Characteristics
This is the ideal tour for newcomers to mountain biking. The 600m in altitude difference and the 17 kilometres to pass Castelvecchio does not present sporting novices with any difficulties. Apart from a few short sections the climbs are moderate and pass along easily ridable side or gravel roads. For practising riding technique there is a steeper descent on gravel to Castelvecchio and a flowing trail above Alpe di Siusi aerial cableway.
You can warm up easily in the first few kilometres from the tourism association Siusi to San Valentino. You continue at first still on tarmac with a splendid view of Castelrotto and then on gravel on the small hamlet of Tiosels.
The route climbs noticeably for the first time with an average 13% incline to the Wasserebene. This little tarmac road does not present any problems for mountain bike novices. The ascent continues to decrease behind the Wasserebene and, from the junction to the Schafstall onwards, a narrow side road, offering splendid views, climbs very gently to the control station San Valentino.
A short descent brings bikers back again in the direction of Siusi. Above the village you taxi along now under the Alpe di Siusi cable car through to Bagni di Razzes. The climb via Bagni di Razzes and onwards on the gravel road into the Wood of Castelvecchio can be ridden easily and is only a little ragged directly behind Bagni di Razzes.
Steeper terrain takes you above and past Castel Vecchio, tucked away in woodland. A steep gravel road will test your braking skill for the first time and after two switchbacks you arrive already at the junction for Castelvecchio that you can reach only on foot.
Once again in the saddle you first of all pass along a gravel road, but then on a very flowing trail to the car park of the Alpe di Siusi aerial cableway. From here you are only a few minutes away from the starting point of the tour at the tourism association in Siusi.

Variations
1. Short tour: Leaving out Tiosels and Wasserebene. Do not turn left at waymarker 4, but right in the direction of Bagni di Razzes (corresponds to waymarker 26). The tour is reduced by 9.4km and 290m difference in altitude.

2. Extension via Gstatsch: The tour becomes longer, but also above all technically more demanding, if you go uphill as far as Gstatsch (170m altitude difference) taking the Alpe di Siusi road at control station San Valentino (waymarker 22). On the last hairpin bend before the guesthouse turn right on a steep, narrow hiking trail leading to Bagni di Razzes. Cross the Frommer brook by bridge and follow the road that begins as gravel and so reach the road to Bagni di Razzes. You descend 120m and join the tour described here at waymarker 33 again at a bridge.

3. Extension via Schafstall and Marinzen: At waymarker 18 bear right uphill (at first very steep) to Schafstall and via Marinzen to Costazza (5km and 335m difference in altitude uphill). From there downhill as described in alternative 2.

Physical condition Overall condition 2,5 Total height variation 3,0 Total distance 2,0 Maximum altitude 2,0

Riding technique Overall riding technique 2,7 Surface 2,5 Average climb gradient Ø 3,0 Average descent gradient Ø 3,0

Getting there
Coming from the north take the motorway (A22) exit for Chiusa – Alpe di Siusi/Sciliar, SS12 as far as Ponte Gardena, then in the direction of Alpe di Siusi.
Coming from the south take motorway (A22) exit for Bolzano Nord – Alpe di Siusi/Sciliar, SS12 as far as Prato all'Isarco, then in the direction of Alpe di Siusi.

Starting point
There are several car parks and underground parking facilities in all villages. Parking spaces marked in blue are subject to charges. Tickets are available from the appropriate automatic machines. All other parking spaces are free of charge.
The tour begins at the tourism association Siusi.

1

0,00

0,03

1010

Tourism association Siusi, bus station

Straight ahead

A 7%

00:00

00:00

2

0,03

0,57

1017

Junction

Right Henrik-Ibsen- Str.

