MTB Starigrad – sv. Nikola – Sveta Nedjelja

Country: Croatia/Island Hvar
Peak: st. Nikola
Length: 25 km
Elevation gain: 1060 m
Maximum elevation: 628 m
Tehnical difficulty: 4/5
Download GPS Track: sv Nikola-sv.-Nedelja-Stari-Grad_Cyclotrail
Date of ride: 29.08.2024.

 

Descent from Sveti Nikola to Sveta Nedjelja was for a while on my bucket list, but for this holiday I finally managed to ride it. I started my ride in Starigrad. Since I only brought my e-mtb plan was to use as shortest and steepest uphill to st. Nikola peak.  St. Nikola peak offers great view which follows you all the way during descents. You can see steep vineyards above see.
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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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