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W9 Up to the Brocken
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- 27.38 km long
- Round trip
- Difficulty: difficult
- Condition: difficult
- Great panorama
- Mountain bike

The summit stone on the highest mountain in the Harz

- 3:00 h
- 27.38 km
- 762 m
- 762 m
- 540 m
- 1,141 m
- 601 m
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- Start: Drei Annen Hohne station, 38879 Schierke

The route leads from the eastern edge of the High Harz up to the Brocken.

The challenging circular route ascends moderately via Brockenkinder, Brockenbett, and Heinrichshöhe to the Brocken. From the top, the route mostly descends via the Kleine Brocken to the Hermansklippe, marking the halfway point of the route. Past the Ohrenklippen (left of the route) and the Hohneklippen (right), it returns to the starting point.

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Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt

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Pavements

Asphalt (1%)

Street (14%)

Gravel (78%)

Trail (7%)

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Directions & Parking facilities

**Public transportation**The Drei Annen Hohne station (Harz narrow-gauge railway) is about 6 km outside Schierke towards Wernigerode. It is the starting point for the two MTB routes W8 and W9. Another MTB route starts at the end of Brockenstraße (W10). All three 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**

The highly varied North German low mountain range landscape is crossed by 74 signposted mountain bike circular routes (total length 2,300 km), classified into three levels of difficulty. 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) printed 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
    
    
    - National park info centre
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    - Distillery
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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Contact

Wernigerode

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