active units: miles km °C °F
October 6, 2005
Lac du Ballon
7:00 PM or
Gustiberg's Inn 7:30 PM
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cochonailles: soup with montbéliards delicatessen blood pudding sauerkraut dessert |
To go there:
Guebwiller; at the exit of Dauvillers, forest road on the left; indications: Lac du Ballon/La Rolle/Auberge du Gustiberg- Inn's phone number: (+33) 3 89 74 05 01
- envisage the flashlight for the return !!
September 25, 2005
(sunday)see extra ... (no translation)
September 18, 2005
(sunday)see extra ... (no translation)
September 8, 2005
"cantine Zeller"
30-25°C 86-77°F17 km 10.5 miles, 1h10 (need to be confirmed!)
11 MTB (Jean, Yves, Fabien, Gérald, Didier, Denis, Thierry, Michel, Maurice, Christophe, Laurent)
Cernay
6:30PM - Uffholtz - Wattwiller - Hirtzenstein - rise (sometimes hard) at the foot of Vieil Armand
until the intersection (720m) discrete allowing to go down towards the cantine Zeller -
continuation of the descent (explosive) towards Wattwiller - Cernay 8:20 PM
 blue  |
 group (rise in Wattwiller)  |
 will pass or not? |
 Fabien (cantine Zeller)  |
 "small" hole for Gérald  |
 2nd puncture |
- 2 punctures for the last!!
- yes! it is finished (for this year)
September 1, 2005
"birthday"
26-24°C 79-75°F24 km 15 miles, 1h30
9 MTB (Fabien, Christian, Didier, Yves, Thierry, Michel, Maurice, Christophe, Christophe)
Hartmanswiller
6:30PM - Gros Chêne (Large Oak) - Ste Anne -
Rimbach Zell - Col du Peternit - Bildstoeckle - Heidelberg - petite provence - vineyard -
Wuenheim - Hartmanswiller 8:25 PM
 Didier and Yves |
 the Scott from Fabien |
 group |
 ... the candles  |
- time (and temperature) ok; no storm (as announced !!)
- "the after": moricettes and Crémant (from Christophe)
August 25, 2005
20-16°C 68-61°F0 km 0 miles
1 MTB
 a little sun after the rain... |
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there is another hidden image here (Christian announces "sun and 79°F")
August 18, 2005
"do-it-yourself" trip
28-24°C 82-75°F24 km 15 miles 1h20, (30 km 18.6 miles 1h40 for Maurice), (36 km 22.3 miles... for Eric)
9 MTB (Jean, Didier, Christophe and Christophe, Michel, Eric, Fabien, Thierry, Maurice)
Guebwiller
6:30PM ("cemetery" carpark) - vineyard - Egten - Roche du Coucou -
from there, 2 alternatives according to whether you repair a chain or a tire... -
appointment: 8:15 PM Gauchmatt (Rumanian military cemetery) - Langenstein (menhir) - Soultzmatt - Orschwihr -
Bergholtz Zell - Bergholtz - Guebwiller 8:50 PM
 grape  |
 water point |
 Eric (5 stars mechaniC |
 chain |
 team job: eg. "the alert"...  |
 Jean reviews |
 pump (for nothing) |
  Grrrr!!! |
- Christophe: breaks the chain after 200m, then a second time (20mn after), breaks also the chain tool. Another problem: the pressure from Vektor's suspension is equal to 0 (instead of 150 psi)
- Didier: burst 2 times (front, back)
- it is the photographer No 2 who covers the "mechanical" part
August 11, 2005
"Strohberg"
24-18°C 75-64°F32 km 20 miles, 2h
4 MTB (Michel, Eric, Maurice, Christophe)
Guebwiller
6:30PM -
Schweighouse - Lautenbach - (gone up to the sawmill) - Kaltenbrunnen - Ruhfelsen - descent towards the
Boenlesgrab's lodge (885m) - the "nice" rise towards the Strohberg (1089m) - at the auberge 8:05 PM
