active units: miles km °C °F
June 23, 2005
"Hohlandsbourg"
38 km 23 miles, 2h20
15 MTB (Jean-Yves, Hervé, Denis, Paolo, Yves, Michel, Christophe, Maurice, Franck, Fabien, Claude, Christian, Thierry, Christophe, Didier (MrCube))
appointment at 6:30PM
Westhalten Michel proposes us a new trip which it tested last Saturday....
Pfaffenheim - Gueberschwihr - Voegtlinshoffen - quite stiff rise then path towards the shelter of Stauffenmatt (722m)
7:45 PM 14 km 8.7 miles - we use the GR532 to pass in front of
the Turenne rock and to achieve our goal: the castle of
Hohlandsbourg (620m) 8:10 PM 20 km 12.4 miles -
superb descent (more than 3 km 1.8 miles) - return by Voegtlinshoffen - Gueberschwihr - Pfaffenheim -
Westhalten 9:15 PM
 vineyard  |
 Stauffenmatt  |
 path |
 Franck |
 granite |
 3 chateaux (from Eguisheim) |
 at the castle, view Colmar |
 Hohlandsbourg |
 sun (between 91°F and 77°F |
 map... (we are in unknown ground) |
 after |
 ... |
- very beautiful trip; high temperature; the 3 liters 100 oz from Camelbak are not too much!!
- drink and small snack at the cars
- super the 2nd photographer (especially when the first does not have any more battery).
June 16, 2005
"Schauenberg"
25 km 15.5 miles, 1h55
12 MTB (Paolo, Yves, Michel, Christophe, Maurice, Laurent, Fabien, Gérald, Claude, Christian, Thierry, Christophe)
appointment at 6:30PM
Westhalten vineyard - convent St Marc - Notre Dame de Schauenberg - buckles on Strangenberg - Westhalten
 vine |
 regrouping  |
 stone |
 Teufelstein |
 rest from the quarry |
 group |
 thirst  |
 in guest star our champion of Alsace, Eric |
- accident for Christophe and his Bianchi
- the photographer needs a lot of time ...
June 9, 2005
"Borne jaune"
41 km 25.5 miles, 3h
8 MTB (Paolo, Denis, Christophe, Fabien, Gérald, Franck, Christian, Thierry)
appointment at 6:30PM
Guebwiller Bannstein - Wintzfelden - Firstplan
8:00 PM - Borne jaune -
Osenbach - Soultzmatt - Orschwihr - Bergholtz (...by the vinyard) - Guebwiller
 Denis |
 rise to Bannstein (with Peter Pan) |
 towards Wintzfelden  |
 purple foxglove |
 Firstplan  |
 yellow limit (borne jaune)  |
 descent towards Osenbach |
balade and photographs (canon ixus v3) by ThierryJune 2, 2005
"Ebeneck"
22-24°C 71-75°F24 km 15 miles, 1h50 Elev.Gain 700 m 2300 feet
14 MTB (Christian, Michel, Yves, Thierry, Laurent, Maurice, 2x Christophe, Franck, Fabien, Roger, Denis, Paolo, Philippe)
appointment at 6:30PM
Guebwiller cycle track until Lautenbach Zell - Col de Wolfsgrube - Lieserwasen - Col de Judenhut - Ebeneck (and its cows) - Munsteraeckerle - Col de Peternit - Bildstoeckle - Guebwiller (with a burst of speed going to 42.8miles/h for some)
9:10 PM
 rise  |
 Yves, Maurice  |
 group  |
 Lieserwasen  |
 brooms |
 camouflage |
 ready to charge  |
 Ebeneck  |
 Michel  |
 alignment  |
 Christophe |
- rise by "Pont St Barnabé" (Murbach) rather than by Lautenbach-Zell
- 1 puncture (only)
May 26, 2005
"Freundstein"
27°C (at 09:00 PM) 80°F (at 09:00 PM)28 km 17.4 miles, 1h50 Elev.Gain 820m 2700 feet
13 MTB (Yves, Jean, Thierry, Laurent, Michel, Maurice, 2x Christophe, Gérald, Franck, Fabien, Denis, +1)
appointment at 6:30PM
Vieux Thann Willer sur Thur - we go along Wissbach, then Kuhlaegerrunz - 500m on the road D431 to reach Freundstein's farm (903m)
8:00 PM
- Camp Turenne (909m) 8:25 PM -
Waldkapelle (576m) 8:39 PM -
croix du Rangen - Thann - Vieux Thann 9:00 PM
 ready?  |
 Thierry  |
 Jean, Maurice  |
 pause |
 before the Freundstein  |
 Columbine (ancolie)  |
 in forest |
 the end will be done without chain  |
- problem of over-exposure of the photographs; fortunately there was a second photographer.
