Sellaronda taster, Dolomites, EMTB

The Sellaronda is a classic circuit for skiing but also for mountain biking. I wanted to explore half of it so I went from Selva via Corvara to Arabba on the clockwise route, and returned via the anti-clockwise route. The next day I rode the clockwise route with three others and I've tried to avoid duplication in the videos between this ride and the next. Hence the title 'Sellaronda taster'.

It was a sunny and hot day around 27C. The scenery was spectacular and forever changing.
But things didn't go to plan, as two of the crucial lifts on the return leg were closed. Luckily I managed the extra ascent having used the battery economically. It ran out completely on the final descent. Excluding the lifts for ascent and distance, the ride involved 1850m ascent, 68k distance and took 8.5 hours!

00:00 Ortisei
00:51 Dantercepies
02:03 Cir Giara section – taster
02:41 Frara section – taster
03:28 Col Alt gondola
05:03 To Pralongia
06:45 Flé Trail section - taster
07:14 More Flé Trail – taster
08:14 Chairlift Campolongo
09:09 Bec de Roces section - taster
11:36 Arabba
12:43 Lunch at Rifugio La Viza
13:13 Flé -trail section brief repeat
13:43 Unique Flé-trail section on anti-clockwise route
19:12 Unique Flé-trail section end
19:49 Borest gondola
20:03 Crucial lifts Plans & Frara not working !
20:46 Tarmac climb to Passo Gardena
21:12 Singletrack descent to Plan de Gralba
21:41 Tumble
23:49 Joining the 'Family Line'
24:29 Cycle track Selva – Ortisei