Pilis Bike Csergezán circular route (Hideg-völgy P+B)

Itinerary:

• Start for a few hundred meters on the Z▲ sign.
• Turn left onto the PB11 sign.
• After reaching the wide grader road, follow the Z+ sign to the Anna-laki meadow.
• After the Anna-laki meadow, follow the Z sign to Képesfa.
• After Képesfa, first the blue cycling sign,
• then the yellow cycling sign shows the way.
• From here, the Mária route ᵯ sign leads back to the starting point.

Description:

Hidegvölgy - Képesfa (PB11)

• Terrain: dirt road, gravel road

After leaving the parking lot, pedal for a few minutes on the Z▲ sign, then at a clearing turn left! In the forest's rather dense network of roads, you must follow a right-left-right-left combination, so it’s best to closely watch the markings at every intersection. After a rough descent, cross the paved road leading to a waste collection and recycling site operating on the grounds of a disused mine. Continue rolling until you reach the wide grader road! Turn right there and a long climb begins. Although not terribly steep, it lasts quite a while.

After reaching the top, a quick descent brings you to the Anna-laki meadow, where it’s worth taking a short or longer rest since it’s an especially calm, peaceful place. Refresh yourself before setting off again, as another climb awaits! Pedal north under the shade of the tree canopy on an atmospheric, limestone road. If you keep pedaling steadily, you’ll soon find yourself at the Képesfa intersection.

Képesfa - Summit (PB10, PB11)

• Terrain: gravel road

After the fork, start with an easy gear since a continuous two-kilometer climb awaits, which becomes steeper in the second half. At first, you ride on a comfortable, even dirt road, but the terrain gradually turns limestone-based with larger stones. Occasionally, gullies also make the route trickier. Thus, you’ll not only battle the climb but also need to carefully choose your path.

Upon reaching the intersection, turn left! For a few meters you will ride together with the Z▲ sign (which leads up to nearby Nagy-Kopasz), but shortly after, take a right to leave it.

Riding on a relatively flat and even section among the trees, in this area rich in intersections, change direction again: for a short stretch, you will join the P▲ sign.

Summit - Hidegvölgy (PB11)

• Terrain: gravel road

From the intersection head south on a double-track road, tightly enclosed by forest on both sides. The road pleasantly undulates, just enough to prepare for the upcoming section. After a little more than a kilometer, the landscape opens up and a serious descent begins. The PilisBike network’s perhaps most technical downhill awaits, where only the more experienced can stay in the saddle. You have to confront deep gravel and steepness at once. Sometimes it’s worth looking up, or even stopping, as a spectacular panorama unfolds before you.

The ground gradually becomes easier to manage, and the descent mellows. At the intersection, you’ll already hear the noise of cars since you aren’t far from the road connecting Budakeszi and Telki. Here, turning right, a long straight awaits, ending with a stony descent indicating you are close to the Hidegvölgyi rest area. Turning left along the Z▲ sign, you’ll soon find yourself at the rest area, returning to the starting point of the route.