(E) - Fat Biking
Private Tour
The winter hiking trails offer a bundle of fun riding with a fat tyre bike!
There are a variety of (E-) Fat Bike tours you can choose from. For a shorter or longer tour, please get in touch with me.
Morteratsch Valley
We start the tour at Morteratsch train station, from here a 3km beautiful valley path will take us to the end of the official valley path.
This shorter tour will lead us through the entire length of the Morteratsch valley (3km) out and back (6km in total) The trail is not physically too demanding but you’ll still need to be fit and up for biking for a couple of hours. The Morteratasch valley has impressive views of the glacier above and the Bernina mountain range, which will be our backdrop for the whole ride.
Please note, this is a biking only tour to the end of the official path and back. No hiking.
approx 2 hours
St. Moritz - Morteratsch Valley - St. Moritz
We start at the bike shop / your hotel in St. Moritz and head towards Lake St. Moritz. We leave civilisation behind and venture into the forest, towards Lej (Lake) Staz where we take our first short break. We continue on forest trails towards Pontresina, towards Morteratsch valley enjoying the beautiful scenery and rolling trails. We then do the above Morteratsch Valley ride, and make our way back to St. Moritz.
approx 4-5 hours with E bikes
St. Moritz - Silvaplana - Sils - Isola - St. Moritz
This is an absolute winter favourite! Before we leave St. Moritz, we ride out to the beautiful Lej (Lake) Staz to enjoy the mountain wilderness scenery, and head on a higher trail (snow dependent) towards Silvaplana. We roll across the frozen lake of Champfer, continuing on the frozen lake of Sils all the way to a tiny Hamlet of Isola. We take a short coffee / hot chocolate brea here, before heading back to St. Moritz.
approx 3.5 - 4hours with E bikes
Fat bikes are a great way to explore the trails around St. Moritz in the Swiss Alps. The tyres of the bikes are much wider than a normal bike, which helps rolling over ice and snow. It’s a fantastic activity for your health and well-being!
E-Fat tyre bikes have been very popular, we can cover a longer distance and see more!
Highlights of the tour
- fat biking with a fat tyre bike that rolls over snow with ease
- learn about the places we visit; Morteratsch Valley, St. Moritz, Silvaplana, Sils, Isola..
- incredible experience riding over the frozen lakes with the fat bikes! You'll leave with plenty of photos
Price:
CHF 400 for 1 person
CHF 600 for 2 people
CHF 200 / person for adult groups 3+
Not included:
Fat bike rental (recommend Engadin Bikes in St. Moritz) and transport to Morteratsch station.
Terms & conditions: www.alex7summits.com/conditions
Morteratsch Glacier and Caves
Nestled in a majestic mountain world, the Morteratsch Glacier is by surface area the largest glacier in the Bernina range of the Grisons Alps.
Like huge tongues, the Pers and Morteratsch Glaciers push themselves from the snow covered peaks of Piz Palu and Piz Bernina towards Pontresina. At Isla Persa, between the two ice streams, the glacier arms join up with the glacier tongue, which ends about 2 kilometres further. As little as 120 years ago, the Morteratsch Glacier stretched almost 2 kilometres further into the valley. Today it is still about 6.4 kilometres long.
When the glacier melts they form very impressive subglacier caves and séracs (ice towers) by a stream that runs underneath and in the inflow of warm air. These are also caused by movement, gravity and pressure.
Please note we will not be biking or hiking up to the glacier.
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