Day 4 on the Adige bike path: One giant climb before we end the ride in Verona

It’s no longer just downhill along the Adige bike path. Plus tips for your own DIY trip.

Remember the tunnel the train went through as we headed up to Bolzano and beyond? Now we find out how we will will get across that mountain — and it’s not with a bike tunnel.

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Day 1 on Italy’s Adige bike path: We get flagged for speeding while biking downhill

We told everyone we are biking downhill for the better part of 180 miles along the Adige river in Italy.

We’ve been telling everyone that this bike trip in Italy is all about going downhill, from the mountains to the valley and Verona about 180 miles away.

After just 12 miles between Resia/Reschen and Malles/Mals (every town here has an Italian and a German name), we can say we weren’t kidding.

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We’re going to bike from the Italian/Austrian/Swiss border to Verona

Is it the Alto Adige? The Etschradweg? So many names for the bike path from Malles (or Mals) to Verona in Italy.

Elevation map from Reschen/Resia to Bozen/Bolzano and beyond.
This looks great! As long as we stick to going downhill.

We’re planning a biking trip to the Dolomite mountains in northeastern Italy. The idea is to bike downhill on a bike path from as high up as we can get all the way to Verona.

We hope.

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