Bernina Pass to Poschiavo via Val Laguné

[@ckMTB]

A train that still has windows that can be lowered, how cool🤩. You are a little Roudi, overtaking and then riding the wrong way, we love those😂. What stunning scenery and those trails were fantastic🙌. I must go there one day to enjoy life and ride some trails👌. Good decision to share your location with Mrs. Trail Tracker, so you can be found in case of emergency😉. Awesome ride and great commentary💪, all the tips are very valuable. Thanks for this fantastic video and keep up the good work. Ride on and have a nice evening✌ I'm already looking forward to the next part.

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

I know. I saw a good opportunity to sneak past the other riders, but it didn't work out. You definitely need to check this decent out - it's a corker! Mrs. TT was impressed that she could check where I was and it even showed how much battery my phone had - a great tool for solo rides!

[@TrailTales]

Great drop that Darren... And the thought of being able to loop it with the train is well tempting!! Hahaha... A good solo run is nice.. But you do need to air on the side of caution more than just going full send... But besides that... it's nee bosh like... Have a good week mate... :D

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

Cheers Phil. The Rätische Bahn is awesome for bike transport. It makes it possible to ride some huge routes. You're right, you always have to tone it back a bit when you're on your own, but when you find a trail like this that is well within your ability, it's a blast!

[@sim-sam]

Nice, Bomba full pleasure ds'duraba durs Puschlav!

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

Thanks Sam 👍 Puschlav isch geil!

[@gobikeyourself]

What a great ride Darren! I was there more than 6 years ago when we accompanied my parents on a trainride for my dads 80th birthday. Of course I had my bike with me. It was may, so still early in the year and Bernina pass was still mostly snow covered. Without a trailforks app or Komoot I had to sort of guess my way down in order to find some rideable trails. The section starting at 11:45 reminds me of that adventure back then 😄 I originally wanted to take the route you took two years ago but due to too much snow on top I had to skip the upper part and tried to reach the Bernina express trail via some hiking paths I dicovered on the swissmap site. Those turned out too risky to bike and hike for me alone. So I decided to go down the road to poschiavo where my family was waiting. If only I knew about that Val Lagune Trail back then ... In any way, it looks like I need to get back there one day!

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

Thanks Christian! Trailforks and Komoot, certainly make finding trails much easier than it used to be 😉 I know some of those hiking trails near the Bernina Express trail, and they are indeed pretty hairy! This was definitely my preferred route down from the top of the pass though!

[@D3xt3r_MTB]

Going to base ourselves out of Davos next summer for an MTB trip instead of going to Morzine for a change. These videos with the Komoot tours are so useful! Keep up the good work.

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

Glad to be of help. Davos is a great location to base yourself out of for some big mountain adventures. The train service in that part of Switzerland is especially bike friendly, so you can finish your rides a long way from where you start and still get back home.

[@gianmarcobadrutt420]

Man I wish I could have joined u! What an amazing trail! Bucket list for next autumn. Need to check out more my hometown trails…

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

Next time we're in the area, we'll have to ride this one together for sure!

[@gavindean]

That looked awesome!! definitely on the list for next year!

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

It could become a fixture. There's plenty of other stuff to explore down there as well.

[@DMMTB]

Wow Darren what an adventure .... I must say I don't mind a solo ride. Some bloody awesome view as well 👍

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

The best! The autumn colours and all those views really blew me away. And there's still over a 1000m of descending to come!!!

[@HallMarc_Trails]

Those views are incredible, solo rides don't get much better than that, i love a good solo ride, the further from civilisation, the better haha, those trails looked really good too, very technical in places, great video 👍

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

Thanks Marc. It was one of those days that'll be remembered for a long time. The first ever ride in an amazing location is always something special 👍

[@RideTheAlps]

Did they same tour several times now, is always so beautiful to ride there.

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

I can totally understand why you done it more than once. It really was a perfect location for an autumn ride.

[@RideTheAlps]

@@TrailTrackerSwitzerland Your line is pretty nice. And yes, autumn is awesome there, last time we had first snow above 2500 m, like sugar on the tops.

[@GrunisMTBCorner]

Wow wow wow 🤩 What a great trail - and sooooo long. Really nice video ❤ The „Northshore“ bridge need some maintainance 😂 I often do solo rides and I love it 😍

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

This one's a banger, not particularly difficult, but tons of fun! I looked on the map afterwards and realised I'd taken a wrong turn. No one was using that trail with the knackered bridge, I should have kept climbing, would have got to the top of the last trail instead.

[@moxas10]

Amazing videos! Congratulations. I would love to join you on some rides in the future, since I am doing the majority of my rides alone in Switzerland. :)

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

Thanks! I have so much going on that it's really difficult to organise rides with people, but I might be organising a group ride at some point, so watch this space!

[@moxas10]

@@TrailTrackerSwitzerland nice to know :) and I will be waiting for that

[@paulbonner1392]

Looks awesome - added to my ‚to do list‘ 👍

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

@@paulbonner1392 Thanks! Well worth a place in that list 😉

[@TheMistafunk]

Einer meiner favorite tracks ❤

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

Das kann ich sehr gut nachvollziehen - eine traumhafte Abfahrt!

