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A2 Great Upper Harz Route
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- 40.45 km long
- Round trip
- Difficulty: medium
- Condition: medium
- Great panorama
- Mountain bike

Oderteich

View of the mountain town Sankt Andreasberg

Typical High Harz landscape

- 4:00 h
- 40.45 km
- 572 m
- 572 m
- 626 m
- 894 m
- 268 m
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- Start: Tourist Information, Am Kurpark 9, 37444 St. Andreasberg

The half-day route leads uphill and downhill to the Dreieckiger Pfahl, providing a good insight into the typical Upper Harz nature.

Demanding but rarely steep route. Technically challenging plank trail between Oderteich and Sonnenberg (dangerous when wet). There are swimming opportunities at Oderteich, where many hikers also walk in good weather. Special signage in the Harz National Park.

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Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt

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Pavements

Asphalt (41%)

Street (2%)

Trail (7%)

Gravel (45%)

Path (4%)

Unknown (1%)

Best to visit

suitable

Depends on weather

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Additional information

The Volksbank Arena Harz is also available on YouTube.

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Map

**The Harz for Mountain Bikers**

Through the extremely varied North German low mountain range landscape run 74 signposted mountain bike circular routes (total length 2,300 km), classified into three difficulty levels. Official map set "The Harz for Mountain Bikers." Completely revised and expanded new edition. The new map set consists of a tour book with detachable individual descriptions and detailed maps of the routes. In addition, there is a topographic overview map (1:50,000) on weatherproof and durable POLYART material.

ISBN 978-3-935806-28-2

Price €16.80

Publisher map solutions, Karlsruhe 2017

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Contact

Braunlage

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