Thursday evening (2009) 2/4

June 18, 2009

"Steinlebach"

20°C ? 68°F ?
20 km 12 miles, 1h45 Elev.Gain 750 m 2400 feet

20 MTB (Jean, Julien, Michel, Yves, Christian, Bernard, Denis, 2 Thierry, Gérald, Claude, Alain, Franck, Stéphane, Yann, Sébastien, Gilles, 2 Christophe, Paolo)

Appointment at 7:00_PM at the Steinlebach
From there we climb towards Markstein, down the "grenouillère" (there is no more snow on this piste!!) - Hundsrucken - turned around to return to the Markstein farm - Treh - Breitfirst - Oberlauchen pass - return to the Steinlebach
The 2nd part of the evening is also exciting: a meal by Jean ....
at the menu: bacon, potatoes, cheese, dessert ... and something to drink!

60 pictures (indexB)

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- Gérald found the trip too easy, so he climbs from Sengern. Well done!
- Nice weather: a storm just before the start, then a comfortable temperature .... not like in the valley 30°C 86°F
- At the next time!!

June 11, 2009

"vallée noble"

18-17°C 64-62°F
32 km 20 miles, 2h10 Elev.Gain 940 m 3080 feet

15 MTB (Michel, Yves, Jean, Bernard, Laurent, Denis, 2 Thierry, Julien, Thomas, Claude, Sébastien, Gilles, Jean-Luc, Christophe)

Appointment at 6:30_PM in Guebwiller
climb at the Bannstein pass (1580 feet/482m) - descent towards Wintzfelden - climb to the Firstplan pass (2370feet/722m) - nice path to go at the Borne Jaune (yellow limit) (2420 feet/738m) (no stop) - arrival at the Wolfsgrube pass (2450feet/746m) for the great descent!!!!
In Osenbach, Jean-Luc propose us to do a mechanic workshop (replacement of brake pads) Oh yes!! I should also control mines!
Wintzfelden, then climb to the Bannstein pass (not by the road!) to go in the Guebwiller valley

cherry

group

Thomas

horse

36 pictures (indexB)

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same trip: July 05, 2007 (except the end)

June 4, 2009

"Noble Valley (vallée noble) - Schwarzenthann"

20-18°C 68-64°F
29 km 18 miles, 1h50 Elev.Gain 750 m 2400 feet

19 MTB (Michel, Yves, Eric, Jean, Stéphane, Yann, Christian, Bernard, Franck, Gérald, Laurent, Denis, 2 Thierry, Claude, Paolo, Sébastien, Gilles, Christophe)

Appointment at 6:30_PM Guebwiller (at the cemetery - Bergholtz).
We make a loop in the vineyard to wait Claude. We climb in the forest near Bergholtz-Zell and we have a beautiful descent to the Val du Patre. Flat til Gauschmatt, a superb view from the noble valley and we go to the convent of Schwarzenthann.
Now direction Bannstein. East side to the Gauschmatt. We take the road to the Val du Patre then left on a small way. Michel is here ... Whew! near the Quierenbach to reach Orschwihr.
Last climb to the Bollenberg's chapel and back to the cars!

Laurent	waiting	Claude	Stéphane
group	Franck	fields	raptor
pebbles	Michel	rise	balls
Schwarzenthann	well	?	Jean
Yann	blue	U-turn	Vosges

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an (unusual) superb loop, with many participants! thank you
www.lieux-insolites.fr/alsace/schwarzentann

info about the convent of Schwarzenthann

May 28, 2009

"the peloton exploded / explosion du peloton"

18°C 64°F
28 km 17 miles, 1h50 Elev.Gain 800 m 2600 feet

15 MTB (Michel, Yves, Stéphane, Christian, Clément, Bernard, Franck, Gérald, Laurent, Thierry, Claude, Paolo, Sébastien, Gilles, Christophe)

Appointment at 6:30_PM in Hartmannswiller.
Jungholtz - Nez de Soultz - Heidebuckel - Bildstoeckle - Peternit - Rimbach Zell - Ste Anne - Hartmannswiller

traffic jam	green and blue	rise	group
obstacle	turn	Gérald	sky
vineyard	Yves Claude	blur	nose
tree	fungus	white	aphids ants
reunion	Michel	Yves Stéphane	church

May 20, 2009

"Hirnelestein"

30-22°C 86-71°F
22 km 14 miles, 1h30 Elev.Gain 600 m 2000 feet

8 MTB (Bernard, Denis, Franck, Michel, Gérald, 2 Thierry, Christophe)

Appointment (Wednesday, tomorrow is the Ascension of Jesus) at 6:30_PM in Cernay
The departure will be given 30mn after, because some get stuck in traffic accident. It's with a nice weather that we go in direction Uffholtz and Wattwiller. The 2nd part will be in the shadow (it's not very good for the pictures!!) The acacias ~~wattle~~ are in flower (see on the pictures all these white trees) and the fragrance is subtle and intense
No stop (at the Erzenbach cascade); we continue to the Hirnelestein rock (510m). Just a few more steps to climb and then we can see the beautiful view over the plain It's 20h30 as we leave the place. We go near the Donnerloch mine, then Steinbach and Cernay.