Little Oberharz route
Mountainbike route starting in Schulenberg with many ponds of the Oberharzer Wasserregal and lookout tower: The tour begins with a proper ascent to Schulenberg's local mountain, the Schalke. A lookout tower with a 360° panorama and a small hut await you here. Then it goes into the first long descent with several ponds of the world cultural heritage 'Oberharzer Wasserregal' in the Spiegeltal-valley near Wildemann. The route follows the small valley up to the 'Zellerfelder Höhe'. The second small descent continues through dark green coniferous forests into the 'Zellerfelder Tal' along an old mine. After a last long ascent through the Innerstetal-valley, it goes over mountain meadows and forests along many ponds and lakes. The third and last descent leads down to the water reservoir Okertalsperre, from where it is not far back to Schulenberg.
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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