Today I wanted to see lake Garda from the east side, so I decided to climb Monte Varagne at 1′779 meters above sea level.

You find good roads (mostly asphalt) up hill and lots of other bikers until you reach Dos Remit at app. 1′200 meters. Most of the bikers go downhill from there but if you continue, you’ll see lake Garda from a different side.

At the top I met some locals that told me to take the same route down as I came up but a real mountain biker always tries something different, so I went down the other side through Rif. Malga Campai at 1′469 meters. A fantastic downhill, which demands every thing from you, simply brilliant!
Here’s the route and if you need my GPS file, just let me know.

Lago di Garda is famous for mountain biking and surfing. I’ve been here in 1997 with a few friends, exploring the mountains around Riva del Garda. Lake Garda’s elevation is at 64 meters above sea level and the highest mountains go beyond 2′000 meters.

Today Nadine and I had our first ride up to mount Grassi at 1′056 meters with a fantastic downhill, which was not only easy.

view on Riva del Garda

Amongst other things, I’m keen on cycling, biking and traveling.

That’s a picture of my, riding from Oslo in Norway to Hamburg in Germany in Summer 2006. It took me 12 days to travel the 1′200km on my own. It was one of these summers, where the sun never disappeared, wonderful!

I converted my old mountain bike (a 1995 GT single tube carbon frame) into a tour bike.
For my luggage I had a trailer named B.O.B. (see picture below)

That single wheel system works perfect and is much easier to travel with than bags. As long as you are cycling through a flat country, though. And that’s something I did a lot during my 3 years living in Amsterdam NL.

I had my tent and a small kitchen set with me, which was ideal with that sort of weather.
Nevertheless I spent a few nights in hotels and stayed with a friend in Hamburg before I took the train back home to Zurich.