Long Ascent to Kuhnenkopf – View from Wegelnburg Castle loop from Fischbach bei Dahn

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Long Ascent to Kuhnenkopf – View from Wegelnburg Castle loop from Fischbach bei Dahn

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Long Ascent to Kuhnenkopf – View from Wegelnburg Castle loop from Fischbach bei Dahn

03:08

34.0km

820m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 3, 2026

Tips

Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 23.7 km for 280 m

After 24.5 km for 297 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.36 km

Wooden boardwalk in the Königsbruch Nature Reserve

Highlight • Bridge

This beautiful long wooden bridge leads over the Saarbach and the wet meadows of the Königsbruch, a large nature reserve.

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2.96 km

View of the Ried in the Palatinate Forest Biosphere Reserve

Highlight • Viewpoint

Just let your mind wander and get a little intoxicated on the swaying sedge

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15.5 km

Söller Airfield

Highlight • Structure

Very nice up there, next door is also a restaurant and an old fighter plane is still around.

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17.6 km

Long Ascent to Kuhnenkopf

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Nice long trail easy to ride on the ascent (incline always between 5 and 10 percent)!

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19.2 km

Kuhnenkopf Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

Be sure to also visit the nearby Wegelnburg! One of the hotspots in the Palatinate Forest with a fantastic view

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19.8 km

Kuhnenkopf Trail – Nothweiler

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Challenging but very nice trail with some views of the surroundings

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25.3 km

The Wegelnburg on the 572 meter high Sindelsberg is the highest castle in the Palatinate. By nature, the ridge with its steeply sloping edges was hard to take. The castle was built around 1200 and first mentioned in 1246. Latest research on the following, she was one of the largest castles in the Palatinate. There are still some rock chambers, some with arched doors and rectangular window openings. Furthermore, there are still some Gothic door vestments and a well shaft. However, the most beautiful is the fantastic view, which you can enjoy from up here with a pause.

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26.6 km

Forest climb in the Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Great training. Unfortunately driving technically uninteresting.

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34.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

21.5 km

5.89 km

2.83 km

2.72 km

1.03 km

Surfaces

10.9 km

9.23 km

7.59 km

3.28 km

3.03 km

Elevation

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Highest point (530 m)

Lowest point (200 m)

Weather

Wednesday 4 November

9°C

3°C

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Additional weather tips

Expect light wind and shifting conditions.

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Comments

June 21, 2025,MTB-Tour No. 15 Pfälzer Wald - Version Martin und Bettina

I stuck to the official route for most of the kilometers, except for circling the small reservoir in Schönau and stopping off for ☕️ coffee and cake 🎂 in the last town before the finish, Rumbach.
Interval training - I rode the whole thing, or rather, when my thighs were bursting and/or my heart rate had skyrocketed, I took off …

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October 3, 2022,MTB Park Pfälzer Wald - etwas gepimpte Tour Nr.15: Bundenthal

Today we finally went back to the Palatinate Forest, where I didn't really warm up to the official Tour 10 of the MTB Park at the beginning of the year. So now tour no. 15, which we "pimped" with the - very worthwhile - detour up to the Kuhnenkopf with subsequent trail descent from there (great view and pretty trail!). …

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