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650 Heaven's Door

· 6 reviews · Mountainbiking · Savognin
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A demanding tour to Europe's highest place of pilgrimage. With a power-sapping climb and technically difficult descent, the tour is rich with variety.
difficult
Distance 27.7 km
3:30 h
1,350 m
1,350 m
2,427 m
1,148 m
The tour «Heaven's Door» is by anyone standards a challenge and diverse. The start is the car park for the cable car Savognin. From here the route passes by Dorf Riom and Burg Rezia Ampla and onto Tigignas. The castle provides the setting for the annual Origen Cultural Festival in the Raeto-Romansch language. From there the route takes a steep incline forest road and then a single track to Ziteil, the highest place of pilgrimage in Europe at 2433 metres. A visit to the church is well-worth it. The giant church window affords an exceptional panorama over the Surses. The downhill is pure joy for any biker who has no fear of demanding single trails. The way leads through the mountain huts of Munter to Salouf a great place to rest and enjoy the restaurant terrace. Then the last stretch leads back to Savognin.
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Romedi Conradin
Update: June 02, 2023
Difficulty
difficult
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Experience
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Highest point
2,427 m
Lowest point
1,148 m
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Track types

Dirt road 12.63%Forested/wild trail 11.05%Path 0.27%Bike pushing needed 4.43%Road 15.39%Unknown 56.21%
Dirt road
3.5 km
Forested/wild trail
3.1 km
Path
0.1 km
Bike pushing needed
1.2 km
Road
4.3 km
Unknown
15.5 km
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Start

Savognin (1,164 m)
Coordinates:
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2'765'002E 1'162'904N
DD
46.597020, 9.592200
DMS
46°35'49.3"N 9°35'31.9"E
UTM
32T 545359 5160554
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Destination

Savognin

Turn-by-turn directions

Savognin - Salouf - Munter - Ziteil - Cre digl Lai - Tigignas - Savognin

Public transport

Mit dem Postauto bis Savognin

By road

Parking

Coordinates

SwissGrid
2'765'002E 1'162'904N
DD
46.597020, 9.592200
DMS
46°35'49.3"N 9°35'31.9"E
UTM
32T 545359 5160554
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4.5
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Markus Voneschen
September 24, 2021 · Community
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This Erni
August 22, 2021 · Community
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Markus Wolf 
September 30, 2019 · Community
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When did you do this route? September 29, 2019
Technisch anspruchsvoller Downhill nach Kapelle
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Bachdurchfahrt im unteren Abschnitt
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Blick von Kapelle
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sehr schöner Wald-Trail
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Difficulty
difficult
Distance
27.7 km
Duration
3:30 h
Ascent
1,350 m
Descent
1,350 m
Highest point
2,427 m
Lowest point
1,148 m
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