THE TRAKA ADVENTURE

560 KM +10.000M

GPS route – Unmarked route*TRACK AVAILABLE ON RIDE WITH GPS TWO DAYS BEFORE THE TRAKA ADVENTURE

30 April 2025
Departure time: 07:00 AM
Parc de les Ribes del Ter
Self-sufficiency
3 days 12 hours
LocationsPROFILEREGISTRATIONS COMING SOON

The Traka is a non-competitive bike outing that takes place on gravel roads, sections of asphalt roads, and trails completely open to the transit of any other vehicle, such as trucks, tractors, hunters, locals, or tourists. The route only has 200 registration spots, with priority given to those who have completed The Traka 360.

Strict compliance with traffic regulations is mandatory, always traveling in the right lane and respecting all signs.

Ethics, camaraderie, and respect for the environment are the most important values ​​we demand from participants. Participants may stop to eat, have dinner, lunch, repair bicycles, or sleep, as long as they resume the route where they left off last.

Participants will be guided by the GPS navigation system. It is necessary to strictly follow the traffic code and all its instructions.

To participate in The Traka adventure, you must provide a link to demonstrate your experience in ultra-distance cycling. You must have completed The Traka 360 or provide a link to the result of a race of at least 300 km with 5,000 meters of positive elevation gain or 10,000 accumulated.

Route

  • Distance and altimetry
    Real distance: 560 k
    Positive incline: +10.000 m
    Acumulated incline: 20.000 m
    Maximum altitude: 2.060 m
    Minimum altitude: 0 m
  • Terrain
    Track: 290 km
    Asphalt: 270 km
  • First participant time: 25 hores
    Limit time: 3 days 12 hours
  • Limit times (pass control)
    Finish: 7:00 PM Saturday
  • Navigation GPS (no marks)
  • Tracking for geolocator
  • The Traka Adventure it is an route where all traffic regulations and local day and night laws must be complied with. In the case of leaving the route, driving on motorways and dual carriageways is completely prohibited. REMEMBER! Leaving the high mountain area, to return to Girona the vehicles are sent on the motorways N-260 TÚNELS DE COLLABÓS and A-26 Olot to Besalú.
  • On the route you can experience and encounter unexpected situations, some risky and others not, ex. Fires, traffic accidents, works on paths or roads… It is important that you think that you have to be one more and respect the instructions of the authorities or competent people at this time. If you leave the route and recalculate the route due to some adversity of this type, nothing happens.
  • The departure goes through high mountain, mid-mountain, coastal and plain areas, keep in mind that the climate is very varied depending on the area you are in, the difference between the high areas and the coast can vary by up to 20 degrees and at night up to 30 degrees. Therefore, you must bear in mind that during the hours you are on the route you may encounter adverse weather situations such as: rain, snow, granite, electrical storms, high temperatures or unexpected flooding of rivers.
  • The traka adventure it’s a partner or individual adventure, so you’re not allowed to ride the wheel of another cyclist other than your partner.
  • The adventure has no refueling zone, you have to be self-sufficient with yourself, you can stop to recharge and buy, but no outside assistance is allowed. Pre-event reservations for accommodation or restaurants are not permitted. It is also not allowed to receive help from another participant to be pulled with rubbers, ropes or propelling by hand.
  • In the event of a medical emergency or breakdown of your bicycle, you can take the transport you deem necessary. Remember that if you continue you must do so from the same point you left the route.
  • In the category for couples, support may be provided, but under no circumstances can you be dragged by a rope, command or rubber. If one of the 2 components leaves, the partner can follow, but will not be classified at any time.
  • OnThe Traka adventurethe organization will not provide any kind of insurance and is not responsible for any direct damage and/or indirectly to you or to third parties. You are required to have insurance, and therefore, you must take into account that it must cover you:
  • Cycling all day and night.
  • Bear in mind that all the responsibility lies with you.
  • The insurance has to have explicitly: death and illness, medical coverage for a minimum of 6 months.
  • In the case of being from a country outside the event, the insurance has to cover extradition and repatriation.

WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL 2025

  • Check-in
    Time: 5:00 a 7:00 PM

    THURSDAY 1 MAY 2025

      SATURDAY 3 MAY 2025

      Services

      • Official gift
      • Finisher gift
      • Environmental tax
      • Code Komoot to download the track
      • Online time
      • Online Photos
      • Car park
      • INSURANCE NOT INCLUDED (EVERYONE SHOULD BRING THEIR OWN INSURANCE TO COVER THEM)

      SELF-SUFFICIENCE

      Individual categories

        • Absolut woman
        • Absolut man
        • No binary

      Team categories*

        • Woman
        • Man
        • Mix

      E-Bikes categorie

      *The team categories do not score the Gravel Earth Series

      • E-Bike are allowed.

      Documents