eastern alps 2010 and Enduromania Borlova Team Picknicker

Hi all,
after doing western alps last year (see http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=503649) we did the east side this time (mostly the Dolomites). This holiday was a bit strage - first time since many years we could not spent the hole time together. So we made 2 weeks alps - when came home for a day - Tina needed to go to work and i joined my old friends for Enduromania.

But stop talking to much - let the story begin.

and let me show u pics.

Day 1: Not a big distance. Highway to Garmisch - Seefeld - Ötztal - Timmelsjoch pass road - Jaufenpass - Pustatal



traditional first pic - ready to go



at Timmelsjoch



down Timmelsjoch in Italy

Day 2: Staller Sattel - Grossglockner - Lienz - Pustertaler high alpine road - Cortina



at Staller Sattel near Antholz



View to Italy


View to Austria


Grossglockner - from Kals high alpine road (other side of normal Grossglockner road)



Some cake and coffe - nice place for a break



passing a waterfall



typical in the area



tre croci - Drei Zinnen

Day 3: forgot my passport yesterday at the checkout - so first back to last Hotel. Than into the main area of Dolomites - and passroads passroads .....


near 3 Zinnen


wild animals near the road


Sella


Grödner Joch - View to Sella Group



very close to the montain



fantastic views


in all directions


Sella



another great view this day.

Day 4: Going more south and doing some pass roads



found this one at a coffee break



Crossing wild rivers



tonns of memories of WW I

next Days - Camping at Arsie - and pass roads



Base camp



lake nearby


view

view 2


river Brenta canyon behind the lake



very nice road



other direction



Top of Monte Grappa ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Grappa )



some min. later we could see anything



Vaiont dam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaiont_Dam)



Beluno - main city in the region



Passo Maghen


view to south



view to north



water



Rosengarten



closer look



next pass



warm seat



Passo Rolle



waterfall



and another coffee break



next day great view



more wild animals



beautyful montains

Next day weather went into bad - snow fall down to 1500m - 4cm snow at the passroads we've been the last days. So we decided to go more south for 1 or 2 days. We visited a friend near Marradi.

It's late now in Germany -- i will go on with the story tomorrow and bring you the next 45 pics.

CU tomorrow

have fun

Andreas

so let'S go on.

We left Arsie in rain and went more south to visit a friend in Marradi. After going with one hand over the Po we had a little celebration.







nearly ready to eat



we had a great evening with our friend @ Marradi



Next day we went on direc. Solvenia. First we went into the hills (where GP rider Rossi and Capirossi grow up)



nice views - after the flat - the Med. Sea.



Here you will find curves, curves, curves



and nice weekend houses



near Venice.



watching the birds

At late evenig we reached Gemona di Friuli and took our next basecamp at the local camping. Downtown Gemona we found great Pizza and much greater "Gelati" (Ice-cream).

Next day we spent some time in Slovenia. I love it. Here the pics.



On the way to the border - last town it Italy



Target is behind the hills



nice bridge they have



Soca - my favorite river - best ever seen.



After rain - not soooo blue



Virsic pass road



Down to Kranska Gora



A big hole



Julske Alps



lake Bled - romatic place - and good fish at restaurant some km later



typical smal town in Slovenia



Church



Up to Kobarid - along the Soca



from Dusk till Dawn - in Gemona.

Next day we did some very small off-road. Up to Monte Paularo. Very nice road.



In the middle - up to Paularo



Tina is lookin for ???



Easy to ride - bike wants to go on



and we found -- Marmotts - round 10



view from close before top



View 2



some meters to go



Adventure.

So one more day left to explore the dolomites. We did our last big slope before riding home.



Pisa? hm?



zzz - Sella di Razzo



Dam - a dam



quiet impressive - and deep



Tina likes to look the other side (break on through to the other side ;-) )



Near Gemona - This parrot is dead - no, it's resting (are you old enough to understand this parrot gag?)



