Characteristics
This panoramic tour of the Seiser Alm promises stunning mountain views without any great effort. The Seiser Alm cable car that takes bikers from St Ulrich to an altitude of almost 800 m, makes this possible. The route on either well-built secondary roads or on gravel paths also contributes to making this trouble-free for first-timers to mountain biking and for those less well trained. A few short sections of trail and cosy refreshment facilities, for example at the Rauchhütte (mountain cabin), complete this easy tour.
From the starting point in St. Christina you roll alongside rio Gardena at first nearly always only downhill as far as St. Ulrich. Here the Seiser Alm cable car with its round cabins that take two bikes and two bikers without any difficulty is already waiting for you. Just a few minutes later you reach the highest point of the tour at almost 2,000m above sea level. Already here at the mountain station you are in the midst of the most beautiful panorama of the Dolomite Mountains. The view of the Schlern, Rosszähne, Plattkofel and Langkofel mountains cast no doubts on the name given to this tour.
An easy descent on gravel with a subsequent ride on tarmac ends at Gasthaus Icaro, the first stop for refreshments. Only a few kilometres further, now downhill again, the traditional and quaint Rauchhütte with its excellent cuisine is located on the left of the road to Saltria. You can enjoy the scenery to the full on its beautiful terrace or spacious sunbathing lawn.
Fully refreshed, you reach Saltria a few minutes later. There then comes the only climb of the tour worthy of mention on the gravel road leading to Monte Pana. With the Langkofel and Plattkofel mountains right under your nose these 170m of difference in altitude are also quickly completed. From now onwards the slope is almost only downhill.
From Monte Pana to Ciaslat a few very beautiful trails feature some changes in riding technique in this otherwise very easy tour. You roll along via Wolkenstein and the cycle path on the former railway line to La Pozza, change over to the other side of rio Gardena and in this way reach the starting point of the tour in St. Christina.

Variations
1. Muscular strength instead of the cable car: you can of course see the panorama and get to the refreshment facilities on the Seiser Alm by honestly pedaling. To do this do not bear right downhill at waymarker 12, but bear left uphill into the Jender valley and continue towards Saltria. By doing this, you join the tour described here at waymarker 32. In order not to miss the fantastic refreshments at the Rauchhütte, you can first of all turn right and at just under 1.8km and 160m in altitude difference you reach the mountain cabin.

2. Extension via Tirler and Zallinger: at waymarker 31 in Saltria turn right uphill in the direction of Tirler. Either take refreshments there or go on straight to Zallinger and take refreshments on its unbeatable panoramic terrace. From Zallinger go north where at waymarker 34 you join the tour described here.

3. Shorter tour: at waymarker 51 do not go straight on to Wolkenstein, but go sharp left down in the direction of rio Gardena. After a few minutes you join the tour again at Haus Paladina, waymarker 70.

Physical condition Overall condition 2,6 Total height variation 2,0 Total distance 3,0 Maximum altitude 4,0

Riding technique Overall riding technique 2,4 Surface 2,5 Average climb gradient Ø 2,0 Average descent gradient Ø 3,0

Getting there
Take Brenner motorway A22, coming from the north via Innsbruck-Brenner, or from the south via Verona-Bozen.
The best motorway exit is Klausen/Gröden. From there in about 20 minutes you can reach St Ulrich and a few kilometres further on St. Christina and Wolkenstein on a clearly signposted mountain road.

Starting point
The tour begins at the car park Center Iman South in S. Cristina.

1

0,00

0,04

1397

Car park Center Iman South

Bear left

R 5%

00:00

00:00

2

0,04

0,05

1399

Junction near roundabout (to centre)

Straight on

R -0%

00:00

00:00

3

0,09

0,04

1399

Junction after bridge over stream

Bear right

S 1%

00:00

00:00

4

0,13

0,04

1399

Intersection after bridge over the Rio Gardena stream

Right downhill

S 0%

00:00

00:00

5

0,17

0,29

1399

Junction after subway under main road

Straight on

00:00

00:01

6

0,46

0,77

1389

Bottom of Monte Pana chairlift

Straight on along stream

S -5%

00:01

00:02

7

1,23

0,06

1349

Bridge over stream (towards waterfall)

