The Gothenburg Hills | The hills in the Gothenburg area
This is my first short video of a project I was thinking of while running. The Gothenburg area has no mountains but it’s a hilly area. There are interesting climbs in the area and the information that I will try to give to you guys is an idea of what you might expect to see if hiking/running or why not, biking the climb/downhill trail.
I will film these climbs starting from the very bottom of each one. Some are faster than others and some are tougher to climb. While training for long ultra-events it’s a good practice to vary the load on your leg muscles by changing the grade of the trail, the technical aspect, the gradient as well. All these aspects will produce a different impact on your muscles, ligaments and joints.
The peak in our area is at it’s max around 140mt and the best climbs are around 80mt of elevation gain. This means that you need to do many repeats in order to accumulate a desired amount of vertical gain. Our usual goal is to reach 1000m during one session and the difficulty may vary a lot depending on the weather and the conditions of the trails.
Feel free to contact me and/or suggest other trails in this area.
The Vattentornsbacken Climb – Safjället This climb is absolutely not a technical one! The first part is on asphalt and then it continues on easy quite new gravel path. This means that the whole climb can be done in normal running shoes. If you should choose trail shoes with let’s say the Vibram outsole …
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Safjällsbacken – Safjället This climb in the Safjället natural park in Mölndal is not a technical one but the grade is interesting for hill repeats. After 10 or more your legs will feel the pain! The climb starts on asphalt with an easy incline and it averages a 16.1% grade. It’s not that …
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The Legbreaker Climb – Safjället Another interesting climb here in the Gothenburg area. This one in on the south part of the Safjället natural park in Mölndal. The climb starts with an easy incline and it averages a 22% grade. It’s really challenging if wet or snowy and the risk of falling and …
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The Gothenburg Hills | The Toltorpsdalen Climb The climb starts with a stronger incline just for approx 15mt, then the trail continues as easy single track trail with rocks here and there but nothing really difficult. It might get tricky is it rains a lot, especially during late autumn with all the leaves, …
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The Goats Climb – Änggårdsbergen This is my first short video of a project I was thinking of while running. The Gothenburg area has no mountains but it’s a hilly area. There are interesting climbs in the area and the information that I will try to give to you guys is an idea …
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