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The Zillertal Valley – Austria

From Dirt Issue 113 – July 2011

Words by James McKnight. Photos by Chris Jackson.

Knife–edge ridges, epic singletrack descents, authentic mountain living and Austrian folk music…according to bike guide Alex Ganster, the Zillertal valley has it all. I had to find out more, it sounded too good to be true. So back in Autumn last year the bike was once again thrown in the back of a van and ‘east’ was programmed into an imaginary and somewhat unreliable navigation system. I’ll now transport you back to the time…

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