Leisurely mountain bike ride from Pontresina to Maloja. This wasn't in the plans and I sure missed the benefits of bike shorts, a woman's bike saddle and (most of all) clipless pedals. The rental bikes (Scott 29ers) and helmets were great though - one of the few bargains we've found in Switzerland at about $50 Canadian per person for a full day.
Yes, 'Bent *can* ride a regular bike. But his neck got pretty sore after a few hours.
We rode through the orienteering map that Hammer posted in my log comments.
We took a coffee break at Lej da Staz on that O map and made two (!!) more restaurant stops after that.
We stayed mostly on easy trails and a few roads because (a) it's a recovery week, and (b) it is terrifying to ride technical terrain wearing running shoes on platform pedals. (Arthurd and W4J are very brave!)
Descending into St. Moritz.
My front disc brakes were rubbing a little but we couldn't resolve it. No big deal.
The chain of Engadin lakes got more beautiful as we went along. This was Silvaplana.
We got to a charming village known as Segl in Romansch but it seems to have a few names. Shortly after I took this photo, a bus roared around a bend and we practically had to flatten against a wall!
It looked like we might have reached the end of the line unless we wanted to ride a narrow shoulder on a busy highway beside the Silsersee. Then we saw a bike route sign and headed along the south side of the lake. Although we never saw a "no bikes" sign and we did see two other bikes, it felt wrong. The trail was narrow, hilly and technical enough that we wondered if bikers and hikers were both allowed. No photos of that section - just a view of the water.
It popped us out onto a gravel road that led us to Maloja just before the rain began.
That seemed like a perfect time to snack on some Engadin nusstorte and hop on the postal bus back to St. Moritz followed by a train to Pontresina.
Time deducted for photography.