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In search of gravel - Silesian Beskids, near Bielsko-Biała. We started the route from the Gypsy Forest, from where we reached the shelter at Dębowiec along wide gravel paths and then to the Krzywa Chata shelter by the dam in Wapiennica. From there, we spontaneously headed down the valley towards Błatnia as best as we could. We reached 100m below the summit and hit a dead end ending in a gully with a river, so we backtracked 50m and took a shortcut steeply uphill, at times carrying our bikes on our backs. Fortunately, we reached a path (that we had abandoned half a kilometer earlier because it was going too far east) and followed it to the official red/yellow trail at the top of the mountain range. Then, we planned to descend to the shelter at Błatnia. Our next goal for the trip was Klimczok, via Trzy Kopce, without bypassing the summit of Klimczok (one could also have gone the black route towards Szyndzielnia and return on the red back to Klimczok). After the descent to the shelter at Klimczok, we entered a overgrown green trail (to the north), more suitable for walking bikes, a very narrow, stony and rooty path traversing the slope. But after less than 300m, it joined a wide gravel path and continued on until the Kołowrót Pass (connecting Szyndzielnia with Kozia Góra). There, we chose the yellow trail to the Kozi Pass and then the black to the trail intersection under Kozia Góra, and then descended to the Gypsy Forest. We could have still climbed to Kozia and descended by Twister, but the day was already rich and fulfilling after this route and distance. Great trip. Squad: Leo and Łoś (15.08.2016)