Last spring, we started to walk the 90 kilometres of the Krijtlandpad, in the most southern part of the Netherlands. We made the round trip called the Eastern loop.
In September, we did the two remaining walks of this 90-Km regional path: Maastricht – Slenaken and Gulpen – Maastricht. We drove on the to the same camping where we stayed in Spring, and rode to Maastricht by bus and walked back. The next day we parked the car in Gulpen, walked to Maastricht and returned by bus. We decided against a round trip since we had done the shortcut between Slenaken and Gulpen before – and the whole stretch would be too far to do in two days – and for Franka anyway.
Maastricht – Slenaken is over 35 lkilometers, starting easy following the banks of the river Maas, next climbing the Margraten plateau, and hopping a few ridges to get to Slenaken – and then another 100m up the the camping site. Some slopes are rather steep, both up and down.
Gulpen – Maastricht is about 25 kilometers, and less strenouos. Most of the walk is over the plain and along the river, and most slopes are not very long nor steep.
The two walks are covered in images, both walks are covered in one .GPX file and in separate .CSV files for each walk Maastricht-Slenaken and Gulpen-Maastricht (not edited, so including all stops and swingles by the GPS unit)