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Saturday morning, Hickerklicker and I left Biel for a bike tour through the local Jura mountains. Temperatures were above zero and the sun was out. We rode out of town on fairly dry trails that only got wetter as we gained altitude. Above 900 meters, areas that didn’t get much sun were still covered in snow. Despite the warmer weather, we rode through cooler places where things remained deeply frozen. Our route for the day was Biel, Vingelzberg, Nidauwald to reach the hiking trail between Magglingen and the Twannberg. We pedaled across the Twannberg and shot down to Lamboing for a loop around the Spitzberg. West of the Spitzberg, we headed towards the outskirts of Nods, rode a few hundred meters on the Chasseral road, and left the pavement at the first sharp lefthand turn. Now we were on a easy climb to the Colisses du Haut, a gentle fire road but on Saturday it was covered in snow pretty much from the get-go. We had to walk the last couple of hundred meters. Still plenty of snow above 1300 meters. We stayed on the crest to reach the Place Centrale, riding and hiking across the remaining snow patches. We continued to the Cabane du Jura and the Metairie d’Evilard, where we rested quickly and sipped on a hot coffee. From there we made our way on single-track to reach the Spaghetti Trail. Jorat and a last climb to Evilard was our way back into town. Fun day, terrific weather and two guys covered in mud worse than pigs.
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