The Heckmair Route 2024 - from Oberstdorf to Riva del Garda by mountain bike Crossing the Alps on the so-called "Heckmair Route" from Oberstdorf, Germany via Austria, Switzerland to Riva del Garda, Italy by enduro mountain bike in July 2024. On 6 stages and slight modifications to the route (because we were tired of carrying the bike on day 5 and were therefore skipped), pretty much every mountain that lay ahead of us was taken. Similar to the Joe Route of 2021, the Heckmair Route is peppered with impressive scenery, but we found day 3 in particular to be extremely physically demanding and overall harder than "Joe". With a total of one flat tire, which was quickly patched with a "sausage" and a small laceration on the knee, there were no further breakdowns or damage. Each individual stage was unique and impressive. While stages 3 and 4 are the absolute highlight, the entire route with all the countless and sometimes tough climbs is necessary to be able to appreciate the overall experience. Stage 5 would leave the Heckmair route and switch to the Joe route via the Tonale Pass. There is also a video about this in the same channel ( • Crossing the Alps with the MTB on... ). After arriving in Riva del Garda, we stayed in Riva for a whole day. The return journey was then made by shuttle bus from Torbole to Munich Central Station and from there by S-Bahn back to Kaufering, from where we had also started our journey to Oberstdorf by train. The tour was carried out by three friends from the Aachen area, Germany. All three are members of the mountain bike club Geländefahrrad Aachen (gelaendefahrrad-aachen.de). Some of these jerseys will be worn on the tour. It is not an official tour of the club, but we were still happy to show and wear the jerseys. Driver Andreas - Specialized Stumpjumper EVO S-Works Olli - Specialized Stumpjumper Comp SLX Frank - Liteville 303 Planning and tracks Andreas, Frank Speaker Andreas Equipment Hookabike carrying aid Deuter Trans Alpine 30 Videos GoPro Hero Black 7 Insta 360 X4 DJI Mavic 3 Pro Samsung Galaxy S23 iPhone 15 Pro Navigation Garmin Fenix ​​7 as offline navigation (OSM map of the Alps installed) and navigation software Locus Pro for Android with offline maps editing, music, effects, ... Frank - Lumafusion for iOS Music Instant Crush - Corbyn Kites 00:00 Intro Country Rough - Everet Almond Day 1 Here it Comes - TrackTribe Day 2 Slow Hammers - The Mini Vandals Silky Smooth - Audio Hertz Wishful Thinking - Dan Lebowitz Wrong - Dan Henig Day 3 Inconsciousness - Mini Vandals Allabout - Lauren Duski Instant Crush - Corbyn Kites Eternal Garden - Dan Henig Day 4 Top Of The Morning - TrackTribe We Ride! - Reed Mathis After You - Dan Lebowitz Get Over It - Everet Almond Day 5 Top Down - Dan Lebowitz Flamenco Dream - Dag Reinbott by TerraSound.de Day 6 Country Fried - Josh Kirsch_Media Right Productions Red Hot Son - JR Tundra Chaching - Soundboard.org Bright Romance - Dag Reinbott by TerraSound.de Sounds Freesound.org "Bleep Censorship" - DeantheDinosauce Freesound.org "The alps" - domtom9 camera-shutter-click-03 - unknown by www.soundjay.com Stages: 00:43 Day 1: 45479 - from Oberstdorf, Germany to Dalaas / Innerbraz, Austria, 63km, 1700m 06:36 Day 2: 45480 - from Dalaas / Innerbraz, Austria to Kosters, Switzerland, 55km, 2400m 14:12 Day 3: 45481 - from Kosters, Switzerland to Livigno, Italy, 68km, 2850m 22:48 Day 4: 45482 - from Livigno, Italy to Ponte die Legno, Italy, 84km, 2100m 31:23 Day 5: 45483 - from Ponte die Legno, Italy to Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, 57km, 1700m 35:34 Day 6: 45484 - from Madonna di Campiglio, Italy to Riva del Garda, Italy, 68km, 1450m 40:54 Total: 395km, 12,200m A huge thank you to our families, relatives, friends and acquaintances who gave us (free) time, courage and encouragement not only during the tour but also during the preparation to experience this wonderful adventure. Note: We had and have no sponsors for this tour. All products we list here describe the device list as used and are not advertising.