Bike Arena Sauerland - Through the Orketal No. 8

Radeln nach Zahlen / Outdooractive Touren / Bike Arena Sauerland - Through the Orketal No. 8

The first few kilometers of this 30-kilometer tour get off to a great start: from Winterberg, the route is almost entirely downhill along a mountain trail to Hesborn. The way back is also scenically outstanding: the route leads along the Orke river through the Vildischer Grund, a notch valley well worth seeing.

Tour starting point:

Winterberg

Tour destination point:

Winterberg

Properties:

Round trip
Refreshment stop

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Length

31.5 km

Time

2:30 Std.

Elevation ascent

536 m

Elevation descent

542 m

Altitude (Minimum)

374 m

Altitude (Maximum)

738 m

Condition

Difficulty

Adventure

Landscape

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J F M A M J J A S O N D

We leave Winterberg heading uphill in a southerly direction and cycle along a great high-level path through the forest towards "Hohe Seite" and continue almost exclusively downhill to Hesborn. From here we cross a ridge with an interesting descent to Medelon in the Orketal. The Orketal leads us through the Vildischer Grund to the Ehrenscheider Mühle and invites us to take a break on many a bench in picturesque surroundings. The only difficult hill we have to tackle is up to Winterberg (pushing for the first 200 m), from where we are quickly back on the Bremberg.

Geologischer Aufschluss - Orketal quarry

Information

Directions

Winterberg - Großer Bromberg - Hesborn - Medelon - Orketal - Winterberg

Safty guidelines

The mountain bike tours of the Bike Arena Sauerland are checked twice a year.

Public transiot

You can usually reach Winterberg quickly and easily by train. From Hagen, for example, there are connections every hour, from Kassel every 2 hours. The journey from Dortmund to Winterberg and vice versa takes just 104 minutes. Six times per working day or twelve times on Saturday or Sunday. Information about the door-to-door luggage service is available at all DB sales outlets.

Getting there

Bremberg parking lot,From the north: A7 Hamburg-Hannover - A2 Bielefeld - A33 Paderborn - exit Wünnenberg, direction Brilon, Olsberg, WinterbergFrom the south: A5 Frankfurt-Giessen - Marburg exit, direction Allendorf, WinterbergFrom the west: A44 Dortmund-Kassel - Werl junction exit, direction A46 Arnsberg, Meschede, Bestwig, Olsberg, WinterbergFrom the east: A44 Kassel-Dortmund - exit Zierenberg, direction B251 Korbach, Medebach, Winterberg

Parking

You will find plenty of parking spaces on site.

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