A quick glance at the map of Graubünden makes bikers' hearts beat faster.

Trails with a total length of over 4000 kilometers are marked on mountain slopes and pass crossings. There is something for every biker, for the ambitious as well as for the pleasure rider...

... says professional biker Nino Schurter, 2010 World Cup winner, winner of a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics and 2009 youngest world champion in biking history. In his region of Flims, he trains on technically and conditionally demanding routes with altitude differences of up to 1500 meters. When friends come to visit, pleasure bikers rather, he rides with them through the mountain forest to Lake Cauma, one of the most beautiful swimming lakes in Switzerland, and to the "Spir", an observation platform with a breathtaking view down into the Rhine Gorge, the "little Swiss Grand Canyon".

What Nino Schurter appreciates so much about Flims, the combination of challenge and enjoyment, applies to the entire Bike Region Graubünden. Families enjoy themselves on gentle trails through forest and meadows. Ambitious ones get their pulse racing with a pass ride in the mountains around Arosa. Or on the Glacier Garden Trail in Valposchiavo, which of course has a much nicer name here in the Italian part of Graubünden: Via del Giardino dei Ghiaccciai.

Here is bike in, if bike is written on it
Graubünden biker Silvio Bundi also emphasizes the diversity of the Bike Canton Graubünden. Altitudes between 600 - 2800 m above sea level, different weather conditions, a variety of trails, from stony to fine coniferous subsoil." Graubünden, with its three language regions, has much to offer not only technically, but also in terms of landscape and culture. In the rustic, wild Surselva, the trails lead past torrents and old chapels. In central Grisons, with resorts such as Savognin or Bergün, gentle, wooded mountain slopes conceal the fact that highly challenging tasks await further up. In the Engadine, bikers ride under a high sky and through its own clear light, which has already inspired poets, thinkers and artists. Finally, in the southern valleys, bikers feel the Mediterranean influence of neighboring Italy."

Thomas Giger sums up the diversity with a huge compliment: "Graubünden is the best bike region in the entire Alpine region." As editor of the renowned bike magazine "Ride," he has ridden in many so-called bike places, and he has often been disappointed. "You look forward to technically and conditionally challenging tours.... And when you're there, you're only allowed to ride on well-maintained roads." In Graubünden, however, it's different, he says. "Here, bike is in if it says bike on it." However, bikers in Graubünden are hardly spared one thing: They are spoiled for choice. To alleviate this agony somewhat, more and more bikers are opting for a multi-day tour. The queen of these long trails is Graubünden Bike No. 90, a circular tour with 11 stages and 375 kilometers. It starts and ends in Trun, a village in the Surselva. The villages and valleys along its route are like a series of quotations of the scenic beauties of Graubünden. Flims - Churer Rheintal - Prättigau - Davos - Bergün - Lenzerheide - Thusis - Vals - Trun. Between all the valleys and stage locations lie 13 passes and 14,000 meters of altitude, which place the highest demands on technique and physical condition.

Those who are not intimidated by these numbers and take on the efforts of Bike Tour 90 will be compensated by insights into a high alpine landscape that are unique for the European bike world. Now it is quite conceivable that one or the other wants to relax for a day during the round tour or avoid a particularly steep climb. Rhaetian Railway and Postbus make this possible. They run daily, often at hourly intervals, and they connect even the most remote villages and hamlets with the stations of the Rhaetian Railway.