Even if the mountains in Bohemia aren't quite as high, it seems to be a bit wilder there than in the German part, Saxon Switzerland. In any case, things really get going in Bohemian Switzerland, the Czech part of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, as we crank our way uphill to Jetřichovice.
Sand is indeed one of the main components of the mountains. At the time of its formation, 140 million years ago, the area lay under a shallow inland sea into which rivers washed their sand. The sand was deposited like coffee grounds in a cup on the seabed and solidified under the pressure of the subsequent sand masses to form a sediment up to 600 metres thick. The sea disappeared, earth movement, the ice age and weathering created a mountain range with rock faces and towers - a paradise for climbers.
You can find the entire article with these tours and the GPS data in the download area below:
- TOUR 1: Grenzgang (106 kilometres, 1,640 metres in altitude, max. 14 % gradient)
- TOUR 2: Sawtooth (91 kilometres, 1,800 metres in altitude, max. 15 % gradient)
