Bmahrai (Part of LMT section 17)
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- Distance
- 17.16 mi
- Elevation gain
- 2,457 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Very difficult
- Elevation loss
- 2,457 ft
- Max elevation
- 5,078 ft
- TrailRank
- 35
- Min elevation
- 3,537 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Moving time
- 3 hours 37 minutes
- Time
- 4 hours 49 minutes
- Coordinates
- 4293
- Uploaded
- December 27, 2020
- Recorded
- December 2020
near Bmahraï, Mont-Liban (Lebanon)
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Itinerary description
This is a beautiful trail and it is part of the Lebanese Mountain Trail section 17. For full details check the LMT website:
https://www.lebanontrail.org/trail-description/17
This is supposed to be MTB friendly in both directions. I started in Bmahrai and I was hoping to make to the Beirut-Damascus highway and back.
Unfortunately I was only able to bicycle the initial part of the trail and the last part (near the Beirut-Damascus highway). Everything in between those sections was too steep for me or too rocky (definitely not enough experience to do then on a bicycle) except for very small stretches.
So when I reached the highway I opted not to come back the same way but instead I came back on the asphalt. This meant riding down on the Beirut-Damascus highway to Ain-Dara and from there back to Bmahrai. Riding on the highway was not really fun but once I was off of it the ride became more enjoyable.
In retrospect if I had done both this part of section 17 and the other one that I called Falougha (Part of LMT section 17) first on foot I would have probably decided not to do them by bicycle or only specific parts.
On foot the whole section would be very enjoyable.
Note: By foot the trail is considered difficult. I put very difficult because I tried it with the bicycle.
https://www.lebanontrail.org/trail-description/17
This is supposed to be MTB friendly in both directions. I started in Bmahrai and I was hoping to make to the Beirut-Damascus highway and back.
Unfortunately I was only able to bicycle the initial part of the trail and the last part (near the Beirut-Damascus highway). Everything in between those sections was too steep for me or too rocky (definitely not enough experience to do then on a bicycle) except for very small stretches.
So when I reached the highway I opted not to come back the same way but instead I came back on the asphalt. This meant riding down on the Beirut-Damascus highway to Ain-Dara and from there back to Bmahrai. Riding on the highway was not really fun but once I was off of it the ride became more enjoyable.
In retrospect if I had done both this part of section 17 and the other one that I called Falougha (Part of LMT section 17) first on foot I would have probably decided not to do them by bicycle or only specific parts.
On foot the whole section would be very enjoyable.
Note: By foot the trail is considered difficult. I put very difficult because I tried it with the bicycle.
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