Innsbruck by Og

After a pleasant morning in Bormio pondering the map and weather reports we decided that most of the passes we intended to ride would now be too dangerous for the bikes. We even rang the Grossglockner weather advice line and were told that although the pass was currently open it may not be later in the day. So we opted to visit my friends Klaus and Helga in Innsbruck and save the passes for another day. We still needed to cross the alps, and the Santa Maria pass seemed lower so we took that option. That meant riding up the Stelvio to the turn off, so we contined up to turn 7 to visit the scene of our adventure. The road was clear of snow, but at least there was another car off the side where we got stuck so we made the right decision in getting the truck to get us off the mountain.


The ride up now meant that we did complete the ride of the Stelvio! Picture above.

We will check Grossglockner again today, it is fine and sunny in Innsbruck so we may be able to do it tomorrow on our way north to Nurburgring and eventually England.