🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Devilback Mountain Hike 👿🤠

Gather round, our bold and bewitching queer hikers — it’s time to traverse the hills on our Devilback Mountain Hike, deep in the mysterious woodland of De Duivelsberg near Nijmegen and the German border.

✨ What to Expect
We’ll wind our way through the legendary N70 trail, a route that twists and climbs through lush forested hills, over ancient ridges, and along the serene Filosofenbeek stream. Expect rolling paths and a few devilishly steep climbs that’ll make your thighs and glutes scream! In a good way, of course. 💅🍑 Oh, and we'll pass the Kabouterboom (the Gnome tree), the thickest tree of the country - especially for those who like it thicc and trunky... 🧌😏
We’ll pause for lunch and photo ops where the forest opens up to reveal the wide, wild beauty of the Gelderland hills. ⛰️

They say the Duivelsberg is haunted by restless souls and the laughter of trickster devils echoing between the trees. But fear not, my queer familiars, we know that in this coven, the devil wears hiking boots 😈🥾

Practical info
📏 Distance: ~14 km (about 3–4 hours including breaks)
💪 Difficulty: Moderate to challenging: a few steep climbs, but nothing we can’t conquer with queer determination
📍 Start & End: Hotel 't Spijker in Beek-Ubbergen

🤝🏼 Meeting point: Utrecht Centraal (underneath the light cloud)
🕙 Gathering time: 10:00
🚆 Travel schedule: Train to Nijmegen at 10:23 (platform 12) ➡️ arrival at Nijmegen Centraal station at 11:25 ➡️ bus 58 (direction Emmerich) at 11:25 (platform L) ➡️ arrival bus stop Ubbergen, Sint Hubertusweg at 11:37
❗You can also travel on your own from another direction and meet us along the way or in Beek-Ubbergen.

🚗 If you come by car, you can park near Hotel 't Spijker. Please arrive there by ~11:45!

🚶🏾After a round of introductions, we start walking around 12:00

🏁 We finish our hike in Beek-Ubbergen, from where we catch the bus and train back to Utrecht.

Pack your:
👔🤠 flannel shirt and/or cowboy hat! think about an outfit that serves Brokeback Mountain's rugged queerness
🥾 sturdy shoes
🍱 lunch box & snacks
🚰 water
🧥 rain coat/umbrella
☀️ sun screen
🏳️‍🌈 anything else you might need

❌ If you signed up and cannot make it in the end, please cancel your attendance so we know how many people will show up and someone else can take your place instead :)

💗 A voluntary donation helps us to keep the Meetup group up and running :) you can either pay via a Tikkie or in cash after we finish the hike.

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