Pilssalas Stirnu buks
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Race center:: Pilssala complex, Alūksne. GoogleMap HERE!
Race programme:: HERE!
Detailed distance maps:: bit.ly/PilssalasStirnuBuks (BalticMaps) I GoogleMap
Distance GPX files available here (press “Savel ink as”!):: “Vāvere – GPX”, “Zaķis – GPX”, “Stirnu buks – GPX”, “Lūsis – GPX”.
Are you ready to jump into “Latvian North pole”? The Korneti area already surprised us with its famous Drusku castle mound and Korneti lake line depths resembling Tatra mountains once before. One must wonder – what will the expressive Alūksne hills put us through this time? Will we get to imagine the way one of the oldest and longest inhabited places in Latvia used to look like? Or what atmosphere was like in the medieval Marienburg castle ruins on Castle island that overlooks it from the ancient latgalian castle mound Temple hill? Of course, you will only get to see all of that if you won’t lose your “iņģis” (spirit in malenian dialect) by the time stage “King of the Mountain” comes around…
Yes, Alūksne is around 204 km away from Rīga. It’s located at the bank of the 11th biggest lake in Latvia – lake Alūksne. But we truly think that it’s worth it to take the trip in order to enjoy the sights, trails, local malenian spirit and their special way of speech which can be heard all around the region!
And if you need more reasons to visit this place, remember that this is the afternoon race stage with the traditional midsummer’s forest animal night party in the beautiful Castle island complex! Yes, both race center and the party will be located on the island.
Stirnu buks have been selflessly helped by malenain Vilnis Veļķeris and our dedicated trail-maker Artis Ločmelis (VS Burkānciems). A special thank you to Alūksne region town hall!