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Vologda-Onega-Ladoga 2008 - 1200 km
4-8 July 2008

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Randonnee Club of Longdistance Bicycle Trips "Baltic Star" presents:

Brevet "Vologda-Onega-Ladoga- 2008" - 1200 km

4-8 July 2008

12 reasons why you have to ride this brevet::

  • beautiful nature of north-west Russia and Karelia especially
  • great ancient russian architecture
  • well planned route
  • great roads
  • minimum of traffic
  • minimum of dirt roads
  • white nights
  • two largest european lakes
  • supporting cars all the way
  • a lot of checkpoints with sleeping places
  • many cyclists from Europe
  • many cyclists from various russian clubs
  • News:
    16 nov 2007 Open this page
    18 nov 2007 Maps for MapsSource
    27 feb 2008 New fotos in photogallery of the route
    02 apr 2008 VOL registration is opened!
    Go to the registration page
    You can pay your registration fee on-line with Paypal. Also you can enter your details if you need assistance with russian visa, hostel booking in Saint-Petersburg and train to Vologda
    03 apr 2008 List participants on registration page
    30 apr 2008 Rules read rules
    23 jun 2008 New Route The ultimate route and track ( exclude checkpoint 10 and exactly place finish)

    Description:

  • organized by Baltic Star, Saint-Petersburg
  • distance - 1216 km
  • time limit - 42-90 hours
  • registration before the start - 3rd of July, 2008, Vologda
  • start - 4th of july, Vologda, Kremlyovska ploschad' (Kremlin square)
  • finish town of Vidlitsa, "Stevie" hostel
  • qualification - 200km brevet during 2007-2008 season
  • age limit - 18 years and older
  • registration fee: payed before 01.05.2008 - 2000 RUR (60 EURO) late registration: 2500 RUR (75 EURO)
    Click here to register for event and view a list of participants
  • booklet (pdf, 1 Мб)

    photogallery of the route - (soon will update)

    FAQ

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    German Forum
    French Forum

    The route and the time-table of arriving on the checkpoint:

    N

    Place

    Road

    km

    Open CP

    Close CP

    Remark

    S

    Vologda

     

    0

    04.07 6:00

    04.07 6:00

     

    1

    Kirillov

    R5

    128

    04.07 10:45

    04.07 15:32

    water, food

    2

    Turn on Lipin Bor

    P5

    201

    04.07 12:54

    04.07 20:24

    water, food,cafe

    3

    Route on Aleksandrovsk

    P5

    306

    04.07 16:11

    05.07 3:24

    water, food

    -

    Vytegra

    P5

    355

     

     

    shops

    4

    Saminsky Pogost

    P5

    398

    04.07 19:04

    05.07 9:32

    tent with a dormitory

    5

    Pudozh

    P5

    459

    04.07 21:05

    05.07 13:36

    a dormitory (school N2)

    6

    Peschanoe

    P5

    518

    04.07 23:03

    05.07 17:32

    with a dormitory

    7

    Chyolmuzhi

    P5

    578

    05.07 01:03

    05.07 21:32

    a dormitory (school)

     

    Medvezhyegorsk

    Road on Velikaya guba

    657

     

     

    shops,cafe,hotel

    8

    coast of Lake Onega

    Road from Velikaya guba

    682

    05.07 4:43

    06.07 6:10

    tent (no dormitory)

     

    Medvezhyegorsk

    M18

    706

     

     

     

    9

    Girvas

    P15

    784

    05.07 8:22

    06.07 15:06

    with a dormitory (school)

    10

    Shuya (can be modified)

    M18

    863

    05.07 11:11

    06.07 22:00

    with a dormitory

    12

    Kotkoozero

    M18

    971

    05.07 15:02

    07.07 7:27

    with a dormitory

     

    Olonets

    M18

    971

     

     

    shops,cafe,hotel

    12

    coast of Lake Ladoga near Vidlitsa

    M18 A130

    1060

    05.07 16:05

    07.07 10:00

    tent with a dormitory

    13

    Pitkyaranta

    A130

    1135

    05.07 21:16

    07.07 20:07

    with a dormitory (school)

    FIN

    Sortavala

    A130 P21 A130

    1204

    05.07 23:46

    08.07 1:00

    Finish. Detail will soon

    itinerary for the route : .xls

    track file of the route .gpx,500kb(UPDATE 17 jun 2008)
    (format gpx support OziExplorer begin with ver. 3.95.4j and MapSource)

    other map
    detailed map 10km map (JPG):
    part 1, 0.8 Mb
    part 2, 1 Mb
    part 3, 2 Mb

    10km map and map files for OziExplorer: zip, 8Мб

    2km map for OziExplorer :
    Vologda region , 60 Mb
    Vologda region ,.map

    Karelia region , 52 Mb
    Karelia region ,.map

    Maps for MapSource and GPS Garmin:
    Vologda region , 300 Kb
    Karelia region , 6 Mb
    (LINK UPDATE 17 jun 2008)

    NB: many roads on the way are built in later years and not presented on the map so the better is to use the track file

     

    Welcome!!!

    All questions to be addressed to :
  • (Russian, English) the Baltic Star president
    Mikhail Kametsev: (BRM-responsible person)
    E-mail: mkam@balticstar.spb.ru
  • (Dutch, English) Helena
    E-mail: helena_cher@mail.ru
  • (French, German, English) Tatiana
    E-mail: tanma@mail.ru

    WWW: http://balticstar.spb.ru/index_en.htm