lipianska trapenica

Difficult, demanding MTB route, challenging profile, long climbs, great views, nice ridges, singletracks, ideally split over two days: Day 1 Lipany-Sabinov, Day 2 Sabinov-Lipany.

The route starts in Lipany, a small town in the Hornotorysko region. We pass over a bridge across the Toprysu river, past the sports complex towards Dubovica, at the beginning of the village turn right to the airfield – asphalt – on the hill to the left onto a dirt road, always uphill along the ridge – on a great ridge through Bandovce, on a forest road through woods and meadows up to the connection with the green trail, follow the sign to above Lacnov, from Lacnov across meadows on the red trail to the Slavkov summit, at the end of the village, then around a quarry through the valley, later right uphill on a logging road to a large rest area where we join the yellow trail leading to the summit of Smrekovica. The summit section is not rideable by bike. From the summit of Smrekovica nice views, descent on the yellow trail - trial - to Kravcova where we join the green trail. We pass through two meadows, at the third you must leave the trail onto a gravel road, about 100m right under the marker, on this road a nice descent down to Kopytovska valley – note in the valley do not go right downhill but continue the gravel road uphill, after a few hairpins we come out to the Lacnov meadows we passed before. Turn right towards Lacnov, above the village sharp left uphill to the Magura saddle, continue along the Bachuren route in the opposite direction on the green trail (Marduna peak without signage), a nice singletrack practically to Sabinov. From there asphalt road towards Drienica uphill to Lysa, from the top of Lysa continue on the green trail to the Cergov hut – a trail junction. From the hut red trail in a long climb to Cergov and Chochulka, then blue trail along the Cergov ridge to Mincol, down on the blue trail, under Zist saddle leave the trail at the end of a meadow left along a logging road to Sokola valley, under Sokola rock descend to Kamenica, in the center of the village left on the yellow trail, later left on the road to Kameniky castle, nice views, from the castle descend over a meadow to the children's camp, on asphalt right downhill to Lucka village, before the village right through a ford on a broken dirt road to the saddle below the castle, from there on the right edge of a meadow (fields) above gardens and houses into Sparova valley, by the XC route to the motor inn, then asphalt left to Lipany.