Mountain Biking in Slovenia. Rob Houghton
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Further up the Sava valley you’ll find the bigger, more secluded Lake Bohinj. If you don’t mind being a little bit out of the way, there’s a budget hotel and hostel on the shores of the lake called Hostel Pod Voglem, which has a friendly service and bike wash facilities.
Finally, you may want to base yourself in Kranjska Gora right up in the north-west corner where Slovenia meets Italy and Austria. There are plenty of hotel options in the town, including the excellent Hotel Lek. For those on a tighter budget, however, Hostel Barovc is just a short walk out of town and has most things you’d need.
Services
There is a tourist information centre in all of the bigger towns in the area, including Bled, Bohinj, Jesenice, Kranj and Kranjska Gora. They provide excellent information and are a good source for maps as well as very good publications on other tourist attractions.
Most towns in the region will have somewhere to hire bikes, but the best place is, without a doubt, 3glav (pronounced tree-glau) Adventures (www.3glav-adventures.com). Based in Bled, they have the best hire bikes that I’ve come across in the region and they are also a rich source of information about biking and other activities in the area.
Alternatively, you could try Bike Park Kranjska Gora (www.bike-park.si), the base of operations for the downhill courses in the town. They are also able to help with accommodation.
Emergencies
There are good health centres and clinics as well as pharmacies in all of the following towns: Bled, Bohinj, Jesenice, Kranj, Kranjska Gora and Radovljica. Further information can be found at www.slovenian-alps.com/en/info/health-care.
ROUTE 1
The high alpine at Uskovnica
Start/Finish | Mercator supermarket, Bohinjska Bistrica |
Distance | 33.75km (21 miles) |
On road | 8.75km (5½ miles) |
Off road | 25km (15½ miles) |
Percentage off road | 75% |
Ascent | 1380m (4530ft) |
Grade | Red |
Time | 3–4hr |
Map | Alpski Svet – Zahodni Del |
Refreshments | Planina koča na Uskovnici (in season) or Bohinjska Bistrica |
Parking | At the supermarket |
Overview
This route is one of the most spectacular in the whole book. It begins easily enough by taking the new cycle path out of Bohinjska Bistrica through the attractive Sava valley towards Ribčev Laz and Lake Bohinj. There is, however, a tough 8.5km climb following that warm-up. This climb brings you up into the high alpine pastures, where you’re treated to spectacular vistas of the surrounding mountains and the picturesque cowherd villages of Uskovnica and Zajamniki, and then a singletrack descent back to the road at Podjelje. Do not forget your camera.
Directions
1 Leave the supermarket car park and turn
2 After about 9km you’ll reach a main road. Go
Thankful to crest the rise after the 8.5km climb
3 Take the trail leading off to the
On the descent from Zajamniki
4 At the end of the village, turn