Ringelspitzhütte / Lavoitobel

Two things are needed for this tour: fitness and fun on technical trail descents. If you have both, you can look forward to a mountain bike experience in a class of its own. The ideal start is in Chur at the Obere Au car park, where you can also leave your car (even for several days, if you spend the night in the Ringelspitzhütte). To start with, a visit to Merz is recommended, where you can get fine coffee as well as delicious pastries and confectionery in the first drive-in bakery/confectionery in Switzerland (you will be glad later that you didn't start with an empty stomach, so feel free to grab it and take something with you on the way if necessary).

At the beginning, the tour leads to Felsberg and soon turns right onto a magnificent forest trail, which leads to Benis Boden. The road to the Kunkelspass regularly leads steeply (but easily rideable) uphill with magnificent views along the route. The Überuf restaurant at the top of the mountain is a recommended stop; there are usually a lot of bikers here who ride the popular Kunkelspass tour. Right at the restaurant, the path to the Ringelspitzhütte branches off to the left. A beautiful and easily drivable mountain road leads uphill to Grossalp. The mountain panorama is breathtaking, with the Calanda (local mountain of the Alpine town of Chur and one of the longest mountain massifs in Graubünden) on one side and the mountain ranges around the Ringelspitz (part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Tectonic Arena Sardona) on the other. Turn left at Grossalp and follow the path that can be ridden at the beginning. Now it's only a short climb (in principle rideable ;-)  At the highest point of the tour, it is worth stopping for a bite to eat and enjoy the view. Because then it's time to take down the saddle and set it to downhill mode .

The challenging trail to the Lavoitobel has it all and offers technically experienced bikers a joyful challenge (short push passages). The rocky mountain flanks of the Crap Mat to the right provide a unique backdrop. At Hinter Säss it gets flat, but the trail still requires full concentration. Finally, a forest trail follows, which technically but still leads very flowingly (as it is not blocked) into the valley. A real joy and you think the trail has no end. On the following mountain road you can relax a bit. When you reach the Kunkelspass-Strasse, turn left uphill for a short time and soon turn right again over a bridge. Immediately after the bridge is another crisp trail, which later rejoins the ascent route. Follow this back to the starting point in Chur near the Obere Au.