MTB VTT route in Holten NL

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Type

Bike

Distance

18.13 mi

Duration

01:13:17

Avg Watts

85.70 Watt(s)

Recorded on

20/09/2021

Added on

20/09/2021

Total ascent

640 ft

Nijverdal, Buitencentrum, 7441 Nijverdal, Netherlands

Description

This is the MTB route in Holten on a monday morning. The route goes over the Sallandse Heuvelrug, a dutch national park, from Holten to Nijverdal and back to Holten. If you start in Holten, you can pause halfway in Nijverdal and have something to eat in 1 of the 3 restaurants (no problem with the bike). I usually start in Nijverdal because that is more accessible for me. The park is mainly managed by Staatsbosbeheer, Natuurmonumenten and the water company Vitens. Unfortunately the park management has closed some of the better MTB parts due to salamanders and slow worms that were allegedly run over by MTB's (this is no joke). Now there are detours so that an MTB is almost not necessary. The few single trails you are still allowed to ride are full of cut holes or tree roots. An MTB is recommended there. At 1:05:45 you see a tractor that is, on behalf the park management, sowing or flattening on the moorland... salamanders and slow worms ? During the ride, my helmet with camera kept shifting, which distracted me quite a bit. The video is made with a GoPro Hero 9 with Max Lens Mod. The GPS data is recorded with a Garmin Edge 830. The bird sound effects are obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com.

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Portions of this video are actual Strava segments