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Belén Castelló (belletoscan)

Tours

'Slovenia West Loop' - Soča Variant

Belén Castelló (belletoscan)

Tours

'Slovenia West Loop' - Soča Variant

33:34

384 km

11,4 km/h

6.460 m

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Tour overzicht

Startpunt

883 m

Day 1 - Ready to start the Slovenia West Loop from bikepacking.com!

1,70 km

Day 1 - Views into the city of Ljubljana

3,27 km

Day 1 - Couldn't ask for a better start. Cycling out of the city through bike lanes and paths on Tivoli Park

4,05 km

Day 1 - Sweet gravel out of Tivoli Park. Beware of other cyclists and pedestrians!

7,74 km

Day 1 - Cool signs! Slovenias seem to be aware of cyclists on the road. They still drive pretty fast though.

9,83 km

Day 1 - First steep climb of the route was pretty tough already. 10-12% feels heavy with our setup.

10,8 km

Day 1 - It's cool how rural it already feels just a few kilometers away from the capital

12,7 km

Day 1 - This forest road is extremely quiet. Definitely more cyclists than vehicles!

15,7 km

Day 2- Starting the day with steep gradients is tough but... Gotta find the right spot for breakfast!

16,5 km

Day 2 - Gotta keep your eyes on the GPS cause the route gets you on and off main track often

Day 2 - I can see Sveti Jakob! First white church of the trip

Day 2 - At Sveti Jakob. Breakfast with a view, anyone?

17,9 km

Day 2 - Gravel path off the descend

18,8 km

Day 2 - Cerkev Sv. Florjan in the background

21,3 km

Day 2 - Single Track descend is always fun until...

Day 2 - ...You have to dismount! Beware cause some parts of this stretch and too steep and rooty to bike through.

22,0 km

Day 2 - Fun but sketchy track

25,8 km

Day 2 - On our speedy way to Skofja Loka (Sveti Štefana in the backgroun) cause the storm is chasing us!

30,2 km

Day 3 - Views from the castle in Škofja Loka

Day 3 - Getting out of town with ease

37,8 km

Day 3 - Fine single track

42,1 km

Day 3 - Nivel gravel path

42,9 km

Day 3 - Cute old couple live here. =)

46,6 km

Day 3 - Mission Jamnik is on!

47,4 km

Day 3 - Very tough hike-a-bike regardless of the direction. Goes down about 200m on steep rooty forest.

Day 3 - Some stretches Tristan had to help me move my bike cause the steps were too high

Day 3 - Credit to Tristan for coming back to help me with my bike. =)

Day 3 - Finally out of the trouble zone but... Now we gotta go up those 200m!

49,4 km

Day 3 - Lovely patch in the middle of the forest. Great to camp!

50,1 km

Day 3 - I can see the road!

51,0 km

Day 3 - It's all down from here!

51,6 km

Day 3 - There's not many water points, so at every chance we get, we fill up our bottles and wash

53,3 km

Day 3 - Finally! Sveti Jamnik! It's beautiful.

53,9 km

Day 3 - Views from the church

58,6 km

Day 4 - We descend on the asphalt road, an alternative to bikpacking's single track suggestion

Day 4 - Kropa Village

68,8 km

Day 4 - View from the bridge

71,3 km

Day 4 - Swwwwwwiiiiiisshhhhh

73,7 km

Day 4 - Lake Bled

80,3 km

Day 4 - Krnica

87,9 km

Day 4 - Lovely double track for a couple kilometres

90,6 km

Day 4 - Met Evan and Bo on the road! Cool bikepackers heading towards Armenia.

93,2 km

Day 4 - First good glimpse at Triglav National Park

98,4 km

Day 5 - Starting our day from the town of Mostrajna

101 km

Day 5 - D2, the lovely bike lane between Mostrajna and Kranska Gora

106 km

Day 5 - About 12 km of bike lane!

111 km

Day 5 - Town of Kranjska Gora. A good place to do groceries and refill before the Vršič-Pass.

114 km

Day 5 - Very worth detour on gravel path by the river Pišnica. Beware of other predestrians.

115 km

Day 5 - Slow ascending on the path. Very managable!

117 km

Day 5 - 'The Wall' behind us. Plenty of paths to choose from.

Day 5 - River crossing failed. Gotta get off the wet socks!

Day 5 - Filling up our bottles before the climb. Lovely cold water in this spring!

119 km

Day 5 - Gotta love hairpin bends. The whole pass has 49 of them!

Day 5 - Fancy a shower?

122 km

Day 5 - Slowly but steady

123 km

Day 5 - First part is a logging road, but eventually the path becomes single track for cyclists and hikers.

Day 5 - Very recommended path to follow up the pass as an alternative to main road.

Day 5 - Views onto the Julian Alps, waiting for the wall to lit up.

126 km

Day 6 - We can't see the mountains today because of the fog, but it can't get more atmospheric than this!

Day 6 - Happy B at the top of the pass. We did it!

131 km

Day 6 - There's loads of cyclists coming up and down the pass

Day 6 - Happy to be descending this part since there was a 14% gradient sign!

135 km

Day 6 - Views onto the town of Trenta

Day 6 - First contact with the Soča River

146 km

Day 6 - Cruising by the Soča river

161 km

Day 6 - Taking a quick detour into Bovec for lunch.

