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MTB Dobrča

Country: Slovenia
Mountain: Dobrča
Length: 16 km
Elevation gain: 1190 m
Maximum elevation: 1478 m
Tehnical difficulty: 5/5
Download GPS Track: Dobrča_Cyclotrail
Date of ride: 23.03.2024.
Suitable for E-bike: Yes

Finally on international ride. It is very difficult to find some time to ride after having kid, so I cherish this trips very much and I tend to enjoy this kind of rides even more than before. After long debating with myself i picked ride to mountain Dobrča. This is one of the challenging descents (and ascents) that at the time of the ride didn’t have snow on the peak. At night of our ride forecast predicted 25 cm of snow, so we were very very lucky. Dobrča is a 1634 meter high mountain located between Begunj and Tržič. From the top, which has an entry box with a stamp, the view opens only to part of the Julian Alps, and part of the western and central Karavanki. For an even better view, it’s worth climbing to Šentanski vrh, 5 minutes away. Our main destination before descent was hut “Koča na Dobrči” Which was opened at the time of our visit, and we have had great meal over there. Ivan and I had mushroom stew, and Andrej had beans. Meals are plentiful so be prepared.
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Kamešnica – Konj

Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mountain: Kamešnica, Konj peak
Length: 25,5 km
Elevation gain: 1450 m
Maximum elevation:  1856 m
Technical difficulty: 5/5
Download GPS Track: Cyclotrail_Kamešnica
Date of ride: 29.07.2023.
Suitable for E-bike: No

Gojsi rode this route few weeks before and he was very satisfied with it. He talked us into going for vacation in BiH, so we decided to repeat his ride. We knew what to expect and that this route has a lot of hiking with a bike. First part of the route is on unpaved road that starts in Liskovača.  This road leads to border with Croatia, and here started our problems. We crossed this border and got stopped by Croatian police. Luckily we had our identification cards with us, so they let us go (after two hours of legitimization), and we continued our journey. But we got misdemeaonr report, and have to go on a court for this.
We continued our journey, and now since we were in Croatia we again entered illegally in BiH, but there are no cameras on this path so we didn’t have any problems. ( Very absurd situation).

When we connected on hiking path actually started our real problem. Hiking path is very steep, and not bike friendly so most of the time we had to carry our bikes on our back, or make our way through thick grass and vegetation.

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MTB Čaven

Country: Slovenia
Mountain: Čaven
Length: 34,2 km
Elevation gain: 1350 m
Maximum elevation: 1242 m
Tehnical difficulty: 4/5
Download GPS Track: Caven_Cyclotrail
Date of ride: 06.05.2023.
Suitable for E-bike: Yes

After a long time of bad weather we finally went back to Ajdovščina to visit mountain opposite to Nanos. We parked our car in Ajdovščina and from there started ou travel. First part of ascent is on singletrack trail that looks like it is made for uphill path for famous Ajdovščina mtb trails. Some of those trails I rode few years before.
I wanted to visit Čaven before summer because later here will be pretty hot, and during summer I have plans to go in Alps in northern part.

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