Three-pass round

The 213,4 Kilometer-long three-pass lap is a very challenging road bike tour that leads from Füssen in the Allgäu through Bavaria, Vorarlberg and Tyrol. On this royal stage, road cyclists can test their strength endurance at three passes while enjoying magnificent landscape impressions.

Around the city of Füssen in the Allgäu, racing cyclists expect truly dreamlike conditions. In the middle of a landscape such as the picture book, there are both moderate routes on comfortable cycle paths and low-traffic roads, as well as challenging mountain passes, which are suitable for testing your own condition. Even the road bike online portal quaeldich.de has recognized the optimal conditions for racing cyclists around Füssen and has chosen the city as the starting and finishing point of its annual tour of Germany. One of the most attractive but at the same time most demanding tours that are possible here is the 213,4 Kilometer-long three-pass round. It leads through the three countries of Bavaria, Vorarlberg and Tyrol, and has crisp climbs at three passes ready. It runs largely on quiet secondary roads, but also leads here and there through more traffic-intensive areas. Start and finish point of this tour, for which you can at least 9 Should plan hours, is the tourist information in Füssen. Anyone who is in the Allgäu holiday by car can do so in the immediate vicinity of the car park. P5 ‘City/ Sparkasse’. The Füssen railway and bus station is only round 2 Minutes walk from the starting point of the tour. The three-pass lap should ideally be tackled in good weather between April and September. For the physical well-being is best taken care of on the way thanks to several retreat possibilities.

After the road cyclists have climbed on their bike at the Füssener Tourist Information, they first start in a western direction. Over the rural Füssen district Weißensee with the waters of the same name, it goes to Nesselwang and Wertach. The first part in the Allgäuer Königswinkel still runs quite comfortably and the cyclists can indulge in the magnificent landscape impressions. From Wertach, the tour leads over Unterjoch and Oberjoch to the Jochpass road near Bad Hindelang, which offers a taste of the upcoming climbs. Via Sonthofen, Old Towns, Fishing in the Allgäu and Obermaiselstein the road cyclists then arrive at Riedberg Pass, the one over 16%-ige The mountain pass is the highest mountain pass in Germany. The view here on the Bregenzerwald and the surrounding mountains is truly breathtaking.

After a longer, beautiful descent, the racing cyclists drive over small Vorarlberg villages such as Hittisau, Andersbuch and Schoppernau in the direction of Hochtannberg Pass, which separates the Allgäu Alps from the Lechquellen mountains. Here, the racers reach the with circa 1676 Metre highest point of the tour before embarking on a magnificent but very steep descent. The last third of the tour runs relatively comfortably and just through the Austrian Tyrol. Small towns such as Steeg, Holzgau, Stanzach and Weißenbach are passed. Finally, the racing cyclists get back on Bavarian terrain and drive over the Ullrichsbrücke and Füssen Ziegelwies back to the starting point of the tour.

In addition to the crisp slopes and rapid downhills, the three-pass round enthralls with ubiquitous views of green meadows and valleys as well as the magnificent Alpine peaks. Road cyclists with good condition expect unforgettable holiday impressions and a lot of fun in the middle of beautiful landscapes.