Skating on the Rhine -Rhona - Horydoly.cz - Outdoor Generation

Regular skating movements of hands and feet are only interrupted on the Rhone channel.

In order not to remove skates for each pass, it is advantageous when a skater on the cutting of the skates puts on rubber protectors and thirty to forty meters on the ground overcome the step by step.

Who will not be disgusted by moving, can go enough for one afternoon according to their power.

Tunnels and permissions

In the upper Alsace, the rhein-rhona channel has forty releases.On the other hand there are thirty -two more.Overall, an elevation of around 280 meters must be overcome.The channel allows you to sail cargo ships and yachts from the Moselle basin on one side up to the Saona basin on the other side.

The Rhine-Rhona canal leads even two tunnels at the village of Thoraise in the length of 185 meters and near the town of Besançon 394 meters.

The construction of the canal began in 1784, but only in 1833 was put into operation.

Cycling

On the Alsatian side is the most interesting part of this building between Mulhouse and Montbéliard.There is a perfect asphalt road along the channel, which serves only for cyclists and hikers, any other operation here is not permissible here.The Alsatian section is part of the European cycle path Euro Velo 6 that leads from the Black Sea to the Atlantic.

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