Around the Granetalsperre
Beginners mountainbike tour with ascent to Steinberg and a loop around the scenic Granetalsperre near Goslar: The tour begins with crossing the city near the old city walls of Goslar and with a moderate ascent to the Steinberg mountain. On wider forest paths with beautiful views over the water reservoir, you then go down into the Granetal valley. The forest here consists largely of deciduous and mixed forest. After crossing the dam of the water reservoir, there is a narrow single trail back towards Goslar. The route leads through the city back to the starting point.
Data about this mountainbike route
Start and parking
This is a good address to start the tour. There is a larger parking lot nearby. Clicking on the address takes you directly to Google Maps to start navigation there:
GPS-Daten
The tour can be downloaded as a .gpx file and transferred to a GPS-enabled device (e.g. Garmin or smartphone). The tour starts near a larger parking lot. The route is planned so that it can be traveled all year round and in all weathers. Nevertheless, it can happen that due to occasional forestry work in the forest, paths are temporarily closed or have to be pushed in parts.
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