SW1 Small Monk Loop

15.74 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: easy
Condition:
Mountain bike
  • 1:30 h
  • 15.74 km
  • 285 m
  • 285 m
  • 263 m
  • 548 m
  • 285 m
  • Start: Parking lot at the Cistercian Museum Monastery Walkenried, 37449 Walkenried (Access from Wiedigshofer Street)

The tour through the deciduous forests of the southern Harz begins with a longer ascent up to the Bremer Cliff – here in the hut you can enjoy a picnic and the wonderful view! Then it continues over gravel paths, which as a reward lead back to Walkenried almost entirely downhill.

Recommended for children from 8 years old
Dining option in town

WALKENRIED
has even more to offer families!
Cistercian Museum Monastery Walkenried
World Heritage Information Center Walkenried
Natural Swimming Pool Priorteich

Good to know

Pavements

Trail (1%)
Street (18%)
Asphalt (4%)
Gravel (77%)

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions & Parking facilities

About 1 km east of the station lies the starting point at the Steinweg parking lot (Cistercian Museum Monastery Walkenried) where you can start the two MTB routes SW1 and SW2.

Additional information

The Volksbank Arena Harz is also available on YouTube.

Trailer - Mountain Biking in the Harz

Map

The Harz for Mountain Bikers

Through the extremely diverse 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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