A beautiful day on the road. The weather was magnificent and I found beautiful roads.

I passed by the castle Neuenburg in Freyburg (Unstrut)

In Stadtilm I got my authentic Thuringian bratwurst.

We used Saturday for a paddle trip on the river Enz. There was a lot of rush but on the water it was quiet and beautiful.

Many boats at the start point

Andreas and Max

Tom and Möni

Clear division of roles

Boat transfer

Queue at the access point

Standup paddlers

We conclude the evening with typical Württemberg food.

From Stuttgart I drive to Lago di Ledro. That's 370 miles through Austria and Italy. The highlight is the Timmelsjoch pass. It was opened just two days before.

Farewell in the early morning

I ride through schwäbische Alb mountains...

... and through Allgäu mountains

Haldensee lake in Nesselwang (Austria)

Hahntenjoch

On Timmelsjoch I drive through snow walls to the summit

Timmelsjoch summit

View on Austrian side - it is cold and windy

On the Italian side it is warm and windless

But there are snow walls too

I met Thomas and Martina at the top of the pass. Down in the valley in St. Leonhard we have coffee and ice cream.

On the way to Lago di Ledro I ride over Passo Campo Carlo Magno. It offers a great view.

The hotel is located directly on the lake. You always have a great view of the mountains. There is also a pool and direct access to the water. The food is very good and host Aldo is always there for us.

Hotel road side

Hotel lake side

Hotel Mezzolago

Beautiful view

Hotel Mezzolago

Mountains in the morning

Hotel in the morning

Lago di Ledro - Panorama

Hotel Mezzolago

The food is also very good and very rich.

Thomas wants to go to Passo San Boldo and then, of course, so do I. The pass has a remarkable history and indeed the hairpin bends cut into the mountain are very impressive.
More information can be found in Wikipedia.

Thomas has the diva with him. A brand new Ducati Streetfigher. At first it wants to be treated like a diva and won't start. A little later, the problem is solved and we can start.

We pass Gardasee

Morning coffee in Asiago

We will stop for lunch in a tiny village (Miane).

The bikes are waiting

We arrive at Passo San Boldo

The road is very narrow. That is why there is alternating traffic

At afternoon coffee break in Caldonazzo...

... we can see Kaiserjägerstraße in a distance. I will go there some days later.

We want to go over the Passo Croccedomini. But it is closed because of two rockfalls. This adds a 55 miles detour and we come back quite late. New for us is Passo del Mortirolo. The road is bad but the view of the mountains is magnificent. And we get a nice lunch there too.

Thomas

We have lost sight of each other. I'm waiting on the Passo Daone.

Thomas arrives

Morning coffee in Pinzol

Lunch on Passo del Montirolo

View on Passo del Montirolo

Nice food

Mountain views

Woodworkers block the road.

Once the truck is full, we are allowed to go through.

I am alone on the way to the Stelvio. The loop is quite long but I have not been on this pass for a long time and the views there are very nice. Then I go over Gaviapass. The southern ramp, however, is in a very bad condition. Since it is not very good to drive.

Lago di Tenno in the morning

There is fruit growing everywhere

Apples

At the Stelvio Pass, the hairpin bends are numbered. At the very bottom of the northern ramp, it starts with number 48.

Trafoi stream

Stilfser Joch Northern ramp

Stilfser Joch Northern ramp

Stilfser Joch Northern ramp

Stilfser Joch Northern ramp

I have to buy Bratwurst on the summit

Bratwurst with sauerkraut and mustard in Vinschgau bread.

Dealers can not agree on the elevation.

Snow on southern ramp

The old pass road at the southern ramp

Stilfser Joch southern ramp

The last hairpin of the southern ramp has number 40.

Gaviapass is waiting for me

Snow and ice on the summit

View from the southern ramp

A young chamois passes by

It spotted me

Chamois with pass road

And off it goes

I ride over Kaiserjägerstraße, Manghenpass, Lavazèjoch. In addition, it goes along Lago di Molveno again.

In the morning we first enter the cold water of the Lago di Ledro

At the viewpoint Belvedere of Kaiserjägerstraße

Great view

Lago di Caldonazzo

There are more interested people

it is very quiet on the southern ramp of the Manghen Pass

The summit

The lodge on the northern ramp just below the top of the pass invites you for coffee.

View to the northern ramp

There is quite a lot of forest damage

Coffee...

... is extremely cheap given the location and the views

Lunch on Lavazèjoch

Lavazèjoch

Lavazèjoch

View to Adige valley

Lago di Molveno

The Lago di Molveno has a strong influent. The map does not show where it comes from. But Wikipedia knows more. A three mile long tunnel feeds water from the Sarca River.

In the evening magnificient view over Lago di Ledro to the mountains

We want to enjoy the magnificent view of Lake Garda from Monte Baldo. So we drive a loop through the mountains on Lake Garda. We also go by ferry across the lake. The Tremalzo makes the finale, which ends as a dead end at the top.

You geht the best views at Rifugio Bocca di Navena

Lake Garda about 5000 ft below us

Ferry accross Lake Garda

We are on board

Banks

There is a group of Ferraris on board

The glas hood

A sailboat

The crew

View from the ferry

View back to the eastern banks

Another ferry

View back from the western banks to the lake

Lunch in the middle of the mountains of the western banks.

Bacon and melon

There comes chocolate ice cream with the coffee

Coffee break on top of Tremalzo

The other ramp is closed

One can see Lake Garda in a distance

Western ramp of Tremalzo

The weather is good (rather too warm) and I decide to drive the 650 miles in one piece to Berlin. So I have to leave very early. I still drive over the Gampen, Jaufen and Brenner Pass and completely through Bavaria on country roads. At Hof I have to take the Autobahn for the last 230 miles.

Fisherman on Lago di Ledro in the early morning

There is quite a ride ahead

Last view to Lake Garda

Jaufenpass

Jaufenpass

The north ramp of the Jaufenpass is very bad. In a construction site then even gravel road.

I get into Austria on Brenner pass

There are many police check points in Austria

Lake Achensee

230 miles left. Now it gets onto the Autobahn

Back to Berlin

In total I have driven 2646 miles. Just today 656 miles. That was quite exhausting.