Tanas - 1590m.a.s.l. from Prato allo Stelvio:
1. Directions:
how to get to Prato allo Stelvio, where to stay, rent a bike or park the car, can be found here
2. Route description with suggestions for meal and/or water refueling stops:
We start on the route according to the map;
- 0km: Prato allo Stelvio (908m.a.s.l.) from the parking lot we turn left onto Dornweg Via delle Spine - after 200m we enter the bike path;
- 4,9km: (869m.a.s.l.) we turn right onto the bike path before the Etsch/Adige river - signpost: Radroute perc. ciclabile: Laas-Lasa;
- 9km: Laas-Lasa (869m.a.s.l.) on the left there is a cafe with tables outside; there is a drinking water tap, near the parking lot, where you can fill up your bottle now or on the way back from Tarnello; we turn right - signpost: Radroute perc. ciclabile: Meran-Merano;
- 9,3km: (871m.a.s.l.) we turn right onto Via dei Fabbri; the climb begins;
- 9,9km: (934m.a.s.l.) we turn left - signpost: Tarnello;
- 12,8km: (1225m.a.s.l.) we turn sharply left - signpost: Obertarnell;
- 14,5km: Tarnello (1407m.a.s.l.) reached; we return the same way;

The climb profile from Laas-Lasa (9,3km) to Tarnello (14,5km) is available on: climbfinder.com

- 20km: Laas-Lasa (869m.a.s.l.) we turn right onto the bridge towards the town center;
- 20,2km: (871m.a.s.l.) restaurants and grocery stores; we turn right onto Vinschgaustrasse - Via Venosta;
- 21,3km: (923m.a.s.l.) we turn right; the climb begins;
- 28km: (1455m.a.s.l.) we turn right - signpost: Sluderno/Schluderns;
- 29,4km: Tanas (1590m.a.s.l.) reached; we continue riding;

The climb profile from Laas-Lasa (21,3km) to Tanas (29,4km) is available on: climbfinder.com and cyclingcols.com

- 40km: Sluderno/Schluderns (923m.a.s.l.) end of descent; good place for coffee - restaurants; grocery store; several drinking water taps marked on mapy.cz;
- 41,1km: (911m.a.s.l.) we turn right onto the bike path;
- 42,2km: (897m.a.s.l.) we turn left onto the bike path Reschen - Bolzano;
- 46,5km: (885m.a.s.l.) we exit the bike path to the right and through Via Pineta we arrive at the starting point.

   download the route in: gpx

Statistics of the ascent to Tarnello:
- start at an altitude of 871m.a.s.l. (9,3km) finish at 1407m.a.s.l. (14,5km)
- total elevation difference: 536m
- length of the climb: 5,2km
- average gradient: 9,9%
- max gradient on a 100m stretch: 16%

Tarnello in Google Street View:

Statistics of the ascent to Tanas:
- start at an altitude of 923m.a.s.l. (21,3km) finish at 1590m.a.s.l. (29,4km)
- total elevation difference: 683m
- length of the climb: 8,1km
- average gradient: 8,3%
- max gradient on a 100m stretch: 15%

Viewpoint just before the end of the climb to Tanas in Google Street View: