E-bikes take the burn out of even the steepest uphill climb, transforming Italy’s spectacular Sella Ronda from an Olympic feat into a thrilling day trip
Italy’s semi-autonomous region of South Tyrol is home to the second-largest ski area in the world, the Sella Ronda. It winds its way in a loop around the Sella mountains, a huddle of craggy limestone peaks that dominates the landscape. But as the snow melts, its vast network of ski lifts provides extra assistance to hikers and a growing number of e-mountain bikers. Once frowned upon by biking purists, battery assisted bikes have revolutionised two-wheel touring.
As the snow melts during summer, mountain biking replaces skiing as the prime activity in Selva di val Gardena, in the Italian Dolomites.Our tour starts on the Ciampinoi gondola lift out of Selva, with some immediate altitude gain and spectacular views of the jutting peaks that glisten in the warm sunshine with their characteristic pinkish hue.
The Alba-Belvedere cable-car helps us to gain huge altitude quickly for the next leg, where another gloriously long descent offers six miles of winding trails with postcard views of the Dolomites. But concentration is required. This route seems to go on and on, with some technical terrain that requires a fairly high skill level on a bike.
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