Aachen to St. Truiden


  • 119.2 km

    Distance

  • 506 m

    Elevation Gain

  • 614 m

    Elevation Loss

  • 225 m

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Trail Description


Started out in Aachen on a sunny day in late April.  Went towards Vaals and hooked up with the LF6 bike trail just outside the center.  Followed the Dutch bike trail system and LF6 all the way to Maastricht.  Went through Maastricht and headed slightly south, following LF6.  We started getting tired around 16:00, we had almost gone 90 km.  We decided to stop in St. Truiden, even though we wanted to go all the way to Leuven.... ended up taking the Train there and couch surfing with a guy named Jelle.  He was awesome and then took us to Bruxelles the next day (with our bikes in the bag of this van!).Spent the morning in the Royal Green Houses at Laeken (the greenhouses from the Belgian Monarchs, only open 2-3 weeks in the spring. Amazing!)The afternoon was spent touristing in Brussells, mostly getting lost and drinking lots of coffee....Trained it back to Aachen sunday evening!
The LF6 is really well marked, but it helps to have the local "knoppunkts" ready to reference, sometimes the signs are missing and its helpful to know which trail to follow.

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