✨ DOLOMITI Bikepacking DAY ONE

📍 Bressanone/Brixen ➡️ St. Magdalena

— 22.98km & 1,228vm —

Hello Pixelfed community 👋🏻 I wanted to try this out and figured I’d jump in the deep end, sharing my recent big adventure (as adventuring thru the 🏔️ by bike, skis, climbing or on foot is what I do) through the Dolomites.

This is an adventure I’ve been wanting to go on for several years so I could finally explore this range more in depth (I mean, I’ve been there once and had fallen in love right away: my favourite place on earth 💚).

The first day was mostly about getting to the Dolomites. Two train rides and a longer waiting time for the second one meant I had time for a little stroll through Innsbruck’s old town.

Once I finally arrived in Brixen, the adventure could begin… with a sufferfest of 1200m of vertical in one go. I mean, you have to get to the mountains before you can ride through them. So I did just that.

I got to Sankt Magdalena in the late afternoon. Unfortunately the clouds were hanging low so the famous panorama of the church with Sas Rigais and Furchetta behind were hidden from view.

I found a cozy and covered spot to have dinner just above the village… then the storm rolled in, and boy was I happy that I had a roof over my head. It meant I cut the ride shorter than I would have liked. But I had a safe spot to sleep.

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