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Cres: Martinšćica-Lubenice

Country: Croatia
Island: Cres
Length: 25 km
Elevation gain: 835 m
Maximum elevation:  424 m
Technical difficulty: 4/5
Download GPS Track: Cres_Martinšćica_Lubenice
Date of ride: 04.08.2024.
Suitable for E-bike: Yes (preferred)

For a weekend I camped with my family in our new tent which we bought for new camping adventures. We stayed in camp Slatina near Martinšćica. I haven’t had any gpx prepared for ride, so night before I looked on map for some local trails hoping to come out with something interesting. My plan was to visit Lubenice from Martinšćica and then descent back, trying to collect as biggest possible percentage of trails avoiding asphalt road as much as possible.
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Hajnževo sedlo & Zelenjak

Country: Slovenia
Region: Ljubelj
Length: 22,6 km
Elevation gain: 1816m
Maximum elevation:  1920 m
Technical difficulty: 5/5
Download GPS Track: Hajnževo sedlo i zelenjak
Date of ride: 27.07.2024.
Suitable for E-bike: Yes

Our initial plan was to ride Kofce, but due to popularity of this trail, we decided to postpone our trip, and to go on the other side of the same mountain to somewhat more secluded place than Kofce. I got three gpx tracks which I combined into one track. Plan was to visit Hajnževo saddle, Zelenjak and to ride Bornov pot. Later we canceled the last one. These gpx files I got from Aleš, he is Slovenian mountain biker, and probably a guy who biked almost everything in Slovenia and he is always helpful when I have some questions (which is lately very often). This is his region, so he investigated these parts in detail. When I got those gpx files, I decided to put them all in one trip. We parked our car in a parking lot just before the tunnel and soon started our journey. First destination is Hajnževo sedlo (saddle). First part is on gravel road. About 3 km of steepest gravel road I ever rode. Almost all the time inclination is 20% and above. After reaching some sheperd’s house starts singletrail which lasts about 1 km, and leads directly to saddle. We end our ascent at the beginning of the ferrata, which leads to Veliki vrh (peak we intended to climb by bike, but from the other side).
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Preddvor – Javorov Vrh-Potoška gora-Sv. Jakob/Božiček-Silvester-Miklavž

Country: Slovenia
Region: Kranj
Length: 30,5 km
Elevation gain: 1980m
Maximum elevation:  1434 m
Technical difficulty: 4/5
Download GPS Track: Javorov vrh_Potoška gora_sv Jakob_cyclotrail
Date of ride: 30.06.2024.
Suitable for E-bike: Yes

After visiting (Ivan and me) Preddvor 3 weeks before we were very happy with the local trails, specially Božiček/Silvester that we decided repeat it again and invite Andrej, Stjepan and Gojsi. This time I decided to change the route a little bit, and for the first descent to go on the other side and visit Potoška gora and sv. Jakob. Uphill is the same as before, on steep gravel road, but this time we went on the other hill with the trail that leads to Zavetišče v Hudičevem borštu. We were pleasantly surprised by this trail that we didn’t even realised that we could drink something in the mountain hut, we just continued riding. Luckily few meters after there was a spring of fresh water. On the way to Potoška gora I saw that there is another way over the Javor peak. We decided to go across the ridge and it was the best decision of that day, because that part is one of the best uphill trails I ever rode.
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