Straight on uphill

R 10%

00:03

00:07

8

1,30

0,26

1355

Hofer Group

Bear left

R 1%

00:03

00:07

9

1,56

0,21

1356

Crossing with main road

Bear left onto main road

A -5%

00:04

00:09

10

1,77

0,32

1346

Junction

Left into Via Mulin d’Odum

R -10%

00:04

00:10

14

4,12

0,54

1257

Junction Streda Furdenan

Straight on

R -6%

00:11

00:24

15

4,66

0,47

1224

St. Ulrich/Ortisei playground

Bear left on path along stream

R -2%

00:12

00:27

16

5,13

0,12

1214

Raiffeisenkasse Kastelruth (bank)

Straight on along stream

R 0%

00:13

00:30

17

5,25

0,08

1214

Residence Oswald

Straight on uphill Alpe di Siusi cable car

R 8%

00:14

00:31

18

5,33

1,81

1220

Bottom of Seiser Alm/Alpe di Siusi cable car, St. Ulrich/Ortisei

Take cable car

00:14

00:31

19

7,14

0,08

2001

Top of Alpe di Siusi cable car

Left to Saltria

S -7%

00:19

00:42

20

7,22

1,02

1995

Wayside cross

Bear right downhill

S -10%

00:19

00:43

21

8,24

0,11

1898

Transformer station

Straight on

R -9%

00:22

00:49

22

8,34

0,82

1888

Junction to Saltria

Straight on to Compatsch/Compaccio

R 4%

00:22

00:50

23

9,16

0,45

1907

Junction to Sanon

Straight on

R 2%

00:24

00:54

24

9,62

0,35

1920

Crossroads (to Sanon)

Straight on to guesthouse Icaro

R -1%

00:26

00:57

25

9,97

0,61

1918

Junction to guesthouse Icaro

Bear left to Monte Piz

R -9%

00:27

00:59

26

10,58

0,11

1868

Junction towards Sanon Hut

Straight on

R -5%

00:28

01:03

27

10,69

0,14

1862

Junction towards Monte Piz

Bear left

R 1%

00:29

01:04

28

10,83

0,90

1864

Intersection with road to Compatsch/Compaccio

Sharp left to Saltria

R 0%

00:29

01:04

29

11,73

0,47

1862

Crossroads with bus stop

Left to Rauch Hut

R -6%

00:32

01:10

30

12,21

1,74

1836

Junction towards Rauch Hut

Bear right follow road

R -8%

00:33

01:13

31

13,95

0,05

1678

Junction towards Hotel Saltria

Right towards Val Gardena, Monte Pana

00:38

01:23

32

14,00

0,76

1674

Bus turning place, Saltria

Straight on to Florian chairlift

S 7%

00:38

01:23

33

14,75

2,26

1724

Junction to Zallinger

Bear left Monte Pana

S 4%

00:40

01:28

34

17,01

0,35

1815

Junction to Zallinger

Straight on to Monte Pana

S -7%

00:46

01:42

35

17,36

0,46

1788

Junction to Langkofelscharte gorge

Straight on downhill

S -1%

00:47

01:44

36

17,82

0,69

1782

Junction to Langkofelscharte gorge

Straight on

S -4%

00:48

01:46

37

18,51

0,83

1760

Junction to Jender Valley

Bear right to Monte Pana

S -6%

00:50

01:51

38

19,33

0,40

1702

Junction (towards Strena)

Straight on downhill

S -9%

00:52

01:55

39

19,73

0,39

1662

Junction to ski jump

Straight on downhill

S -10%

00:53

01:58

40

20,13

0,09

1624

Crossing with bottom of Monte Pana lift

Straight on

R 2%

00:54

02:00

41

20,22

0,33

1625

Top of chair lift

Straight on S. Cristina, Wolkenstein/Selva

W-18%

00:55

02:01

42

20,55

0,26

1561

Junction with hiking trail

Bear right to Wolkenstein/Selva 30b

P -2%

00:56

02:03

43

20,82

0,08

1555

App. Prensanueva

Straight on to Wolkenstein/Selva 30b

R 9%

00:56

02:04

44

20,90

0,50

1562

End of tarmac

Straight on

00:56

02:05

45

21,40

0,09

1581

Beginning of gravel path

Straight on

S 9%

00:58

02:08

46

21,49

0,12

1590

Ciaslat (towards Sellajoch/Passo Sella)

