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title: "OS1 Hard-at-Wind route"
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description: "The difficult round leads past the Söse reservoir through the deciduous forests at the edge of the Harz. Then it goes steeply and long up to the Hanskühnenburg (observation tower) and continues on a gravel road on the Acker to the Stieglitzecke. From here it goes down to Riefensbeek and over a last hill via Freiheit back to the starting point."
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OS1 Hard-at-Wind route
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- 45.64 km long
- Round trip
- Difficulty: difficult
- Condition: difficult
- Great panorama
- Mountain bike
- Biking

- 5:00 h
- 45.64 km
- 982 m
- 982 m
- 227 m
- 833 m
- 606 m
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- Start: Central parking lot Bleichestelle, Scheerenberger Straße, 37520 Osterode am Harz. Entry also possible in Riefensbeek.

The route leads from the southwestern edge of the Harz up to the ridge 'Auf dem Acker'

The difficult round leads past the Söse reservoir through the deciduous forests at the edge of the Harz. Then it goes steeply and long up to the Hanskühnenburg (observation tower) and continues on a gravel road on the Acker to the Stieglitzecke. From here it goes down to Riefensbeek and over a last hill via Freiheit back to the starting point.

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Directions & Parking facilities

**Public transportation**From the Osterode-Mitte train stop, you go about 1.5 km eastwards through the old town towards Freiheit. On the other side of the Söse at the large parking lot “Bleichestelle” you join the three MTB routes OS1, OS2, and OS3.

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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 diverse North German low mountain range landscape, 74 signposted mountain bike circular routes (total length 2,300 km) lead, 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 route 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

Bleichestelle

37520 Osterode am Harz

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