Permit vignette: A vignette is required for this route. Read more about the vignette here.
Starting location:
-Restaurant Buiten in de Kuil. In the pit of Drakesteyn, Zevenlindenweg 9, 3749AW Lage Vuursche.
– Theehuis 'Hooge erf, Hoge Vuurseweg 11, 3749 AB Lage Vuursche
The route:
The route starts at the Pit of Drakensteyn, behind restaurant Buiten in de Kuil. The first part of the route goes around this Pit. Characteristic of this part are the natural pump tracks. You drive perpendicular through so-called "rebates" here. These are embankments with trees with intervening channels for drainage.
Once you have ridden around the pothole, cross a bike path and ride back parallel to the bike path. Here, too, you will go through some deep potholes and even cross a sheep drive. This is followed by a short track with a bike park look. After this, you can continue the route straight ahead or turn right to ride a hand-laid singletrack. PLEASE NOTE: this is only suitable for experienced mountain bikers. After a stretch of singletrack and existing path, you cross the public road. There will be a small stretch of bike path followed by a few kilometers of continuous singletrack that takes every available altimeter. On a piece of asphalt you can catch your breath.
Via short singletrack on existing forest paths of the Pijnenburg estate you arrive at the stopping place Theehuis 't Hoge Erf. This is also a great location to start. To continue the route, you first have to cross the provincial road (the Hilversumsestraatweg) and drive to the left along the cycle path. After a few hundred meters, a new singletrack (loose sand) starts on the right. You are now cycling through the De Vuursche forestry of the Forestry Commission. Here follow kilometers of singletrack with the occasional piece of existing path all the way to Bosbad De Vuursche. The singletrack is very varied. Sometimes short turns and turns, but often also nice long turns. Here again a lot of beautiful height differences in a beautiful environment.
After the Bosbad, the route runs parallel to a cycle path and then crosses the provincial road again. After a stretch of asphalt road, a new singletrack starts on the right behind the barrier that connects to the Lage Vuursche route. After a few kilometers, the junction of the routes is indicated and you turn to the right to arrive at the starting point in the pit again.
Location: Hoge Vuursche
Length: 22km
Altitude: 75m
Route type: Waymarked XC route