley up (in northern direction) until we find a place for the night near Döllach. Having ended on about 1000mosl on this day promised to be a good starting point for the big ascent on the next day! :-)

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.