October 15, 2006
"Plate of the 1000 ponds"
13 to 16°C 55 to 61°F30 km 18.6 miles (some bumps), 2h
6 MTB (Thierry, Michel, Yves, Christian, Denis, Didier)
sunday morning 8:30 AM Vieux-Thann - then 50mn car to reach the col des Croix (over the Thillot)
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- Thanks Thierry for the pictures!
October 12, 2006
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September 7, 2006
"vineyard ... Osenbach Bergholtz "
30-25°C 86-77°F28 km 17.4 miles, 1h40 Elev.Gain 710m 2300 feet
10 MTB (Maurice, Franck, Denis, Thierry, Fabien, Gérald, Michel, Yves, Christian, Christophe)
6:30PM Guebwiller -
Val du Patre - Thannwiller - Osenbach - ND du Hubel - Westhalten - Orschwihr - Bergholtz -
8:25 PM Guebwiller
 ready ?  |
 vineyard (Gueb.)  |
 soon grape harvest  |
 descent  |
 Val du Patre  |
 meadow saffron  |
 fountain  |
 Osenbach  |
 towards Westhalten  |
 road  |
- estival temperatures !!
August 31, 2006
"cascade and mine"
24-16°C 75-61°F24 km 15 miles, 1h20 Elev.Gain 630m 2066 feet
7 MTB (Franck, Thierry, Fabien, Michel, Yves, Christian, Christophe)
6:30PM Cernay -
cascade Erzenbach - chapel Ste Thérèse - mine St Nicolas - mine of Donnerloch (medieval mine) - Steinbach -
8:20 PM Cernay
 along the Thur  |
 alone  |
 cascade Erzenbach  |
 everywhere!  |
 group  |
 Franck's preferred exercise  |
 prayer  |
 mine of Donnerloch  |
- very nice weather (sun!!!)... but the days are really short!
- it's new .... super!!
- prayer and pedagogy at the end... that feels the back-to-school blues!
August 24, 2006
"Col Amic"
for the departure)
20-14°C 68-57°F26 km 16 miles, 1h30 Elev.Gain 800m 2600 feet
6 MTB (Denis, Thierry, Fabien, Yves, Michel, Christophe)
6:30PM park of the storks (between Soultz and Wuenheim) - Jungholtz - Thierenbach - Gros Chêne (Large Oak) -
we take the road to go to the Zimmermann cross - on the left, we go along Gutenbach (until altitude 643m) - we are near the Sicurani vault -
we pass in front of the Baratin shelter - Hartfelsen - then we join again the road to go near the farm inn of Kohlschlag
and reach the Col Amic (828m) 8:00 PM descent .... same road - small sympathetic path (on the right) - then we find again the road (alt. 603m) to return to Gros Chêne (Large Oak) - Jungholtz and the park of the storks
8:40 PM (finally the rain!!!)
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 cloud  |
 stork  |
 movement |
 trio  |
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 Lepiota  |
 goat |
 Kohlschlag farm  |
 top  |
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- the photo "top" was produced with a "red bath" treatment !!
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and before?
