Krkonoše
    
 
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Ergis #ID: 904

Krakonos Tour (MTB)

enlarge picture: Krakonos Tour (MTB) * Krkonose Mountains (Giant Mts)
enlarge picture: Krakonos Tour (MTB) * Krkonose Mountains (Giant Mts)
enlarge picture: Krakonos Tour (MTB) * Krkonose Mountains (Giant Mts)
enlarge picture: Krakonos Tour (MTB) * Krkonose Mountains (Giant Mts)
enlarge picture: Krakonos Tour (MTB) * Krkonose Mountains (Giant Mts)

Vrchlabí Náměstí - Vrchlabí Náměstí

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Through the world of Krakonos
[63km/1775m; MTB]

Within living memory, people living in this region believed in the
mountain spirit Krakonoš. Supposedly his home is a valley below
the Snezka, the region’s highest mountain (1602m). Krakonoš
protects the honest people against exploiters and annoys hikers
with bad weather. His muses are the animals, the trees and all other
plants that he protects against greedy and destructive individuals.
Although Krakonoš can take good care of himself, every now and
then human still manage to cause damage to his realm.
We go on a roundtrip through his realm - but of course we will
only use the tracks he has given is permission to. Let’s go and
keep your eyes open.
You should pay attention to how nature changes while you pedal
up from the valleys. Everything is perfectly laid out by Krakonoš:
He knows that deciduous trees like to grow at the mountains’
feet (and he seems to like beeches). Halfway up he placed the
firs and on the high plateaus where the winds blow and the soil
is moist, he grows dwarf pine, grasses and peat bog. Up there,
on the rocky peaks he takes pride in every blade of grass, every
patch of moss and every lichen that manages to survive here. And
above all resides the majestic Snezka peak. During the last ice
age this mountain was formed by glaciers, which on its northern
edge also left moraines and glacial lakes. There, on the plateaus
with their typically Nordic climate we also find botanic visitors from
the Scandinavian flora and fauna: The Blackberry, the mulberry or
the nightingale.
Krakonoš also has a private herbal garden where he grows rare and precious herbs. But to the present day nobody has ever
found it.

Length62.1 km
Time04:30 h
Elevation rise1775 m
Maximal altitude1360 m
Minimal altitude480 m