Impressions of the Hexenstieg
Mountainbike tour along the Harzer Hexenstieg starting in Osterode am Harz and showing many ponds of the UNESCO World Heritage Oberharzer Wasserregal: From Osterode, via the 'Harzer Hexenstieg' (popular hiking track) it goes uphill to the 'Eselsplatz'. Above Lerbach there are several beautiful views over the small town and into the Harz foreland. When you arrive in the Oberharz, the route leaves the 'Harzer Hexenstieg' and leads past several ponds of the UNESCO World Heritage 'Oberharzer Wasserregal' through dark green forests. The route then leads downhill into the Sösetal valley and crosses the valley in the small town of Riefensbeek. Along the beautiful water reservoir Söse-Talsperre, the valley gradually goes back down to Osterode am Harz.
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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