- 1 puncture
20h30 - chain 20h45 - same trip as: 31/07/2003 (without the Ostein's rock)
May 19, 2005
"Thanner Hubel"
18-20°C 64-68°F25 km 15.5 miles, 2h
13 VTT (Roger, Denis, Gérald, Franck, Fabien, Claude, Yves, Thierry, Laurent, Michel, Maurice, 2x Christophe)
appointment at 6:30PM
Vieux Thann Michel's programm: "... probably rise on Thanner Hubel and mythical descent on Bitschwiller"
Vieux Thann - Bitschwiller (by cycle track) - ferme auberge du Thanner Hubel (1060 m)
8:00 PM - descent by the small path
(follow the yellow cross from the Vosgean club) - Bitschwiller - 8:50 PM Vieux Thann
 we arrive!!  |
 goats |
 cascade  |
 still a small effort... |
 pansy (near Tanner Hubel) |
 Michel |
 "someone pumps behind!" |
- same trip as: April 29, 2004 or July 15, 2004
- it is true that this descent is extra !
May 12, 2005
"Baecherkopf-Hisla"
20 km 12.4 miles, 1h40 (+ carrying), Elev.Gain 550m 1800 feet
10 MTB (Yves, Thierry, Jean, Christophe, Laurent, Michel, Maurice, Gérald, Franck, Fabien)
appointment at 6:30PM
Vieux Thann Vieux Thann - Kattenbach - vault St Urbain - Cross of Rangen - "red and white" way until Waldkapelle, then on the right, go up to reach Pastetenplatz (this way doesn't have any "club vosgien" symbol) - Baecherkopf-Hisla
8:05 PM ...
reading some pages of the gold book then we go down - Camp des pyramides - place des canaris -
Col (pass) de Grumbach - Engelbourg (witch's eye) 8:45 PM - Vieux Thann
 Geranium "Wargrave Pink"  |
 ladybird 
|
 ... sunbath  |
 small path  |
 the team  |
 Maurice  |
 we go up ... |
 Laurent and Jean |
 part of logger's mikado |
- very beautiful figure from Franck (5,8/6) and thanks again to his glasses
- Mikado game is between Pyramides and Canaris. It's a pity! this part was great
May 5, 2005
"cantine Zeller"
20 km 12.4 miles, 2h Elev.Gain 620m 2000 feet
5 MTB (Yves, Thierry, Christophe, Laurent, Michel)
appointment at 5:00 PM
Cernay - Wattwiller - canteen Zeller (then direct descent by a small path) - Wattwiller - we go towards the intersection of the road of Peaks (route de Crêtes) (567m) - Uffholtz - Cernay
 wild bear's garlic  |
 trio |
 "Thann's door" 13th century (in Cernay)  |
the 5.5.2005 at 5 o'clock, it's not too complicated !!April 28, 2005
"Flaxlanden"
34 km 21 miles, 1h30
9 MTB (Michel, Jean, Laurent, Yves, Claude, Thierry, Fabien, Francois, Christophe)
appointment in the Waldeck
Waldeck - Flaxlanden - Brunstatt - Waldeck
...
 mud  |
caterpillar |
Yves |
Thierry |
crossing |
weak link |
Good training: a puncture (Claude), a broken chain (Fabien)April 21, 2005
"the first"
10-15°C 50-59°F19 km 12 miles, 2h
6 MTB (Michel, Jean, Laurent, Yves, Claude, Thierry)
appointment in the Waldeck
Waldeck - Riedisheim - Entremont - Rixheim - Habsheim - Zimmersheim - Waldeck
it's not very well explained ...... that's because it did not stop to go up, to go down, to turn....
 the resumption... |
Michel |
- really nice trip, do it again.
- thanks to all information sources (signed: the webmaster)
