Pass da Costainas & Val d‘Uina

If you like conquering steep Alpine passes on your gravel bike and have no problem pushing your bike a few meters, you should take a closer look at this tour. It goes from Vinschgau over the Pass da Costainas to Scuol and back over the Uina Gorge.

This awesome tour starts in a parking lot just outside of Laatsch. From here you roll on quiet gravel paths with a pleasant gradient through the Stelvio National Park. After about six kilometers you will pass the Swiss border. You continue uphill through Val Müstair and turn off to Lü at kilometer 15. It slowly becomes steeper and steeper. Shortly before the Pass da Costainas, most people will have to push a few meters. At 2,251 meters you have completed the first long climb of this route and deserve a breather.

You then roll downhill to S-Charl on a narrow single trail and later on wide gravel roads. This descent is already fantastic, but what comes after is even more impressive. The wide piste that leads down to Scuol is a dream for gravel bikers: perfect gravel, pleasant gradients and a landscape to fall in love with!

From Scuol you roll on to Sur En. If your energy is already quite low here, then treat yourself to a break and stop off in Sur En. Because the next climb through the Uina Gorge is tough. Over the next twelve kilometers there is 1,250 meters of altitude to overcome. In the last 250 meters the path leads spectacularly through a rock face. This section is narrow and impassable, which is why bikes are banned here. You carefully push your bike through this almost vertical wall. Wow, what a unique experience!

Once at the top, you roll over the impressive Sesvenna plateau, where you cross the border between Switzerland and Italy. You will also pass the Sesvenna Hut and the Schliniger Alm - both excellent places to stop for a break. Then you jet back to Laatsch. If your GPS device shows 80 kilometers and almost 2,800 meters in altitude, you are back at the starting point.