Gravel bike: Poschiavo - Cansumé - Poschiavo

Medium

29.2 km

3:20 h

1199 mhd

1201 mhd

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Medium difficulty tour with single trails and technical descents. In some sections it may be necessary to push the bike.

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Highest Point 1795 m

Lowest Point 1009 m

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Coordinates

46.324614, 10.054774

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Description

Very beautiful and varied tour with very nice and technical single/flow trails towards the Bernina pass. Beautiful mountain scenery and special panoramic view at the Pozzo da Scelbez on Piz Cambrena, the beautiful little village Angeli Custodi and the whole valley!

Hidden Gem

Option: The starting altitude can also be reached by post bus 701 from Poschiavo station to Sfazù. Starting from Engadin or Livigno, the tour begins at La Rösa.

Equipment

Tires: Gravel tires 700 x 35 - 40

Tire pressure: 1.5 - 1.8 bar (tubeless) 2.2 - 2.8 bar

Crankset / Cassette: 1 x 11 (front 34 / rear 11 - 42)

compact front 48 / 31 rear 11 - 34

Waypoints

Viewpoint Valposchiavo

Ponte Runchett da Sotsassa

The covered wooden bridge (approx. 4,200 kg) extends over a ravine and fits well into the steep slopes above the village.

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Monastery Valposchiavo

Vecchio Monastero, Poschiavo

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Monument Valposchiavo

Palazzo Matossi Lendi

In his memoirs, Gian Giacomo Matossi (1753-1838), one of the first emigrants who sought his fortune as a confectioner, recounts that he bought an old house in Via di Puntunai with his first income.

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Town Square Valposchiavo

Piazza Comunale

Poschiavo Main Square

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Public Facility Valposchiavo

Via di Palazz

The neighborhood built by the emigrants who returned to the valley.

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Historical Site Valposchiavo

La Tor

Historic building on Piazza di Poschiavo.

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Public Facility Valposchiavo

Devon House (Station 1 Rundgang Hildesheimer)

The Devon House in Via dei Palazzi is the first stop on our tour. Built in 1863 according to the plans of the Italian architect Giovanni Sottovia (1827-1892) for Pietro Pozzi, an emigrant who became very wealthy as a confectioner in Porto, the house came into the possession of the Semadeni family in 1908, another emigrant family that ran a successful coffee house in Ilfracombe in the southwest English county of Devon.

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City Valposchiavo

Poschiavo

The municipality of Poschiavo stretches from Lake Bianco to the southern end of Lake Poschiavo.

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Art Gallery Valposchiavo

Casa Gay (Station 5 Rundgang Hildesheimer)

In 1961, Wolfgang Hildesheimer and his wife moved to Casa Gay, where they lived on the first floor and where Wolfgang Hildesheimer remained until his death in 1991.

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