R 8%

00:00

00:00

3

0,60

0,38

1054

Junction with Via Fasslfun

Bear right uphill

R 11%

00:01

00:03

4

0,99

0,16

1095

Crossroad

LLeft Castelrotto (Castelrotto) 6

R 7%

00:02

00:05

5

1,15

0,27

1105

Junction

Bear Left Castelrotto (Castelrotto) 6

00:03

00:06

6

1,42

0,26

1115

Private car park

Straight ahead

S 7%

00:03

00:08

7

1,68

0,25

1134

Patener Hof

Bear right Kastelruth (Castelrotto) 6

R 9%

00:04

00:10

8

1,93

0,08

1155

Intersection Alpe di Siusi road in San Valentino

Sharp right uphill

R 5%

00:05

00:11

9

2,01

0,12

1159

Junction

Left Maso Psoar-Hof

R 1%

00:05

00:12

10

2,13

0,70

1160

Maso Psoar-Hof

Bear right Kastelruth (Castelrotto) 6

R 1%

00:05

00:12

11

2,83

0,26

1159

Crossroad

Right Tiosels 7

S 8%

00:07

00:16

12

3,09

0,88

1178

Junction

Straight ahead Tiosels 7

S -5%

00:08

00:18

13

3,97

0,30

1137

Junction

Straight ahead St. Michael 7

S 6%

00:10

00:23

14

4,27

0,06

1155

Intersection

Bear left St. Michael 7

S 0%

00:11

00:25

15

4,32

0,35

1155

Intersection

Straight ahead St. Michael 7

R 6%

00:11

00:25

16

4,68

0,28

1173

Hof Unterdill in Tiosels

Bear right Wasserebene, St. Michael 7

R 14%

00:12

00:28

17

4,96

0,80

1211

Crossroad sports ground Wasserebene

Straight ahead uphill Schafstall 8

R 8%

00:13

00:29

18

5,76

0,12

1277

Turn-off for Schafstall

Straight ahead

00:15

00:34

19

5,88

1,42

1277

Turn-off for Schafstall

Straight ahead

R 1%

00:16

00:35

20

7,30

0,60

1291

Crossroad

Straight ahead

R -1%

00:19

00:43

21

7,90

0,51

1288

Turn-off for Marinzen

Straight ahead Alpe di Siusi, Siusi

R 0%

00:21

00:47

22

8,41

0,57

1286

Control position San Valentino

Sharp right Seis (Siusi) 4

R -10%

00:22

00:50

23

8,98

1,10

1231

Haus Waldrand, bus stop

Sharp left Trotzstr.

R -10%

00:24

00:53

24

10,08

0,17

1121

Junction with Via Burgstall

Straight ahead downhill

R -10%

00:27

01:00

25

10,25

0,16

1105

Turn-off for Kastelruth (Castelrotto) 6

Bear Left Bagni di Razzes 6

R -7%

00:27

01:01

26

10,41

0,54

1095

Crossroads Way of the cross

Straight ahead Bad Ratzes

R 0%

00:28

01:02

27

10,95

0,33

1097

Junction for Bad Ratzes (Bagni di Razzes) 6

Bear right level road

R 1%

00:29

01:05

28

11,28

0,11

1102

Wooden bridge

Left Bad Ratzes

R 7%

00:30

01:07

29

11,39

0,40

1109

Turn-off for Siusi aerial cableway

Straight ahead uphill

R 10%

00:31

01:08

30

11,79

0,13

1148

Junction

Bear right uphill

W 12%

00:32

01:10

31

11,93

0,09

1165

Water reservoir

Bear left

00:32

01:11

32

12,02

0,05

1167

Intersection

Bear right uphill

R -0%

00:32

01:12

33

12,07

0,15

1167

Bridge over brook

Bear right uphill

S 8%

00:32

01:12

34

12,22

0,42

1177

Turn-off for Castelvecchio

Straight ahead Schlernbödele- Malghetta Sciliar 3B

S 9%

00:33

01:13

35

12,64

0,08

1210

Crossroads near to Bagni di Razzes

Bear right uphill Schlern (Sciliar) 1

S 12%

00:34

01:15

36

17,72

1,05

1220

Junction to Schlern (Sciliar) 1

Sharp right Bischofsweg

S 6%

00:34

01:16

37

13,77

0,48

1273

Fountain

Straight ahead

S 1%

00:37

01:22

38

14,24

0,39

1281

Junction

Sharp right Castelvecchio

S -16%

00:38

01:25

39

14,63

0,18

121

Junction gravel road

Straight ahead downhill

S -18%

00:39

01:27

40

14,81

0,14

1187

Crossroad Castelvecchio

Straight ahead

S -6%

00:40

01:28

41

14,95

0,43

1179

Fountain

Straight ahead downhill Seis

S -14%

00:40

01:29

42

15,38

0,25

1117

Crossroad

Sharp left Ruine Salegg (Castel Seligo) 3

W-12%

00:41

01:32

43

15,64

0,68

1086

Plaque on life expectancy

Straight ahead

W -4%

00:42

01:33

44

16,32

0,31

1060

Crossroad

Sharp right downhill (later 3B)

00:44

01:37

45

16,63

0,07

1012

Car park Alpe di Siusi cable car

Bear right across the car park

R 0%

00:45

01:39

46

16,70

0,15

1012

Valley station Alpe di Siusi aerial cableway

Sharp left

A -5%

00:45

01:40

47

16,85

0,13

1004

Junction Via Oswald von Wolkenstein

Right downhill

A -7%

00:45

01:41

48

16,97

0,11

995

Bridge over brook, entrance car park Alpe di Siusi aerial cableway

Straight ahead over bridge

S 3%

00:46

01:41

49

17,08

0,11

999

Junction private road

Bear left Siusi

R -3%

00:46

01:42

50

17,19

0,02

995

Crossroad Matzlstr.

Bear left to main road

R 0%

00:46

01:43

51

17,22

0,24

995

Garni Hauenstein

Right

A 4%

00:46

01:43

52

17,45

0,06

1006

Traffic roundabout Siusi

Straight ahead Kastelruth

00:47

01:44

53

17,52

0,00

1010

Tourism association Siusi, bus stop

End of tour

00:47

01:45

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.