[@Stopadoodledoo]

Fantastic mate, totally with you on solo rides too. May sound daft but well done on editing this; I bet you had a ridiculous amount of amazing footage that you somehow cut down to 14 and a half minutes.

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

Cheers Jason. There was indeed an awful lot of footage that ended up on the cutting room floor!

[@raphaelrides]

What an truly epic ride! 🍁🍁🍁

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

Thanks! It certainly was, and the second half is still to come 😉

[@jxrxch]

We rode this Sun 1st October. I don’t remember the blue run being as much fun as this video! Mind you there were a lot of little ups which weren’t as much fun on the analog bike 😉 next time the eeB for the win! We then did Col d’Anzana in the afternoon.

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

I'll have to check out Col d'Anzana next time I'm there. The ebike certainly made short work of all the little climbs 😉

[@RanilWijeyratne]

Not sure you have, but you should check out the "Alps Epic Trail" in Davos, lots of fun... with an e-bike probably even more as you should be able to ride up all the uphill parts. I struggled quite a bit at times with my Bio-Bike 🙂

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

I’ve never ridden the whole trail, but I’ve done the section from the Rinerhornbahn to Monstein a few times as well as the last bit along the river to Filisur. That climb up to the station at the end is a killer! Might be a good idea for a video to do the whole thing though!

[@RanilWijeyratne]

@@TrailTrackerSwitzerland personally I enjoyed the start the most. Especially the downhill from Jakobshorn to Sertig Dörfli. The uphill to Rinerhorn is fun and more difficult than I expected.

[@JayRidesTrails]

Wow, really interesting video, a great trail, and an amazing solo adventure! Also "Hammer Wetter" for mid October! 🤩 I usually prefer riding with people nowadays (even Brits as you might have noticed! 😄), but sometimes a solo ride is great, and if you manage to go on a proper little adventure like you did, it can be the best thing ever! I did once in CH when I did that high alpine hike a bike near Scuol 2 years ago (had a few vids up then) - that was an unforgettable experience. Met 2 people on the whole thing outside of the valley... P.S. ohh, more coming from the same day. Wow. I thought that was a whole day thing 😅

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

Thanks Jay. It was probably one of my best solo adventures yet. Definitely helped by the ebike, which smoothed out all of the little punchy climbs on the way 😀

[@JayRidesTrails]

@@TrailTrackerSwitzerland yeah I noticed a faint whirring in the background on some parts 🤔😂

[@gethappycyclingcampingoutdoors]

Awesome location as always. I always ride by myself because I have no cycling friends😢 Great video ✌️❤️

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

Thank you for being part of the channel. I love reading and responding to people’s comments. I guess solo rides are more fun when you have the choice. Have you tried hooking up with other riders via social media? There are quite a few communities in the UK on Facebook.

[@gethappycyclingcampingoutdoors]

@@TrailTrackerSwitzerland I am a member of a FB group I'm just not fit enough at the moment to keep up, I'm rectifying that though.

[@f.faucon6681]

Jungfraujoch railway station is the highest station in Europe at 3,454 meters. Also, have you ever been to Grindelwald?

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

I realised my mistake when editing. I’ve even been to the Junfraujoch 🤔 so I should have known better. I’ve been skiing and hiking near Grindelwald, but never biking.

[@halfbrain86]

11:58 is that classic "komoot says there is a trail" meme😅

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

Something like that 😬

[@steviewonder2492]

Cool video. What app did you use to navigate here?

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

Thanks. Komoot is my go to navigation app.

[@Arek_ZH]

Hi Darren! What would your personal recommendation for the best 1day MTB trips in Switzerland ? Ebikes, nice views, not toooo technical ;)

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

This descent would be a good place to start. There are multiple other options to be found around here on trail forks, and the views are sensational. Otherwise, you could do a lot worse than head to the Bike Kingdom in Lenzerheide and Arosa, or Flims Laax where an ebike would make it easier to get to the Vorab descent which is amazing!

[@Arek_ZH]

@@TrailTrackerSwitzerland Thank you! We will go to the Bike Kingdom for 3 days and check the Vorab for sure ! Anything you would recommend in Ticino ?

[@stillrocking]

huere geil! mega Landschaft 👍🏽👍🏽👌🏼

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

Unglaublich schön gsi! Villicht au was für dä 40+?!

[@MTBScotland]

I enjoy riding on my own. I do it most of the time especially if I'm on the road bike. If I'd doing a mountain I'd rather go with people.

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

It's weird, put me in a bike park or a trail centre type area and I love doing laps with friends, but when I head off into the wilds, I really love exploring on my own.

[@chriswhite5665]

You took the train up AND you have an e-bike. I had to stop watching when I realized the latter. Bye.

[@TrailTrackerSwitzerland]

@@chriswhite5665 🤷🏻‍♂️