Thann - Thann ...an XC loop in the Vosges (28th January)
Yes - this was the first time I've done a proper XC loop in the Vosges, rather than trying out bits and pieces or doing car shuttles to reach good bits of singletrack. I took Ali along, who was still with us from the ski weekend.
The general route was Thann - Thanner Hubel (Desperado trail) - Altenbach - Firstacker - Col Amic - Freundstein - Camp Turenne - Thann.
... all descents I had done before but this was the first attempt to string it together into a pedallable affair. It generally worked well apart from part of the track between Altenbach and Firstacker being non-existant (below the Goldenmatt farmhouse). This wasted us about 10 minutes.
One nice surprise was an undulating bit of singletrack between the Freundstein farm and Camp Turenne. This was really fun and Ali said it was very similar to Welsh trail centre riding.
Oh, and did I mention that the weather was AMAZING :-)
The general route was Thann - Thanner Hubel (Desperado trail) - Altenbach - Firstacker - Col Amic - Freundstein - Camp Turenne - Thann.
... all descents I had done before but this was the first attempt to string it together into a pedallable affair. It generally worked well apart from part of the track between Altenbach and Firstacker being non-existant (below the Goldenmatt farmhouse). This wasted us about 10 minutes.
One nice surprise was an undulating bit of singletrack between the Freundstein farm and Camp Turenne. This was really fun and Ali said it was very similar to Welsh trail centre riding.
Oh, and did I mention that the weather was AMAZING :-)
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