MTB 2007

June 28, 2007

" LOST "

16°C 61°F
- group 1: ....
- group 2: 4 MTB, 27 km 16 miles, 2h00 Elev.Gain 780 m 2500 feet

13 MTB (Michel, Yves, Franck, Anthony, Gérald, Denis, Laurent, Jean, Christian, Thomas, 2 Thierry, Christophe)

appointment at 6:30_PM in Guebwiller
gone up to the military cemetery, Petite Provence, Heidelberg, Bildstoeckle. Peternit, Pont St Barnabé.
After a chain problem, the group explodes.....
group 1: Hugstein .....,
group 2: Buhl, col du Bannstein, Dreibannstein (537m), Roche du Coucou, back to cars 21h25

departure	Gueb.	blueberry	group
Decathlon (photo: CK 2)	Cannondale (photo: CK 2)	chain	cramp (photo: CK 2)
shelter	to the cars

June 21, 2007

"summer solstice (Hohlandsbourg)"

23-17°C 73-62°F
38 km 23 miles, 2h35 Elev.Gain 960m 3150 feet

10 MTB (Laurent, Michel, Jean-Claude, Jean, Julien, Yves, Denis, 2 Thierry, Christophe)

appointment at 6:30_PM at the church from Westhalten
Pfaffenheim - Gueberschwihr - Voegtlinshoffen - rise towards the shelter of Stauffenmatt (722m) - rocher Turenne - castle of Hohlandsbourg (620m) - descent in the forest (it slips a lot) - return by Husseren-les-Chateaux - Voegtlinshoffen - Gueberschwihr - Pfaffenheim - Westhalten 9:50 PM

Laurent	group	Denis	vineyard
end	snail	Laurent	turn
frog	Ht. Koenigsbourg	Thierry	don't push!

- Christian was here... he came, saw, had to go away !
- Laurent came, ... he will come again!
- weather ok (rain this morning)
- close-up view on the (german) wind mills

June 14, 2007

"Judenhut then Firstacker"

28-22°C 82-71°F
25 km 15 miles, 1h45 Elev.Gain 900 m 3000 feet

7 MTB (Christian, Frédéric, Ezechiel, Gabriel, Gilles, 2 Christophe)

appointment at 6:30_PM in Guebwiller .... (roundabout before Buhl)
waiting .... 10mn!! then departure to Buhl
At St Barnabé, we take the way on the left (it goes up quite stiff during 3 miles .... hard!!).
Our prime objective: the collar of Judenhut 7:50 PM (979m).
Then, we are using a superb path with many "brooks" to cross before arriving at objective 2: the Firstacker 8:15 PM (955m).
Express descent (10mn) ... Sudel .... (it is not believable, it's necessary to pedal to catch up the others!!!) Near Rimbach-près-Guebwiller we cut the road (D51) then little rise to the Peternit. The last descent leads us to St Barnabé. Via Buhl we return in Guebwiller 8:50 PM

preparation photo: KC2	rise	mini pause	100
pause photo	quartet photo: KC2	duet	trio
Gabriel	brook	and Paris?	the Sudel
speed	dry!

- absent person: Jean due to marriage!!
- sh... weather forecasts .... Grrrrr! but it will be ok!

June 7, 2007

"wet after Wintzfelden"

28-22°C 82-71°F
28 km 17 miles, 1h45 Elev.Gain 775 m 2540 feet

14 MTB (Eric, Jean-Claude, Michel, Yves, Franck, Anthony, Gérald, Denis, Hervé, Christian, Thomas, 2 Thierry, Christophe)

appointment at 6:30_PM in Guebwiller (like last week) .... Bannstein, Wintzfelden (thunder), Bannstein (drops), St Gangolphe (rain), Guebwiller 8:15 PM

Christian, Hervé	Thierry	Thierry Z	rise
Michel	Thomas, Thierry	Denis, Franck	Eric, Yves
Michel	wet saddle	towel

- weather forecast: rain: true !!!
- apologies for absence: 2 new dad! congratulation!!!!


small map showing the traces from a species living in the Vosges, the "vetetis jeudicus" no translation possible

last tracks

May 31, 2007

"Osenbach, then rain"

+ 30mn 20-17°C 68-62°F
36 km 22 miles, 2h00 Elev.Gain 750 m 2300 feet

(not on the Bollenberg)
17 MTB (Yves, Michel, Franck, Anthony, Gérald, Didier, Christian, Frédéric, Jean-Claude, Thomas, Ezechiel, Jean Z., 2 Thierry, 3 Christophe)


appointment at 6:30_PM in Guebwiller
vignoble, Bergholtz-Zell, Orschwihr, Soultzmatt, Osenbach, direction Osenbuhr..... descent in the forest towards ND de Schauenberg. Westhalten, Bergholtz then small paths to go to Guebwiller 9:15 PM

vineyard	it's ok !	mud	horse
Osenbach	wait	forest	Schauenberg
cherries	acrobat

- soaked ground  :-(
- Christophe K is obliged to leave us after technical problem!!
- if one is out, Michel proposes a shortcut !!!
- info about maps: the end is not the same as during recognition 26/05/2007
- good luck for cleaning. I use my umbrella and a pipe under the rain :-)



and before?