Distance: 48.19km (singletrail: about 13km) Elevation: 931Hm Duration: 3h01 Avg. Speed: 15.9km/h Details: gpsies, trainingstagebuch TCX file: TCX file (including elevation alerts)
Inspired by TobiTobi I chose the well known Altberg extended by the Elefantentobel.
The trip goes along the Limmat until after Höngg in Zurich. Interesting part of Zurich! Didn’t know this scenery there so far. At the beginning it was quite cold and foggy, but short after going up I got into the sun! After about 250Hm you’ll reach the Altbergtrail. You’ll follow the trail on normal forest tracks until you reach the restaurant Waldschenke
From the Altberg I crossed the ETH Hönggerberg (they have very modern sports facilities, haven’t seen that one until now!), going trough Käferberg until Irchel then going up to the Zoo of Zurich on some interesting trails (tricky one going up as well). Shortly after passing the Zoo and the skating park of Dolder I reached the Elefantentobel trail which follows a small stream. Nothing special there, but okay as track extension.
With this track I reached my year goal of 100′000 elevation meters by cycling (normal work drive excluded).