Straight on

S -1%

00:58

02:08

47

21,61

0,04

1587

Fork

Straight on

S 12%

00:58

02:09

48

21,65

0,89

1592

Beginning of tarmac

Straight on

R -3%

00:59

02:09

49

22,54

0,25

1572

Junction to Fischburg

Straight on

R -3%

01:01

02:15

50

22,79

0,51

1567

Transformer station, bus stop

Bear left Strada la Selva

R -7%

01:02

02:16

51

23,30

0,18

1535

Junction with hiking trail

Straight on following road

R 3%

01:03

02:19

52

23,48

0,43

1541

Junction with path Signpost 30

Straight on

R -0%

01:04

02:20

53

23,91

0,08

1540

House of Culture

Bear right along stream

R 4%

01:05

02:23

54

23,99

0,20

1543

Fire station

Straight on

S 3%

01:05

02:23

55

24,19

0,06

1548

Beginning of tarmac

Straight on

R 4%

01:05

02:25

56

24,26

0,05

1550

Casa Elisabetha

Sharp left over bridge over stream

01:06

02:25

57

24,31

0,05

1554

Café Mozart

Sharp right uphill to main road

A 6%

01:06

02:25

58

24,36

0,17

1557

Tourist information office in Wolkenstein/Selva

Straight on uphill

A 5%

01:06

02:26

59

24,53

0,09

1566

Bottom of Ciampinoi lift

Straight on

A -0%

01:06

02:27

60

24,61

0,11

1566

Hotel Krone

Sharp left

A 3%

01:07

02:27

61

24,72

0,29

1569

Pizzaealtro

Bear left following main road

A -3%

01:07

02:28

62

25,01

0,10

1561

Wolkenstein/Selva primary school

Straight on to
St. Ulrich/ Ortisei

A 1%

01:08

02:30

63

25,11

0,08

1562

Villa Gran Baita

Straight on

R -1%

01:08

02:30

64

25,19

0,48

1561

Beginning of cycle path

Straight on

R -4%

01:08

02:31

65

25,68

0,58

1542

Hotel Sporting

Straight on over road and follow cycle path

R -4%

01:10

02:34

66

26,25

0,28

1518

Crossing at Hotel Welponer

Straight on S. Cristina

01:11

02:37

67

26,53

0,15

1505

Crossing at Haus Lambolt

Straight on over the zebra crossing

R -4%

01:12

02:39

68

26,69

0,15

1500

Crossroads

Left Strada La Poza

R -7%

01:12

02:40

69

26,84

0,12

1489

Bar Adelaide, Crossing with main road

Straight on Strada La Poza

R -2%

01:13

02:41

70

26,97

0,35

1487

Haus Paladina

Bear right Fischburg 22a

W -3%

01:13

02:41

71

27,31

0,43

1471

Junction with hiking trail

Straight on

W -8%

01:14

02:43

72

27,74

0,11

1438

Crossroads

Straight on downhill

R -8%

01:15

02:46

73

27,84

0,08

1430

Wooden bridge

Bear left along stream

R 1%

01:15

02:47

74

27,93

0,29

1432

Junction before subway

Bear left along stream

S -8%

01:16

02:47

75

28,22

0,13

1409

Intersection with bottom of Sasslong lift

Bear left along stream

S -3%

01:16

02:49

76

28,35

0,13

1405

Junction

Bear left over the Rio Gardena stream

R -4%

01:17

02:50

77

28,48

0,04

1399

Junction

Left over the Rio Gardena stream

S -1%

01:17

02:50

78

28,52

0,05

1399

Intersection after bridge

Bear left

R 0%

01:17

02:51

79

28,57

0,04

1399

Junction near roundabout

Straight on

R -5%

01:17

02:51

80

28,61

0,00

1397

Car park Center Iman South

End of tour

R 0%

01:18

02:51

Explanation of evaluation factors
• Overall difficulty based on climb difficulty (60%) and descent difficulty (40%)
• Climb difficulty based on total distance uphill (30%), overall height variation uphill (30%), surface uphill (10%), average slope   uphill (25%), highest altitude reached (5%).
• Descent difficulty consists of total distance downhill (10%), overall height variation downhill (10%), surface downhill (50%),   average slope downhill (30%).
• Physical condition based on total distance (40%), with overall height variation (50%) and highest altitude reached (10%).
• Riding technique based on surface (50%), with average slope uphill (30%) and average slope downhill (20%).
• Writer’s subjective evaluation of panorama and riding fun.

Explanation of surface and slope
A = Tarmac road		steep uphill	from + 15%
R = Tarmac cycle path		uphill	up to + 14%
S = Gravel		level	ca. +/- 4%
W = Hiking trail		downhill	up to - 19%
P = Path, Single Trail		steep downhill	from - 20%
T = Carrying / pushing
X = Cable car / transfer

Route: the percentages indicate the average climb (+) or the average descent (-) to the next waymarker.