Making altimeters on the former seabed impossible? Thought not. The Almere Braambergen route serves up 378 altimeters, on a lap of only 7.3 kilometres. So the perfect track for climbing and descending in the polder!
The route was plotted by well-known route builder Patrick Jansen. The track circles over the three hills once raised by waste processor Afvalzorg. Rest assured: this landfill is now closed and neatly covered. Sheep graze on it and vines grow - no joke! You get a mixture of flowy uphill and downhill trails in front of your wheels. This route now has national fame, with a top-10 listing in the list of most popular routes in the Netherlands on mtbroutes.nl.
On Vineyard Mountain, climbi…
Making altimeters on the former seabed impossible? Thought not. The Almere Braambergen route serves up 378 altimeters, on a lap of only 7.3 kilometres. So the perfect track for climbing and descending in the polder!
The route was plotted by well-known route builder Patrick Jansen. The track circles over the three hills once raised by waste processor Afvalzorg. Rest assured: this landfill is now closed and neatly covered. Sheep graze on it and vines grow - no joke! You get a mixture of flowy uphill and downhill trails in front of your wheels. This route now has national fame, with a top-10 listing in the list of most popular routes in the Netherlands on mtbroutes.nl.
On Vineyard Mountain, climbing past the vines, you imagine yourself in France with a little imagination. From the summit, you have great views of Sheep Mountain, named after the woolly friends who graze on it. But before you get there, you descend down a winding north shore. Differences in altitude have also been made the most of on Sheep Mountain. A trail over the ridge of the hill, takes you to a viewpoint where you can see for kilometres. A touch of Alpine feeling in Flevoland!
Are you comfortable with your technical skills and want to go a step further (or rougher)? Then descend to Forest Mountain. Where the previous two loops were marked blue, you now end up on a red loop with more challenge. It includes a skinny and a north shore. This tough course is perfect to combine with the Almere Kemphaan route right next to it.
A vignette is compulsory for this route. It costs €6.50 per year. The vignettes are available at the Trailcenter, the visitors' centre Almeerderhout, the local VVV and various bike shops in Almere. The complete list of selling points can be found on the website of the MTB & More foundation: mtbmore.nl/routevignet.
