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title: "EL2 Difficult Water Route"
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EL2 Difficult Water Route
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- 58.42 km long
- Round trip
- Difficulty: difficult
- Condition: difficult
- Mountain bike

Lush green meadows on the plateau around Elbingerode

- 5:00 h
- 58.42 km
- 707 m
- 707 m
- 387 m
- 548 m
- 161 m
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- Start: Hagenmühle hiking car park, Hagenstraße, 38899 Hasselfelde.

The route leads across meadows and mixed forests through the eastern Harz.

Medium-difficulty mountain and valley route with some longer climbs on gravel. Through light mixed forest, it goes to two smaller reservoirs and the famous Rübeland caves. The trails are rather easy in terms of riding technique.

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Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt

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Pavements

Trail (10%)

Path (3%)

Asphalt (5%)

Gravel (78%)

Street (4%)

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The Volksbank Arena Harz is also available on YouTube.

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Author

Volksbank Arena Harz

Organization

Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt

License (master data)

Map

**The Harz for mountain bikers**Through the extremely varied 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 tourbook with detachable individual descriptions and detailed maps of the routes. There is also 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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- Place of interest
    
    
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Contact

Oberharz am Brocken

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