Our contributor Steffen Scholz likes to be on his method in his nearer homeland, on foot, on skis or by bike – each in summer time and in winter. At this level he introduces the Erz Mountains as a rewarding terrain for mountain bikers.
Why the Erz Mountains? As a result of it’s only a 40 minutes journey by automotive from my hometown Dresden. The Erz Mountains stretch on a size of 150 kilometers with a width of 40 kilometers between the Elbsandstein Mountains within the east and the Vogtland within the west and constitutes the pure border to the Czech Republic.
The Erz Mountains as a long-standing tourism area
Its touristic growth began round 1870 and solely 34 years later the Kammerweg opened as one of many first German long-distance trails. The Fichtelberg-Schwebebahn got here into operation in 1924 and is the very first cableway in Germany. There are round 5000 kilometers of marked mountaineering trails on this space.
For followers of mountain biking the Erz area is a sizzling spot because the nineties: in 1993 the primary official mountain bike-competition passed off because the “Erzgebirgs-Bike-Marathon“and since 2001 there’s the Stoneman Mirquidi Bike Path: a signposted path with roughly 200 kilometers and an altitude of 4400 meters.
In Rabenber close to Breitenbrunn you may go to Germany’s first Singletrail park: on 800 hectares you may observe 50 kilometers of properly marked paths.
Biking by way of a diverse panorama
Within the Erz Mountains there’s a dense route community at altitudes between 400 and 900 meters. Since this space has been developed as a mountaineering area for a very long time, all of the paths and trails are properly marked and you will discover quite a lot of cozy lodging within the idyllic villages. The panorama is characterised by hills and agriculture however there are additionally forests in all their sides.
Bikers can select whether or not to push themselves and go to their limits or to have an satisfying break at one of many many guesthouses. From demanding biking-tours to touristic biking – the world of the Erz Mountains serves everybody.
With friendliness and on the idea of mutual respect bikers and hikers are on good phrases.
My little tour suggestion
For me it can be crucial that the tour is diverse and presents some highlights. The fare on the best way ought to occur in a pub or a restaurant and there ought to be a snug method again to the automotive.
The tour begins at a parking space for hikers within the Valley of Pöbel and leads over a ridge above the village of Seyde. You stroll alongside the hillside to an outdated bridge that guides over the wild Weißeritz close to the Zinn Highway. From there you traverse the valley and cycle always barely uphill on a forest path to Neuhermsdorf. Alongside an outdated rail line the trail directs to Neurehefeld and somewhat Checkpoint. You’ll be able to both cross it or go for the longer downhill occasion and observe the border to Rehefeld.
From Rehefeld you are taking your bike within the course of Kahleberg, the place you may take pleasure in a powerful 360 diploma view and in addition gastronomic lodging. At that time you must resolve whether or not to shut the spherical and return to the automotive or to extent by way of Geisingberg.
I select to return – westerly downhill within the course of Rehefeld. Turning towards the Valley of Pöbel and on a broad forest path again to the automotive – with most pace. If in case you have an excessive amount of swing you should utilize somewhat counter slope close to the parking space.
Distance: 25 kilometers, coated meters in altitude: 480. The period naturally depends upon the person stamina – it took me barely two hours.
Lastly a final tip: to examine every part earlier than the tour is a regular process for knowledgeable bikers.
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