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W6 Small Ilsestein Route
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- 23.14 km long
- Round trip
- Difficulty: medium
- Condition: medium
- Mountain bike

From the Ilsestein, there is a magnificent view over the Harz forests, all the way up to the Brocken.

- 2:30 h
- 23.14 km
- 734 m
- 734 m
- 272 m
- 638 m
- 366 m
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- Start: At the end of the street "Im Ilsetal", 38871 Ilsenburg

The mountain-valley route leads from the edge of the Harz into the forests and mountains of the northern Harz.

The route starts with a steep climb to the Ilsestein. From there, you have a great view of the Brocken and down to Ilsenburg. Through the Ilsetal, it goes past the Ilse falls up to the Stempelsbuche. From there, the path leads into the Große Sandtal and back up to the Froschfelsen. From there, it is only downhill to Ilsenburg.

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Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt

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Pavements

Asphalt (6%)

Trail (11%)

Gravel (83%)

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Directions & Parking facilities

**Public transportation**It is about 2 km from the central station to the starting point of the MTB routes in the famous Ilsetal. From there, the MTB routes W3, W6, and W7 lead into the Harz National Park.

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Additional information

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 landscape, 74 signposted mountain bike circular routes (total length 2,300 km) lead, which are 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. 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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Contact

Ilsenburg (Harz)

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