The precinct
Together with neighbouring Samnaun and Val Müstair, the Lower Engadine forms the easternmost part of Graubünden. Unlike the wide and flat upper Inn Valley - the Upper Engadin between St. Moritz and Brail - the Lower Engadin is much steeper and wilder. The Piz Linard (3410 m) towers over the Inn by more than 2000 metres. The Sesvenna group in the south-east of the Inn Valley is also known as the "Engadine Dolomites". Many unspoilt mountain villages such as Guarda, Ftan and Sent bask in the sun on south-facing terraces high above the Inn Valley. Mountain bikers will find one thing above all else in the Lower Engadine: pure, alpine trails. Built flow trails or bike parks? Not a chance! If you like high transitions, narrow traverses and many a pushing or carrying passage, you will find your dream area around Scuol. The Scuol mountain railway opens up a whole host of fantastic trails from the Motta Naluns summit station.
You can download the complete "Revier-Guide Scuol" from BIKE 5/2022 as a PDF in the download area below. There you will also find the GPS data for the tour.
You can find these tours in the download:
- 1st Fuorcla Sesvenna (29.1 km - 1229 m elevation gain - 5:30 h), Fitness 5 out of 6 points, Riding technique 4 out of 6 points, Scenery 6 out of 6 points, Difficulty level: difficult
- 2nd round of villages (16.6 km - 478 hm - 1:30 h), fitness 1 out of 6 points, riding technique 2 out of 6 points, landscape 3 out of 6 points, difficulty: easy
- 3rd Fuorcla Champatsch (29.7 km - 787 m elevation gain - 3:30 h), fitness level 3 out of 6 points, riding technique 3 out of 6 points, landscape 4 out of 6 points, difficulty level: medium
Arrival
By car from Munich: via the A8 motorway to Rosenheim and via the Inntal motorway A12 past Innsbruck to Imst. Through the Landeck tunnel and via Pfunds and Martina to Scuol (290 km/3 h). From Ulm: on the A7 motorway to the Füssen border tunnel and via Reutte and Fernpass to Imst in the Inn Valley and continue as above (260 km/3 h). By train: e.g. from Munich with two changes (St. Margrethen and Landquart), journey time: 5:20 hours, ticket price from 29.90 euros (one-way).
Overnight stay
If you want to spend the night in a real Engadin house, it's best to check into Werner Dirren's bike villa. Werni - one of the creators of the well-known Supertrail maps - rents out three flats for up to 17 guests in the 400-year-old house in the centre of Scuol. The main Stradun road is just 100 metres away. Incidentally, the bike villa is also the base camp for the guided tours organised by Supertrail-Rides.
Bike shops
Just a stone's throw away from the Bike Villa: Gian Duri Crastan's Bikeria
Alptrails at Via dal'Ospidal 199a has a large selection of rental bikes and a good workshop
Scuol bike shop from Engadin Adventure with hire at the valley station of the mountain railways
Guided tours/camps
Xaver Frieser and Werni Dirren from Supertrail-Rides are the caretakers around Scuol. The authors of the single trail maps show their customers the best single trails in the Lower Engadine, Samnaun and Val Müstair.
Eat well
Xaver's top 3 in Scuol: After a bike tour, the best place to treat yourself to a beer after work is on the sun terrace of the time-honoured Hotel Belvedere at Stradun 330.
Fancy some meat? Then head to the steakhouse called Trais Portas in Vi 356.
Everything in flow? There are several historic drinking halls for exhausted nature lovers right by the Inn. Best stop: The Büvetta Sfondraz (see also tour 3) has its very own, slightly esoteric aura.
District highlights
Tarasp Castle: Not Vidal is a world-renowned artist and has been the lord of Tarasp Castle, one of the most imposing castles in Graubünden, since 2016. The 1000-year-old castle is enthroned on a prominent rocky cone in the west of Scuol and can only be visited as part of a guided tour.
Museum d'Engiadina bassaThe Lower Engadin Museum of Local History is located in a 300-year-old Engadin house, which is popularly known as the "chà gronda", the big house. The museum shows the unique living and building culture of the region.
Alberto Giacometti MuseumPensiun Aldier Sent is not only home to a small hotel, but also to a permanent exhibition of 200 works by the Bergell artist Alberto Giacometti - a place of pilgrimage for art lovers!
Bogn Engiadina Mineralbad ScuolFor deep relaxation after the bike tour: the dreamlike bathing landscape called Bogn Engiadina in Scuol. Here you can bathe in pure mineral water while gazing at the surrounding three-thousand metre peaks - if you like, until just before ten o'clock in the evening.
General information
The Scuol Guest Information Centre is located at the eastern end of the main street Stradun, no. 403a, tel. 0041/81/8618800
