Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Mountain Biking with Israeli Mountain Bike Group

Mountain biking in Israel

In recent years Israel has become the land of singles. Since the foundation of the Israeli Mountain Bike Group in 2010 (IMBG), the amount of singles and bike roads has grow to 6'500 km.

The land of Israel is approximately 20,770 square kilometers (8,019 sq mi) in area, of which two percent is water. However Israel is so narrow that the exclusive Israel is home to a variety of geographic features, from the Negev desert in the south to the inland fertile Jezreel Valley, mountain ranges of the Galilee, Carmel and toward the Golan in the north. The Israeli Coastal Plain on the shores of the Mediterranean is home to 57 percent of the nation's population. East of the central highlands lies the Jordan Rift Valley, which forms a small part of the 6,500-kilometer (4,039 mi) Great Rift Valley.


So beginners and advanced level experts alike find tours to suit their needs. IMBG experts have divided the extensive routes on offer into various difficulty levels:

‘Classic tours’, ‘Enduro tours’ and ‘Big Mountain tours’, which can of course be combined in multi-day tours.

TOURS SUITABLE FOR EVERY LEVEL

Classic

Mountain bikers of all ability levels feel great on ‘classic tours’. Pleasure riders as well as racers – everyone will find their own dream tour here. These mountain bike tours provide a large number of forest roads, uphill as well as downhill, and there are also some easy singletrails which are waiting to be discovered. In some sections cable cars can also be used for the ascent.

Enduro

The ‘Enduro Tours’ provide plenty of challenges for riders who have advanced fitness levels and riding skills. These mountain bike tours are very rich in diversity and combine trail fun and scenic pleasure in one unforgettable mountain adventure. As an option some cable cars can be integrated when making tour plans – this means you’ll have more energy left on the mountain.

Big Mountain

Last but not least, the ‘Big Mountain’ tours are challenging, premier level mountain bike tours in Silvretta. They provide long, extensive high Alpine circuits with and without cable car support and consist in part of several cleverly combined Enduro tours. The focus here is on maximum enjoyment of the trail and the landscape. They consist of a large proportion of singletrails and factor in as many metres altitude climbing and descent as possible.

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