Rychlebske stezky (Cerna Voda, Jesenik area)

Rychleby are situated in the north part of Moravia (east Czechia) close to the Polish border. It has a base. Parking spot nearby. I have met there people of different nations (DE, RU, PL) so it is a very popular destination amongst bikers. Unfortunately the part of the trail was closed that time (2019), I forgot to check out the web page. The trail starts with a beautiful climb intervined with a creek in between huge rocks, I was so excited... My delight ended after I reached the end of intro. First, the next part of a trail was closed so everybody had to take a detour. I carried a printed out map of trails but I lost the direction anyway and then just followed bikers (a lot of people). If you import the GPX into Mapy.cz and switch to the Outdoor map, you can see my suffering :). Seriously, the trails are for technically capable riders. A lot of artificial rock sections, bridges and so on. A lot of drops. Yeah, I was afraid to damage myself and mostly my XC bike. Definitely you need a AM/enduro bike, serious knee and elbow protection. Helmet with chin protection. It is good to have tubeless tires with low pressure. Which I had none :). Signage was little bit confusing as well. I think, Wales was actually the closed one, I visited Velryba (Whale), Mramorovy (Marble), Proklety (Cursed), Tajemny (Mysterious), Biskupsky (Bishop's) trails. I had to push my bike a lot of times. As I mentioned, if you have a right bike a right mindset, everything is doable :). Anyway, there are tons of regular bike trails and hiking pathways in the area.

www.rychlebskestezky.cz