Vitosha | The White Birches (the trail from Metallurg to Vladaya)

Vitosha | The White Birches (the trail from Metallurg to Vladaya)

Address

Vitosha

GPS

42.619446720782, 23.226049596856

Address

Vitosha

GPS

42.619446720782, 23.226049596856

Length: 3.2 km | Descent: 440 m | Level of technical difficulty: High

This is a relatively new trail for riding on Vitosha, also known as "The Lunar", "The White Birches", "The Wild"...

The trail is quite narrow , but definitely interesting. There are slower sections because of the small width and the winding through the trees, but there are also places where you can ride faster. As a surface it is not problematic, but because of its narrowness and some steeper places it is determined to be above average difficulty and gives opportunities for improvisation.

The start of the GPS track is from the turn off to the Metallurg rest home , which unfortunately is not zoned in any way.  The trail itself starts at point 02 from a left turn in the road. Around p.03 the trail joins an old dirt road and becomes wider, but at p.04 it turns left again onto a narrow forest trail. The end of the main trail is at p.05 on the lane from Vladaia to Tihia Nook.

From this point you have the option to either return to Sofia or  you can climb up the alley to the right to the Tichiya nook and from there go down to Knyazhevo or Boyana. If you prefer to finish the ride in Vladaya, it is most interesting to follow the GPS track, which descends along a more hidden path with several serpentines and exits at the end of the the path from "Little Red Riding Hood". From there just down the streets and you will come out on the square at the community center of Vladaia.

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