Rienz River Path – View of Lake in the Dolomites loop from Niederdorf-Prags - Villabassa-Braies

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South Tyrol

Niederdorf - Villabassa

Rienz River Path – View of Lake in the Dolomites loop from Niederdorf-Prags - Villabassa-Braies

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Rienz River Path – View of Lake in the Dolomites loop from Niederdorf-Prags - Villabassa-Braies

03:06

48.2km

530m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 4, 2026

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Biotop Rienzau-Welsberg

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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6.56 km

Rienz River Path

Highlight • River

It is absolutely impressive how the wild river, which rises at the foot of the Three Peaks, rushes through the valley here.

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8.17 km

Biotop Rienzau-Welsberg

Nature Reserve

9.98 km

View of Lake in the Dolomites

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Great views? Where to?

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10.4 km

Lake Valdaora

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The Olang Reservoir (also Welsberger Reservoir, Welsberger Lake or Olanger Lake, Italian Lago di Valdaora) is located in the upper Puster Valley in South Tyrol. It dams the Rienz River …

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10.8 km

View of the Olangersee

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From the height of the dam you have a beautiful view of the lake.

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19.3 km

Biotop Rienzau - Biotopo Ontaneto della Rienza

Nature Reserve

20.6 km

Former Railway Trail with Wooden Bridge and Tunnels

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Former railway line with only a slight incline, beautiful wooden bridge and illuminated tunnels 👌🤠🤩🤩🤩

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24.0 km

Bruneck Old Town

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Bruneck is worth a detour, beautiful city center with a nice shopping street.

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26.8 km

Bruneck Cycle Tunnel

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From Bruneck city center on Graben, we head east along the southern embankment of the Rienz. The route soon leads past the sports facilities through the forest, after a tunnel …

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43.2 km

Panoramic View of the Dolomites

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A beautiful view of the mountains, actually along the entire bike path

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48.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.6 km

15.3 km

7.87 km

5.45 km

Surfaces

33.8 km

13.6 km

561 m

210 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,150 m)

Lowest point (840 m)

Weather

Wednesday 4 November

7°C

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Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

July 19, 2023,Radfernweg MV - Tag 7 - von Bruneck nach Aufkirchen

Today was my last stage. From Bruneck to Aufkirchen near Dobbiaco 😄 It started with pleasantly cool temperatures. Then it got a bit steamy and about 6 km from the finish it started to rain 🌧 Getting stronger and then near Niederdorf it came 🌩🌧 🫣 Somewhere sheltered and when that 🌩 was over I cycled further at 🌧 and …

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July 5, 2024,Vom Inn zu den Dolomiten 4. Etappe Teil 2 Bruneck - Niederdorf

More climbs like in the first part, as well as gravel passages and tunnels, were exhausting, especially as the temperatures in the afternoon were heading towards 25 degrees, but the Dolomites are in sight 😀

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May 8, 2023,Slowenien Tag 9:San Lorenzo Niederdorf

Great, varied bike path. Very changeable weather ☔️☀️. Time for a rest day.

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September 12, 2022,Von Reischach zum Pragser Wildsee , an der Ries entlang über Bruneck zurück

A wonderful tour, only the lake itself disappointed us. A terrible hustle and bustle, completely overcrowded. Finally, the obligatory ice cream in Bruneck 🍦

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September 13, 2022,MÜNCHEN - VENEDIG Etappe 4.2 Bruneck- Pragser Wildsee - Toblach

This is the 2nd part of the 4th stage from Mühlbach to Toblac. We have added a detour to the Pragser Wildsee here. This makes this stage quite sporty. The detour to the lake is only about 10 km, but in the end the last 2 km - mostly on the road - with an 8 - 10% incline is …

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September 8, 2024,Knühl-Bus-Rad-Reise: Radreise „vom Brenner nach Venedig“ – von den Bergen zum Meer: 07.09.24-14.09.24: 2.Tag: Radtour von Toblach über Pragser-Wildsee, Olang und Bruneck nach Reischach (einstimmige Abweichung vom Programm)

Knühl bus bike trip: Bike trip "from Brenner to Venice" - from the mountains to the sea: 07.09.24-14.09.24: 2nd day: Bike tour from Toblach via Pragser-Wildsee, Olang and Bruneck to Reischach (unanimous deviation from the program)

We had already cycled more the day before, as the hotel was not in Sterzing but in Reischach. Today the weather forecast was bad …

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June 23, 2022,Tag 4. San Lorenzo/Pustertal-Niederdorf

Alpine tour 2022 day 4
On the way on the Munich Venice cycle path
San Lorenzo/Pustertal-Niederdorf
That day it didn't really want to work, it was warm and the Garmin didn't really want to, after shopping I saw that my wife had already called 8 times and sent several WhatsApp messages, I had triggered the emergency call function when reactivating …

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July 27, 2022,Dolomiten-Venedig, Prolog 3: Radtour nach Bruneck

On the last day before the start of our bike tour from the Dolomites to Venice, we made an easy trip to Bruneck. Almost always along the Rienz, and almost always downhill. When Bruneck seemed too busy for the concluding coffee drink, we cycled on to the delightful town of S. Lorenzen. Here, a small marketplace with an attractive architectural …

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