Rob Houghton

Mountain Biking in Slovenia (eBook, ePUB)

Julian Alps - Gorenjska and Soca Valley, South, Central and North East

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Guidebook to 35 full and half day mountain biking routes in Slovenia. The graded routes, which range from technically not difficult but requiring a reasonable level of fitness to highly technical, requiring a high level of fitness and confident bike handling skills, vary in length from 12km to 59km. Routes are located in Gorenjska, Soca Valley, the South, as well as Central and North Eastern Slovenia. Full route descriptions are accompanied by gradient profiles and 1:75,000 mapping, together with practical information such as getting to and around Slovenia, travelling with the bike, arranging accommodation and dealing with emergency situations. A handy Slovenian language glossary is also included. Showcasing a remarkably diverse landscape, Slovenia is an idyllic mountain biking destination. From the towering peaks of Gorenjska and the stunning riverside trails of the Soca Valley to the tremendous limestone caves of the Karst region and the forests of the Nanos plateau in the country's south, there is endless opportunity for tough climbs, long descents and technical trails - as well as slow, scenic trips lakeside and through vineyard-laced landscapes - making it a perfect travel destination for the avid mountain biker.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cicerone Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783624676
• Artikelnr.: 48210327

Autorenporträt

Rob Houghton has been an outdoor instructor, leader and educator for more years than he cares to remember and has led educational expeditions on five continents. For as long as he can remember, Rob has always been a cyclist and his first bike was a Raleigh Striker back when they had fake suspension forks on the front. He was taught to ride by his father who, back in the 1960s, built a front suspension, off-road bike from parts he found in a skip and who, therefore, should have had the rightful claim to having invented mountain bikes a decade before the boys in Marin county. Rob himself only took up mountain biking ten years ago after a friend first took him around a trail centre in Wales. He was hooked. Since then he has tried to make up for lost time and has ridden in destinations as diverse as Wales and Thailand, Denmark and Singapore. Of course, Rob has ridden extensively in Slovenia and has spent a great many years visiting the country after spending a year working there in his youth. Amongst his collection of bikes, Rob still has his first mountain bike, a Voodoo Hoodoo (one of the original ones) which has lived in more countries than many people have (four at current count). It now lives in Denmark where its owner also resides with his very understanding wife Jess.