162 km

Day 6 - Alternative Soča path to bikepacking.com's route

165 km

Day 6 - Lovely new stretch of asphalt unknown to vehicles. Wow! Speedy times.

166 km

Day 6 - Views onto Boka Waterfall, the mightiest waterfall in Slovenia.

167 km

Day 6 - Log Čezsoški, nice little town

168 km

Day 6 - Lovely gravel path by the Soča

170 km

Day 6 - Very cool hanging bridge. Left our bike at the top of the stairs. =)

171 km

Day 6 - Fielding a little bit. One one to be seen.

Day 6 - The gravel (big rocks) get's a little tricky at times on the climbing section. It's short and fun though!

173 km

Day 6 - The Soča is full of bridges (even hanging wooden ones!)

Day 6 - Camp Trnovo - pretty lovely campsite (€14 per person, per night)

174 km

Day 7 - We start the day briefly on main road. It's generally busy, especially in the summer.

179 km

Day 7 - View from Napoleon's Bridge in Kobarid

186 km

Day 7 - Following this road was pretty nice. It's very quiet since only locals take it.

188 km

Day 7 - Sveti Bric

190 km

Day 7 - In search for a good lunch spot

Day 7 - And we found it! Also went for a quick freezy swim in the Soča.

193 km

Day 7 - On our way to Tolmin!

196 km

Day 7 - Sotočje Tolminke in Soče, natural beach. Lovely for a picnic stop!

198 km

Day 7 - Nice bike line by the road into Most na Soči

201 km

Day 7 - The lovely town of Most na Soči with the storm chasing us

204 km

Day 7 - So far, so good!

206 km

Day 7 - This is the trickiest part of the route variant but luckily it's just a small stretch. Bike pushing mode on!

Day 7 - Cars, River, Train and Bikes. All in one.

211 km

Day 8 - Avče seems to be a hot spot for road cycling on the weekends

216 km

Day 8 - The town of Kanal with the fish-van music in the background.

Day 8 - Filling up our water bottles (or freshening up) at every chance we get!

226 km

Day 8 - Lovely bike lane into Nova Goriza, next to the railway and the Soča river.

235 km

Day 8 - Noza Goriza: Looking for a shade and a lunch spot!

250 km

Day 8 - The original track fails here, so we take a detour through the town of Vogrsko

252 km

Day 8 - This area is very quiet and not many tourists come here, which makes it more special.

258 km

Day 8 - Highly recommend getting off the bikepacking.com suggestion and taking this track instead. The gravel is in pretty good condition.

260 km

Day 8 - Re-joining back with the original bikpacking.com track

261 km

Day 8 - Tristan decided not to take the risk today after his shoe got flooded on the las crossing!

263 km

Day 8 - Crossing the town of Selo

264 km

Day 8 - Cycling through the vineyards. This is one of the wine areas of Slovenia.

265 km

Day 8 - Meadow views into the neighbouring towns. Love how quite this stretch of the track is.

268 km

Day 8 - Great ending to our day.

280 km

Day 9 - Starting out our day bright and early before the temperatures rise too much. Theres a big climb ahead of us!

284 km

Day 9 - Smooth gravel on today's climb and very manageable gradient

286 km

Day 9 - Sanabor marks the point where the climb starts flattening a little bit.

291 km

Day 9 - Getting close to the top!

292 km

Day 9 - This is it! We made it to the top!

304 km

Day 9 - Predjama Castle: There's a fascinating tale behind it and the 'Slovenian Robin Hood'

323 km

Day 9 - Krajinski Park. Left our bikes and took a right and left to check our some of the caves.

329 km

Day 9 - It's been a rough week for these legs!

334 km

Day 9 - At Cerkniško Jezer0 (seasonal marshes), looking out for a camp spot

342 km

Day 9 - Selšček town, the climb is almost done.

346 km

Day 10 - Cute spring by the road

356 km

Day 10 - Rakitna. A little stretch on main road before gettin ogg onto the gravel track.

361 km

Day 10 - Speeding down into Ljubljana. Can't wait for a good, warm shower!

373 km

Day 10 - Nice track through the corn fields on our way to the capital

384 km

Day 10 - The end line! Welcome back to Ljubljana!

384 km

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Belén Castelló (belletoscan) en tristanbogaard hebben een gravelrit gemaakt.

30 juli 2021

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Reacties

Belén Castelló (belletoscan)
9 augustus 2021
De 'Slovenia West Loop' is een route gemaakt door Joe Cruz voor bikepacking.com en waarschijnlijk een van hun meest gekoesterde meerdaagse routes in Europa.

Voordat we begonnen, hadden we de opmerkingen van de route op hun website doorgenomen en merkten we dat veel mensen door de lokale bevolking waren…
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Andrea__dt
25 augustus 2021
Super! Geweldige tour .... Heel erg bedankt voor de video's
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denvercx
21 september 2021
Wauw, dit is fantastisch! Heel erg bedankt voor een geweldig ritverslag, video's (geweldig) en de baan voor de Soča River-variant. Ik kom komende zondag aan in Slovenië om de lus te rijden en had al overwogen om de rivier de Soča af te dalen in plaats van de berg Stol te beklimmen en af te dalen vanwege…
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Hannes
19 maart 2022
Je foto's zijn een droom, fantastisch. Ik was op een fototour in de Soca-vallei in oktober 2021, het rivierlandschap is echt uniek.
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