Each guide is about 100 pages (A5) and is spiral bound, printed on thick paper and has plastic covers - i.e. made to be used on the trails.
There are about 500 kms of trails arranged into 5 'chapters' covering different zones with a relatively small area - all covered by one of the excellent 1: 50 000 Catalan Cartographic Institute maps. The range includes trails on open mountainsides at over 2,000 metres, forests and spectacular ravines and gorges in the limestone country immediately to the south of the 'alpine' zone.
In the two HISS rallies so far no-one has completed all the trails during the five days of the rally itself, let alone done the routes 'backwards' - which makes many of the trails altogether different due to the prevailing slopes, etc.
All trails are 'doable' by all sorts of bikes and riders, although some of the trails can be difficult for big bikes in wet weather, but each trail has a rough grading and specific warnings for hazards such long sections of clay surface, etc.
Each trail comes with directions and satnav coords to find the start and finish plus essential waypoints - some common sense is required not to wander off trails down lesser tracks - plus distances, nearest fuel availability and directions to the nearby trails - many of which run direct from one to the other.
Each 'chapter' has a map showing all of the trails there and each individual trail has it's own map which show the lie of the land. But I strongly recommend having the ICC C map as well, which I can source locally for 7€ each, much cheaper than from Stanfords.
In addition there is a general guide to the local riding conditions, rules and regs plus examples of the common information/prohibition signs, etc.
Including the ICC map and P+P to the UK I'm asking £35 - with luck a handy stocking filler for anyone who can't make next year's rallies
Please mail me from the HISS rally page contact formfor details.
Regs
Simon
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