The Alps west of Austria - looking for small roads

[Zuckerbaron]

It was time to ride the KTM again. But where to go to?

Austrian friends will be in the north of Greece but that's quite a long ride from the north of Germany if you have only 10 days.

Then I remembered a RR of some Aussies riding the small roads of Switzerland. I looked it up again and found lots of tornantis - perfect!


The first 660 km the KTM was sailing on my trailer on the German Autobahn. I've often done it like this. Autobahn-riding on a bike is just not my cup of tea.
Parked car and trailer in Lörrach 10 km north of Basel, dressed up and started at 18:00. If possible I wanted to reach Meiringen.


The Katie ready to go, waiting for the rider.


I had a Swiss maut sticker so Meiringen should be possible. Come on Garmin show me the way through Basels highways!

First mistake! The Garmin was still in the shortest distance mode. It took me some minutes until I recognized it.


But then we "flew" to Meiringen.




I found a hotel on the main street and of course something to eat. The plan was to start with the valley of Rosenlaui. Thunder and lightning late in the evening, no please no!


Next morning the roads were still wet, but weather looked promising. That is the track of the day.

[glitch]

Oh yeah!!

Good move to maximize your actual ride-enjoyment by trailering the bike south!

Even better to see that one of the ride-reports has spawned a few ideas
Can't wait to see where this is going but certainly hope you spent some more time around the Valais/ Wallis, it's one of a kind for backroad-adventuring.

[Zuckerbaron]

Yes I spend some days in the Wallis and I found some backroads. Not much traffic on these roads, just the way I like it.

You probably know them all.

[glitch]

Originally Posted by Zuckerbaron

You probably know them all.

I'll find out soon, I hope

[Zuckerbaron]

Let's have a look into the saw mill.




Everything is open you just walk inside and look around. The smell of the wood is fantastic.

The confidence in a good behaviour of the visitor is what you rarely find . I hope the organizers will not be disappointed.










This is the water reservoire, between the saw mill shacks you see Hotel Schwarzwaldalp.




Now it's time to turn.






that was Rosenlaui - fantastic


The next valley is up to the Engstlenalp it is on the way to the Sustenpass only a few km after Innertkirchen.






The singlelaner ends up on the parking area of the Engstlenalp. You can hae a walk to the next Alm for something to eat,


but I recommend to walk five minutes to the Engstlensee.






Keys for the rowing boats you get in one of the restaurants. BBQ places or Brätelstellen as the Swiss say, are beside the the lake together with firewood and a toilet.




Engstlenalp is different to Rosenlaui so it's worth to visit both.

But lets move, it's getting late. Back to Innertkirchen, next is Grimsel Pass.