#Time for 60km mtb ride full#

It would certainly be remiss of us to bring you here and not stay in a cave! Tonight you will be sleeping in unique cave accommodation, and enjoying more mouth-watering local delicacies in your subterranean dining room!ДЄfter another fantastic nightвЂ™s sleep in your comfortable cave, weвЂ™ll load up the van for a 30-minute transfer to the start of the trails. As you ride through this area you will see these structures and be in awe at how grand they can look.

#Time for 60km mtb ride full#

We will start with a transfer of about an hour from our accommodation in CГЎdiar, followed by a full day on the bike that will have you wondering if you have landed in another country, or world! A large part of today will be doubletrack, punctuated by flowing singletrack sections.ДЄs a result of the natural topography of this area, many people in this part of the Sierra Nevada built caves to keep warm in the winter and cool in the summer, thus effectively living underground. +Day 5 - Heading north: CГЎdiar to AlcudiaДЇrom the high snow-capped Sierra Nevada mountains, where you were riding on trails that interlinked whitewashed villages, you are now going to cut across to the northern side and into the desert landscape. These trails are a good test of our e-mountain bike skills before reaching BГ©rchules, a slightly peculiar village where they celebrate New YearвЂ™s Eve the first Saturday of August.ДЄfter we pass through the village weвЂ™re on the home straight to our hotel, early enough to enjoy the afternoon in the gardens, where we will discover the most authentic and preserved Alpujarra. These are still used mainly by the mountain cowboys of BГ©rchules who keep their cows in the upper meadows of Sierra Nevada in the summer time. Expect more delicious food!ДЄfter a relaxing sleep on the farm, we have a van transfer to Mecina Bombaron, one of the last strongholds of the Moorish culture in Spain.ДЇrom here weвЂ™ll climb up to 2,000m on some easy Land Rover tracks, until topping out at the singletrack trailhead where weвЂ™ll descend on some of the most ancient trails in the area towards the вЂњRio Grande de BГ©rchulesвЂќ. Your accommodation for the next two nights is quintessentially AndalucГan: an organic farmstead that produces its own olive oil, wine, almonds and vegetables. Once you have your breath back weвЂ™ll set off on a descent of more than 10km, all the way to your hotel for the evening. YouвЂ™ll have the chance to visit the museum and small family factory and, of course, taste some of this delicious ham вЂ“ a real highlight of the day.ДЄfter lunch weвЂ™ll climb out of the village on the GR-7 (mountain walking route) to a height of 1765m where, on a good day, you can enjoy views as far as Morocco. This remote village is famous across Spain and the world for its вЂjamonesвЂ™. From your accommodation in Capileira weвЂ™ll venture even higher and deeper into the Sierra Nevada mountains on a selection of breath-taking singletrack that leads us to a height of 2000m, before dropping us down through high mountain meadows to lunch in the highest village on mainland Spain, TrevГ©lez.