The starting point of this tour is the car park near the tennis hall in Roncadizza, a hamlet of the municipality of Castelrotto, near Ortisei. Having covered 100 metres towards the end of the valley we turn left and after the crossroads with the road connecting Ortisei to Castelrotto starts the gravel path near the Rio Puflerbach. We continue along the Alpe di Siusi on path no. 3 and pass the Hotel Monte Piz where we take the paved road on the left. Right after the Hotel Icaro we proceed along an initially uphill hiking path across the hill.

We are now at the highest point of Mt Piz. At the mountain station of the Ortisei cable car we take a forest road descending to Hotel Sonne. Behind the hotel we follow the path to Saltria. At the crossroads path no. 11 descending to the valle Jender branches off. Please note: this stretch should be made only by experienced mountain bikers. If you don't have enough experience we recommend taking path no. 9 to Saltria where you continue towards the Val Gardena and S. Christina. The two itineraries meet at the Jenderhöfe farms, right before Santa Cristina. We follow path no. 8 and arrive above the entrance of the village of Ortisei in the Val Gardena and keep to the left at the next two crossroads (path no. 6 towards Roncadizza) to return to our starting point.

Note: some sections run along narrow paths (especially the alternative route for experienced mountain bikers). Please watch out for hikers as some sections are too narrow for hikers and mountain bikers to pass each other.

Author: AT

Experienced: 25 June 2010
Last update: 2026

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