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Trekking bike tour
Ergis #ID: 908

The „LPG“ Tour (tracking bike)

enlarge picture: The „LPG“ Tour (tracking bike) * Krkonose Mountains (Giant Mts)
enlarge picture: The „LPG“ Tour (tracking bike) * Krkonose Mountains (Giant Mts)
 
enlarge picture: The „LPG“ Tour (tracking bike) * Krkonose Mountains (Giant Mts)
enlarge picture: The „LPG“ Tour (tracking bike) * Krkonose Mountains (Giant Mts)

Vrchlabí Náměstí - Vrchlabí Náměstí

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An „agricultural” excursion
[40km/691m; Trek]

Probably only the elders will remember the days of the LPGs.
Many private farmers had to give up their farms and leave them to
authorities that had only little knowledge about farming. A lot of
LPGs weren’t able to generate profits and wasted resources. Most
of the field cart roads, for example, were needlessly bituminised.
But today though, we can take advantage of this large number of
tarred roads, which make perfect car free bicycle lanes leading
through fields and meadows, offering great views on the Krkonose
Mountains. Those lanes often connect valleys in the foothills. Don’t
be alarmed when you find, that most of these tracks literally start
and end in the stables and production facilities of LPGs.
Starting in Vrchlabi we bike along the Rumlovka, connecting
Vrchlabi and Lanov. The road’s name actually refers to rum -
drunkards used to take this route to avoid the main road on their
way home. Between Lanov and Fors we pass under an 8 km
mining ropeway that moves limestone from the Cerny Dul surface
mine to Kunice where it’s processed. Later we cross an abandoned
runway for agricultural aircrafts. The section between Arnultovice
and Prosecne yields the most beautiful views on the mountains.

Length39.8 km
Time02:30 h
Elevation rise691 m
Maximal altitude650 m
Minimal altitude400 m