As we wrote tonight, the way "down" from Brenner was much tougher than the way up from Sterzing!

It's hard to know when a detour is serious and when not. We usually demand that they "prove it", usually with a giant hole. France is the worst for Route Barree, often with the sign still up because they threw a bit of gravel around 6 months ago.

Yes, close enough and open and willing to tackle the job. We have had an unusual number of bike shop visits this trip - mostly about brakes. Having just descended the Brenner, I had to change Dodie's front pads tonight in the fahrradgarage.

Sometimes when a driveway crosses a bike path you can see a big sign - bike path ends, then on the other side of the driveway, bike path begins. Maybe it was something like that, but it's sure there was not sufficient signage for whatever it was.

Good thing our face didn't melt!

OMG! Didn’t you see “Raiders of the Lost Ark”?

You are truly survivors!

I can't believe you managed that trail! Kudos!

Love this picture!

Great luck that a bike shop was close enough!

The SS road is the official detour. I just looked up my gpa data, and that’s where everyone was routed last year. Maybe something changed since then, but perhaps the sign was referring to an on-ramp for the autobahn?

This was closed last summer. I passed through going both ways. First time I took the detour. Second time a couple and I hopped the fence. They’ve been shoring up rock faces, hence the closure. Italy seems to be extra conservative with their path closures. And their detours leave a lot to be desired.

Mühlbacher Klause. If I recall correctly, its purpose was to collect tolls.

Very cool!

We are veteran ignore the detour types as well, but haven’t had an adventure quite like that! What a day for the two of you. A difficult situation made more challenging when you throw heights into the equation.