Trai(l)s Vals – 1. Etappe: Samnaun – Scuol

Stony, alpine and with a brilliant view over the mountains is the first stage of the "Trai(l)s Vals" mountain bike tour. Pure, alpine trails! The first 360° panorama awaits you on the Greitspitz after the first steeper ascent. Afterwards it goes on the smuggler's trail over the ridge to the Salaaser head, where a flow trail awaits in the direction of the Zeblas Pass. Here starts a passage over scree along the mountain flank of the "Piz Rots" with a carrying passage to the Fuorcla Val Gronda afterwards. Once you reach the ridge, you are right on the border between Switzerland and Austria. The efforts are rewarded with a flowing descent of the S3 category and a brilliant view of the alpine nature. This is followed by a partially blocked trail down towards the Heidelberger-Hütte, but before you reach the hut, the trail leads left towards Fuorcla Val Fenga - the Fimber Pass. With a last carrying passage you earn the approximately 6 km trail descent to the hamlet of Griosch. The almost 800 meters difference in altitude is clearly evident in this passage - what still shows stony and alpine character at the top is slowly but surely becoming a green mountain idyll again. The last single trail passages of the day lead via Hof Zuort and Val Sinestra to Sent/Scuol.

<a href="https://www.heidelbergerhuette.at/" target="_blank">Heidelberger Hütte and Hof Zuort are ideal for a stop for refreshments (note opening hours).

Samnaun – Alp Trida – Flimjoch – Greitspitz – Salaaser Kopf – Zeblasjoch – Fuorcla Val Gronda – Fuorcla Val Fenga/Fimberpass – Griosch – Hof Zuort – Val Sinestra – Sent – Scuol