take the way (
red rhombus) direction Schellimatt - culminating point 1150m - Mullermatt -
descent towards Hilsen - Linthal - Guebwiller 9:00 PM
 quarry of Buhl |
 Eric shares... |
 Maurice |
 rise towards Strohberg |
 Michel |
August 4, 2005
"Hugstein"
24-19°C 75-66°F26 km 16 miles, 2h15
1 MTB (Christophe)
Guebwiller
6:30PM -
ruins of Hugstein - Col Schrangen (550m) - (Duc's path) - Col Wolfsgrube (672m) -
(don't take like me the direct path 
, it's mission impossible with MTB)
- Lieserwasen - Col Judenhut (973m) -
Ebeneck - Munsteraeckerle - Col Peternit - Bildstoeckle -
Guebwiller 9:30 PM
 old railroad |
 ruins of Hugstein |
 Duc's path (in the sun) |
 mushroom |
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- have seen: a fox (Duc's path), roe-deer (Duc's path), 2 fawn (Ebeneck), 1 MTB - take a headlamp next time (if biking after 9:15 PM) |
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July 28, 2005
"nobody"
appointment in Guebwiller at 6:30PM
Hey, nobody ??
July 21, 2005
"Dreibannstein"
26-21°C 79-70°F31 km 19 miles, 2h15
5 MTB (Denis, Franck, Paolo, Fabien, Christophe)
appointment in Guebwiller at 6:30PM
Croix de Mission - career from Bergholtz - Dreibannstein
7:20 PM - Col de Bannstein - Lautenbach -
Buhl (by the arboretum) - Pont St Barnabé 8:30 PM -
way downwards of Storenloch - Munsteraeckerlé (655m) 9:10 PM - Peternit (566m) -
we go up towards Rehbrunnenkopf (a roe-deer cuts us the way)
then direct on the left in stones and the black - descent on Guebwiller (arrived by the sporting course)
9:30 PM
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 it's better ! |
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 new shelter from Dreibannstein |
 towards Bannstein  |
 progression |
 cloud |
July 17, 2005 (sunday):
"Thur Tour"
appointment in Steinbach at 7:00 AM
2 races:
- 130 km 80.8 miles,
Elev.Gain 3750 m 12300 feet from 7h to 13h
- 75 km 46.6 miles,
Elev.Gain 2150 m 7000 feet 4h30 and more
(no results until August 1st !!)or at www.bivouak.net
(map, info, comments ...)
ok, it is not a thursday that we will make this distance!July 7, 2005
"Rain"
13°C 55°F0 km 0 miles
5 crazy are coming!
appointment in Guebwiller at 6:30PM
 snif, snif !! |
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Jean announces us 6°C 43°F at the crest!June 30, 2005
"Michelbach"
22°C 71°F32 km 19 miles, 1h55
13 MTB (Maurice, Michel, Christian, Laurent, Yves, Fabien, Gérald, Thierry, Christophe, Franck, Denis, Didier, Hervé)
Schweighouse-Thann (it is between Reiningue and pont d'Aspach) (296m)
18h40 -
we go along Doller during 500m 0.3 miles - Michelbach dam - Rammersmatt (go down during 0,7 km 0,4 miles) - narrows (défilé)!! we go direction Hundsrucken (in fact Hochburg (750m)) 8:10 PM -
small path towards Weierlé (709m) 8:20 PM - collar of Teufelsgrund (600m) 8:24 PM -
we cut the road D36 (Rammersmatt - Leimbach) - Roderen - Aspach-le-bas - Schweighouse-Thann 9:10 PM
 towards Michelbach  |
 wheat  |
 horses  |
 climbing wall  |
 highlands  |
 slope  |
 admiring!?  |
 Louise |
- for the map, I took the one from last trip (July 24, 2003)
- the cows "Highlands cattle" are just a little before Hochburg
- we had a lot of chance with the weather: just 6 droplets at the end of the trip!!
and before ?