Saturday, June 23, 2012 | Angela | Europe
Riding your motorcycle on these amazing alpine roads in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy makes it easy for you to leave your daily business back home! During the past six days of the Alps Extreme tour, our group of 19 riders did nothing but take in the breathtaking landscape of the Alpen and the Dolomiten and manouver their bikes through roads that seemed to be just put there to ride a motorbike!
Have a look at the pictures below and you'll understand the many "wow's" and jodeling-like "yahoo's" that you could hear during the past days
Dave, Nancy and Bill on top of the Hahntenjoch
Oh, and Dave is one of the toughest fellow riders I've met so far! With the Alps Extreme he did his third Tour in a row!! (Italy, Spain, Alps)
At the end of the first riding day, the toughest guys made it all up to the glacier in the Kauner valley.
After a warm riding day, Nancy and Bill enjoy the fresh and cool air at the top of the glacier.
On the way down again...
...at the water reservoir
The next morning we heard the wolf calling... and continued into Switzerland where we stopped to see a typical Swiss village
The typical Swiss style houses in Guarda...
The Utah boys, Andrew, Brandon, Vic and Dan together with Steve from Australia...
...and here comes Werner from Alberta, Canada.
Among other fantastic roads, the Stilfser Joch was on our riding plan for the following day. You can test your riding skills on this pass road, the second highest paved mountain road in Europe!
Finding the best spot to take a picture of you and the road
Relaxing and enjoying the view from our hotel in the middle of the mountains...
The next day brought us down to Levico in Italy...
Manfred, Bill & Nancy, Kevin & Jane and Shaun surrounded by the Italian mountains...
Werner, Bill & Nancy and Manfred dancing with their bikes on the roads around Lake Garda...
Passo Manghen was our gateway into the Dolomite mountains. Ron and Darryl beaming with joy over the fantastic ride!
Willie, Tracy, Ron and Darryl from Canada
Darryl, Tracy and the Utah boys on top of the "No. countless" pass
Believe it or not... they "rock" these Dolomites
Vic, Andrew, Brandon and Dan love Italy and the Dolomites!
Cortina d'Ampezzo on the way to Toblach...
Well, what else but a "WOW" can you add to this view from our hotel?
The highest mountain (road) in Austria, the Großglockner, brought us back to our base hotel near Munich.
At the Edelweiss Spitze, the biker meeting point on top of the Großglockner!
Thank you to all the tour members of this Alps Extreme Tour! I had a great time guiding you through my motorcycle playground
Always ride safely!