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From Landquart, we headed over to Zernez, via Davos. We woke up to the threat of rain (which thankfully never really materialised), but it was generally grey all day. The first part of the route was nicely off the main road on some bike paths, including some gravel, then back to some more main roads which were a bit meh. After Klosters (where the royal family go to ski, apparently), we climbed Wolfgangpasse over to Davos. Funnily, at the bottom a driver pulled over & asked us for directions. Popping into Davos was part of our route all along because @Tor lived there for a bit, so we could actually offer some advice, despite being a long way from familiar territory!
Getting into Davos we had a quick lunch & rolled towards Flüelapasse. We had a quick look at the rain radar & there were rather intense thunderstorms in the area, which made us think about maybe staying in Davos for a night just in case (despite it being so early). We decided to press on however & were fortunate not to get wet at all while riding. Probably should have filled up water bottles at the bottom though, as it took a fair few kilometres & a failed attempt at getting water a closed ski lift before we could find any. The pass was really quite gentle & felt pretty easy. Not many switchbacks at all on this one, climbing from the east. The descent had loads of sharp turns though, & was very fast!
In Zernez we cycled up to the campsite about quarter of an hour before the reception opened, & about five minutes after we arrived the heavens opened, delivering quite a deluge. Decent facilities at Camping Cul, & two shops in town to buy essentials. It rained most of the evening & night, but thankfully there was a little communal room with plugs so we stayed in there drinking cheap wine & playing cards most of the night, accompanied by some Lithuanian motorbikers.
Wet tent the next morning. We awoke to some dramatic clouds in the valley, & rode back into town & then further west via Ofenpass which was a bit of something & nothing. From the top we descended into a little valley where there was a tunnel which leads to Livigno - where we'd be camping in a few night's time. We rode further along our road via Pass dal Fuorn & then flew down back into Italy, where the road surface instantly became worse. Going down this road we saw our first reference to tomorrow's challenge - Stelvio. We weren't doing Via Umbrail however - we were doing the classic Stilfserjoch.
Having that challenge the next day, we had a quick - & so much cheaper than Swiss - lunch in Prad am Stilfser Joch alongside many other cyclists & then rode about ten kilometres & two switchbacks up to Fornoi where there was a campsite with absolutely fantastic views looking up to the mountains. Great campsite facilities, weird host. Very reasonable 22€.
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