1 Alpine Bike
1 Alpine Bike
1 Alpine Bike
1 Alpine Bike
1 Alpine Bike
1 Alpine Bike
1 Alpine Bike
1 Alpine Bike

Mountainbiking

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Alpine Bike

Stage 1, Scuol–Tschierv

Route report
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Alpine Bike

Stunning ascent through the unspoilt Val S-charl on the eastern edge of the National Park, past the quaint hamlet of S-charl and Europe’s highest Swiss stone pine forest. Single trail through mountain pines just before the Pass da Costainas, later through larch woods, over the Lü sun terrace into Münstertal.
The first stage of the Alpine Bike route begins with a thunderbolt. Climbing through the delightful Val S-charl up to the Pass da Costainas is a classic – and with good reason. The valley is as charming as one could expect, accompanied by the constant burbling of the crystal-clear Clemgia creek.

Narrow at first, the path widens on its way into the car-free village of S-charl, a former miners’ settlement. Above the hamlet lies «God da Tamangur», Europe’s highest enclosed Swiss stone pine forest. Shortly before the pass, the route follows a trail into a sea of mountain pines.

The downhill run to Val Müstair on a gravel road later on, always in view of the snow-covered Ortler mountain, is easy and pleasant. Following the signposted trail, we pass through the sunny mountain village of Lü at 1,935 meters above sea level. Lü means «light», but the nights are pitch-dark here, making the village very popular among stargazers. A small gravel path then leads quickly to Tschierv, the day’s destination.
Stunning ascent through the unspoilt Val S-charl on the eastern edge of the National Park, past the quaint hamlet of S-charl and Europe’s highest Swiss stone pine forest. Single trail through mountain pines just before the Pass da Costainas, later through larch woods, over the Lü sun terrace into Münstertal.
The first stage of the Alpine Bike route begins with a thunderbolt. Climbing through the delightful Val S-charl up to the Pass da Costainas is a classic – and with good reason. The valley is as charming as one could expect, accompanied by the constant burbling of the crystal-clear Clemgia creek.

Narrow at first, the path widens on its way into the car-free village of S-charl, a former miners’ settlement. Above the hamlet lies «God da Tamangur», Europe’s highest enclosed Swiss stone pine forest. Shortly before the pass, the route follows a trail into a sea of mountain pines.

The downhill run to Val Müstair on a gravel road later on, always in view of the snow-covered Ortler mountain, is easy and pleasant. Following the signposted trail, we pass through the sunny mountain village of Lü at 1,935 meters above sea level. Lü means «light», but the nights are pitch-dark here, making the village very popular among stargazers. A small gravel path then leads quickly to Tschierv, the day’s destination.
31 km
Asphalted: 14 km
Natural surface: 17 km
Singletrail: 4 km
1200 m | 820 m
medium | medium

Arrival | return travel

Arrival / return travel Scuol-Tarasp
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Season

Season
Beware: snowfields possible until June on high-level sections.

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Push-only passage
Pushing sections: Tschierv–Scuol approx. 10 min.
Saving metres in altitude
There is a bus between Scuol-Tarasp, staziun and S-charl that saves about 600 metres in altitude.

Arrival | return travel

Arrival / return travel Tschierv, posta
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Services

Accommodation

Hotel Bellavista
Hotel Bellavista
Ftan
Jugendherberge Scuol
Jugendherberge Scuol
Scuol
Hotel Altana
Hotel Altana
Scuol
Hotel Conrad
Hotel Conrad
Scuol
TCS Camping Scuol
TCS Camping Scuol
Scuol
Chamanna Lischana CAS
Chamanna Lischana CAS
Scuol
Pension Restaurant Hirschen
Pension Restaurant Hirschen
Hotel Al Rom
Hotel Al Rom
Tschierv
Hotel Landgasthof Staila
Hotel Landgasthof Staila
Fuldera
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Bookable offers

Nationalpark Bike-Tour
Nationalpark Bike-Tour
1 Alpine Bike Graubünden
1 Alpine Bike Graubünden
E-Mountainbike Tour «Nationalparkregion»
E-Mountainbike Tour «Nationalparkregion»
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Places

Ftan
Ftan
Scuol
Scuol
S-charl
S-charl
Lü
Tschierv
Tschierv
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Places of interest

Tarasp Castel
Tarasp Castel
Engadin Bad Scuol
Engadin Bad Scuol
God da Tamangur
God da Tamangur
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