[Closed] Slovenia for XC?

I did a few weeks in Bovec in 2005, in that area/valley there was a bit of XC but nothing like I'd expect the STW bunch to like, very little that was more than 20km long and most of those were out-and-back routes. Lovely place, amazing views but certainly didnt seem set up for XC when we went. The DH was great fun, more technical than some other alpine resorts seem to be. Most of the XC stuff was also walking route, with nice long swingy bridges etc...
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Great place but not set up for mountainbiking

Walked, not biked in Slovenia, lovely place and quiet cheap when i was there in 2006. Areas to consider are Bovec/Kransjka Gora in the north west, and apparantley there is some stuff in the north east in Maribor.

Not been there but this looks promising as well - http://www.mtbpark.com/index.php?stran=hotel&lang=en

Wouldnt say it's not set up for MTB TJ, seemed quite MTB friendly to me, just primarily DH and "girly" XC. There were lots of boardwalk DH routes etc through the mountains etc, it just wasnt pushed as a major thing. No bike shops that I saw, very little in the way of hiring etc. But then there were only 2 rafting companies and 4 bars open when we went - it was very quiet (lovely!). It seemed to say "theres MTBing to be done, enjoy it, but we dont provide anything other than trails" - which is fine by me.

Coffeking - not my impression. I thought that the footpaths were all out of bounds for MTBs - so its only specific bike parks or gravel roads. Certainly the impression I got. I was walking tho - and saw no XC mtbing at all in the sense I know it

Google found this
http://www.everytrail.com/browse.php?country=Slovenia&activity_id=6&order=recent_popularity&page=1

We went to Bovec for a few days and used a German MTB Guidebook, which has downloadable GPS trails:
http://www.mtb-slowenien.de/
There's a German Forum too, with some posts in English, plus the guidebook author and some Slovenian locals contribute:
http://www.mtb-news.de/forum/showthread.php?t=322432

Then we went to the mtbpark place near Prevalje, but just used it as a B+B. Very good hospitality. They just gave us some routes, and we just used GPS to double check that we hadn't strayed off course. Definitely recommend the underground MTBing thru the mines at Mezica (take a jacket - it's chilly down there).
http://www.mtbpark.com/index.php?stran=hotel&lang=en

For the German stuff, I had no problems, because I live/work there, but babelfish can help.

Oh and if you type "Bovec", "Mezica" and "Jamnica" in to Everytrail, you'll probably get our routes + some pics 😉

and more pics here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/andysrockets/Slovenia2009

[i]Great place but not set up for mountainbiking [/i]

Disagree! We found loads of riding opportunities everywhere we visited on our two trips. No problems with access either.

[i]Not been there but this looks promising as well - [url= http://www.mtbpark.com/index.php?stran=hotel&lang=en ]http://www.mtbpark.com/index.php?stran=hotel&lang=en[/url][/i]

Dixie who runs that place offers guiding.

There's enough riding around his place to keep you busy for a week with plenty of XC options. I'd recommend it.

Maribor is also gearing up for riding with a mix of dh park and XC trails.

Here's some shots of the two trips we've done for the magazine

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We're off back there this summer for more :o)

Thats where I saw it! I knew I had read about biking in Slovenia but couldnt find it...will be into the loft tonight for my old copies of Singletrack 🙂 thanks Dave

OK - I stand corrected

Marko at Mobile Adventures site should give you more ideas

[url= http://mobile-adventures.net/ ]http://mobile-adventures.net/[/url]

jacasta,

just to save you rooting around in the loft;

[url= http://http://mobile-adventures.net/pdf/singletrack_slovenia.pdf ]http://mobile-adventures.net/pdf/singletrack_slovenia.pdf[/url]

What Dave and eviljoe say.

Marko is a great guide, he will sort you out with some excellent riding.

i know you are planning the trip yourselves this company do trips to slovenia so you may be able to get some ideas of whats available;

http://www.keadventure.com/trip/details/390/slovenia-(-)-julian-alps-singletrack-(bike).php