{"id":51,"date":"2007-06-17T20:54:09","date_gmt":"2007-06-17T20:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/blog\/2007\/06\/17\/20070617-gental-singletrack-fiction\/"},"modified":"2007-06-17T20:54:09","modified_gmt":"2007-06-17T20:54:09","slug":"20070617-gental-singletrack-fiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phspot.ch\/blog\/index.php\/2007\/06\/17\/20070617-gental-singletrack-fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"2007.06.17: Gental Singletrack Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>+1900m, -2000m, 47km<br \/>\nSarnens-Melchsee-Baumgarten-Gentalhutten-Innertkirchen.<\/p>\n<p>In some ways this could be another typical Swiss ride.\u00a0 Great views, quite a few pieces of excellent\u00a0trail, lots of climbing.\u00a0\u00a0And too many bits of too difficult trail &#8211;\u00a0too narrow, too many rocks &#8211;\u00a0and no pictures of these bits.\u00a0 Despite a bike map saying it is &#8216;medium&#8217; difficulty singletrack.\u00a0\u00a0Excellent to do once, probably\u00a0won&#8217;t do this again as a bike ride unless the trail is\u00a0worked on.\u00a0 So watch out what you believe, and don&#8217;t worry there are still lots\u00a0of excellent rides elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Video: Right-click <a href=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/melchsee.wmv\">here<\/a> to download a 1 minute, 9 MB video (.WMV format):<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/melchsee.wmv\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/melchsee.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040812.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040822.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040825.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040828.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Obligatory dessert photo:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040835.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040844.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Obligatory mountain and cow photo:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040851.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is a good idea to respect the time no-biking sign on a sunny Sunday afternoon it a very touristy area.\u00a0 Fortunately it was only a short bit around the lake like this.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040854.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040863.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/DSC03079.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040868.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/DSC03081.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/DSC03083.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040877.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040882.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040884.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040892.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040894.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Buy some cheese direct at the source:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040901.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040899.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/phspot.ch\/trips\/bike\/swiss\/2007\/melchsee\/P1040900.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>+1900m, -2000m, 47km Sarnens-Melchsee-Baumgarten-Gentalhutten-Innertkirchen. 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