Flow trail with Via Ferrata!
Getting to ride this trail is such a privilege. Starting from a beautiful ridge in the middle of one of the wildest forest areas in this part of the Pyrenees the backdrop is nothing but perfect. From here you drop down onto a steep north facing beech forest followed by a short climb(!) to get back down to a flowy trail through a beautiful pine forest. An experience! And riding it with a young and super talented rider like Joel was just... impressive. And the best part? From here you have another 600 vertical meters [...]
Cap Deig – favourite trail!
Looking towards Cap Deig Here we are in the middle of corona-virus quarantine and every day I long more and more for the mountains, for the bike, for the adrenaline, for my friends. Trying not to go crazy in here by working as much as possible, training and yoga inside and searching for creative outlets in any possible way. And this time I thought of doing a tribute to one of my top 5 favourites in the Berga-area - Cap Deig in Vallcebre, just a quick 20 minute drive north of Berga. According to Strava I've [...]
Visit Capolat – updated route!
Living in the city of Berga we've got a few different options of where to go without having to use the car. We can head up towards Rasos de Peguera, down towards Cal Rosal or to the south west and ride the beautiful trails around the village of Capolat. This whole area has a bedrock that is conglomerate which means that rain seeps through very fast. Given that this is also the southern most part of our riding paradise it also have slightly more sun, all in all this means that the trails here generally are [...]
Visiting YouTuber
In the guide course that I, Pär, took this fall I got to know a lot of people with very interesting ideas for projects in the world of biking - from managers of downhill teams, leaders of kids XC-teams, jump and BMX-competitors and more. One of the participants, Rámon, has a project to make instructional videos on YouTube. Of course we wanted to invite him to ride with us one day and last Saturday, a superb sunny winter day, he showed up with his friend Dani. It was for sure an early start for them, we [...]