Duck hunting



Still dead - no, resting

So, time for Tina to went home. She had to work next week - for me one day break at home - then on to Romania.



typical houses in this part of the Dolomites



3 Zinnen again - this time seen from Sexten



close to home - fresh snow near Innsbruck



down the brenner pass to Innsbruck - then up again to Mittenwald and back home again.

Next post will show you my Enduromania ride with my friends.

have fun

Andreas

Great stuff, Andreas! Looking forward to Enduromania!

Sodala - to let u wait not tooooooo long - let's go to Romania stuff.

ENDUROMANIA - my first one -- more info here http://www.enduromania.net/

Saturday - day of resting -- Sunday on the bike again. Bad Tölz - Irschenberg - Salzburg - Graz - Vienna - Hungary - most on highway. Between Györ and Budapest the night starts to catch me - so off the highway and found a Hotel at Tata.

Next day passing Budapest - on to Szeged - Crossing border - arrive at Caransebes late afternoon. Borlova is not on my Garmin - Start looking around and see 2 Endurobikers - follow them and catch them next at village.

"are u going to Borlova?" i ask them - "yes, u also want to go there, with this bike?" -- jep, sure -- "ok, follow us"
they leave the road, cross a river and go up a hill. I follow - then a deep mudhole - i follow them - and drop the KTM into the mud.

They help me out and tell me that the next section is more hard i should take the paved road. -- "ok, there is a paved road?" -- -

30 min later i arrive at my friends in Borlova - my Zega is flooded. No problem, we have a house and beds. I don't need my tent. uff.

Enough writing - let's see the pics.



first town in Romania



Our base camp in Borlova



Time to ride



park ferme



Security stuff



easy off-road



quite a huge mix of bikes - we've been 10 in the team - 3 woman, 7 man - 1 Africa Twin, 1 KTM 950, 1 BMW HP 2, Rest was TT 660, Domiator, DRZ 400.



difficult to find the way



after a difficult part - easy to ride -- mostly u don't think of photos in difficult parts.



beautyful landscape



ah - action



passed some mud



Team Picknicker - preparing for a picknick



todays collection



typical houses



Enduromania GPS point found here.



view down - very steep road



more mud - i stocked in a hole here.



next km have been hard to ride with the big bikes



the result of the next km



found a nice lake to get the next point



view from checkpoint



view 2



u often pass little villages - the children are great - always forced us to ride wheelies.



20 km to get the next point - at the beginning easy



u can go fast even with big bikes here



getting more wet later




locals at work - collecting trees to get a warm house in winter



with team Picknicker they did it in much less time



road much more difficuld to ride



give me a small bike



difficult to show u how deep this (sometimes) is



sometimes u need to wait a while (rope crashed 3 times until they get the trees of the road)



Muntele Mic - round 1700 m high - very windy this day



main mountain area



train museum at Resita

Friday night we celebrate our missing the podium. Saturday everybody leaves. For me 1200 km way back on my KTM.



close to Hungary



strange roadsign

At Szeged it starts to rain - passed hole Hungary in rain - At the Austrian border rain was over. Went to Vienna and spent the night in a Hotel.
Next day - Salzburg - Chiemsee - Sudelfeld pass road - Bad Tölz - Back home.

So - hope u enjoyed my small report - feel free to ask, if u want to know more.

have fun

Andreas

Hi all,
feel free to contact me (PM) if you have any questions about the tour or if you want some GPS-Tracks. (also for my 20 other reports here)

have fun

Andreas

I love your pictures!

thanks for sharing

... and unfitting tyres - the TKC80 is not apt for this terrain. Use knoblier tyres, at least FIM stuff. I've used those on several occasions (Pirelli Scorpion Pro e.g.) and had lots of fun where the TKC80 had left me sliding uncontrollably before.

Nice pics - and yes, it's hard to take photos on the hard parts - but with 10 people at least someone should always have a camera ready.

yep u are right.
most work was done by the others with helmet-cameras. so we had a lot of good movies all night.