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Dragonja 34 km
660 m 2:30 h ãMTBSlovenia.net |
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no. |
m |
km |
direction |
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1 |
34 |
0 |
take narrow asphalt road going slightly down hill from a bus stop in E direction (to get to the bus stop, go left at a
bigger crossing in the middle of Dragonja village from the main road
Koper – Buje, in direction Nova vas and Sv. Peter and cont. for a
couple of hundred meters) |
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2 |
20 |
0,82 |
macadam (passing rubbish dump) |
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3 |
29 |
1,30 |
branch of a
macadam road on right – keep on the main road |
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4 |
44 |
3,65 |
asphalt branch on the left uphill; cont.
straight on macadam road |
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5 |
64 |
6,03 |
split; go right |
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6 |
95 |
7,84 |
two side cart tracks on left; go right |
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7 |
85 |
8,23 |
right across the Pinjevec river at the crossing in Skrline (this is not a
village, just a couple of deserted houses) |
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8 |
80 |
8,59 |
left just
before crossing the river Dragonja go on a narrow and here and there
very rough cart track |
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9 |
104 |
9,49 |
deserted buildings; keep on the cart track,
which around the turn becomes very rough and steep (for a short distance
luckily) |
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10 |
146 |
9,83 |
straight – end of uphill (leveling) and crossing; cont. in the same direction
on cart track |
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11 |
117 |
11,05 |
1st crossing over Dragonja river you find a few meters further up from the point,
where the river cuts the way; carry the bike straight across the river
and look for a trail on the other side, which goes along and very close
to the left bank of the river – go upstream (left/right bank – with reference to the
direction in which the river flows!) |
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12 |
118 |
11,15 |
2nd crossing; cont. on the other side on clearly visible trail |
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13 |
113 |
11,65 |
singletrack turns literally
into the river - cont. 40 m upstream, walking on riverbed up to... |
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Orientation
is quite difficult from here on. Luckily, there is a power cable
crossing the valley and the river further up. If you can't find the way,
cont. upstream – on the bank of the river or on the riverbed (approx.
400 m), until you reach the point, where the power cable crosses the
river. Follow the cable away from the river to the west (approx. 30 m),
until you reach the cable pillar. The lost trail should be right there,
go right then. This is no. 19 from the Road Book. Don't forget to reset
the computer counter! |
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14 |
113 |
11,69 |
3rd crossing, where go to the other side (left bank) and cont. to... |
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15 |
114 |
11,74 |
the first river turn, follow it and when the
turn ends, find the trail on the other side of the river , right bank ,
which is not clearly visible. This is 4th crossing. |
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16 |
114 |
11,76 |
trail splits; go
left (in a few meters there is a "stair"
and you have to lift the bike) |
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17 |
116 |
11,90 |
the trail almost disappears because of thick
bush; cont. in the same direction along the right bank of the river; if
you managed to find the right way, you go past some ruins and soon
reach... |
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18 |
760 |
12,00 |
nice singletrack; go right |
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Reset the
computer counter! |
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19 |
125 |
0 (12,09) |
power cable pillar, here you can reset the
counter |
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20 |
139 |
0,55 (12,64) |
trail turns sharp left (you can also go
straight on), follow it and you reach a small meadow, cont. to... |
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21 |
141 |
0,68 (12,77) |
the fence at the end of the meadow and turn right, slightly down hill on a horse trail |
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22 |
136 |
0,76 (12,85) |
left at the second meadow, towards the house (Zankolic
mill) |
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23 |
137 |
0,81 (12,90) |
go across the yard of the house |
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24 |
140 |
1,00 (13,09) |
right at
the split, go on narrower trail |
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25 |
141 |
1,37 (13,46) |
5th crossing over Dragonja; more trails in the same direction - cont. on the
biggest, more ridden |
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26 |
146 |
1,52 (13,61) |
left at the split |
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27 |
151 |
1,67 (13,76) |
at the river again, turn towards it and... |
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28 |
150 |
1,68 (13,77) |
6th crossing over Dragonja and cont. straight on the other side on narrow and very
steep trail – walk a few meters until you reach... |
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29 |
155 |
1,69 (13,78) |
leveling on the meadow, where you turn right and soon ... |
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30 |
155 |
1,71 (13,80) |
at poorly visible split again right and cont. on overgrown trail to... |
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31 |
158 |
1,77 (13,86) |
a nice cart track and cont. in the same
direction |
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32 |
161 |
1,98 (14,07) |
gate |
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33 |
160 |
2,00 (14,09) |
crossing over Truske creek |
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34 |
268 |
3,22 (15,31) |
left on nice and narrow macadam road, which
connects scattered village of Truske; if you go right, you can climb up
Vrsic and have a magnificent view |
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35 |
270 |
3,37 (15,46) |
in Gonjace cont. on asphalt |
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36 |
305 |
4,14 (16,23) |
on the left, asphalt branches off towards the
church Sv. Kancijan; cont.
right |
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37 |
314 |
4,63 (16,72) |
left
at the crossing of local asphalt roads in Kortina |
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38 |
358 |
4,92 (17,01) |
left
on narrower asphalt road (at crossing next to small chapel; direction
Borst) |
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39 |
352 |
7,80 (19,89) |
Borst village; go straight in direction to
Labor |
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40 |
330 |
10,07 (22,16) |
in the middle of Labor village asphalt splits;
go left towards the cemetery and church, past the house with no. 28 |
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41 |
326 |
10,22 (22,31) |
end of asphalt, cont. straight on rocky and
grassy cart track |
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42 |
146 |
11,86 (23,95) |
right at
known crossing (no. 10); return the same way back |
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43 |
80 |
13,10 (25,19) |
right on wider cart track
(known crossing no. 8) |
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44 |
85 |
13,46 (25,55) |
the last crossing of water at v Skrline and
left
at known crossing no. 7 and back the way you came to the... |
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67 |
34 |
21,69 (33,78) |
starting point |