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Lehesten Flooded Slate Quarry – Altvaterturm loop from Tschirn

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Lehesten Flooded Slate Quarry – Altvaterturm loop from Tschirn

Hard

4.6

(12)

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Lehesten Flooded Slate Quarry – Altvaterturm loop from Tschirn

04:35

51.0km

1,100m

Mountain biking

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

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 17.7 km for 105 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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4.54 km

Root Trail Above the Kremnitz

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Nice trail. It is recommended to drive this anyway, as the access to the pond is blocked off. Really fat with a brand new steel chain. There is no way …

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8.75 km

Zur Mühle Inn

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Always worth a visit, good beer and good and cheap food.

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16.5 km

The "Red Tower" is not a brick tower, but a red-painted tree stump at a historic crossroads of the Rennsteig. It is the destination of the approximately seven-kilometer circular hiking trail Roter-Turm-Weg R 31.

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20.7 km

Schallersbruch Viewpoint

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More than 40 meters deep, dug into the Eisenberg like a ravine, the Schallersbruch is probably the most impressive of the three large roof slate quarries on the Eisenberg. A …

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29.8 km

Zeiselsmühle (Old Watermill) near Lehesten

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The oldest mill on Lehestener area, the so-called Zeiselsmühle. First mentioned in 1604.

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32.4 km

Lehesten Flooded Slate Quarry

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Really worth seeing technology / natural monument.

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33.3 km

View of the Schiefersee, Lehesten

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Absolute oasis for the senses. There are still tunnels downstairs, but you are not "allowed" to visit ...

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35.8 km

Altvaterturm

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The tower is located on the Wetzstein hill.
A circular hiking trail to Staatsbruch Lehesten also runs here.

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51.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.2 km

6.14 km

4.21 km

3.99 km

2.35 km

222 m

Surfaces

17.9 km

14.0 km

10.7 km

5.45 km

2.98 km

Elevation

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Highest point (790 m)

Lowest point (420 m)

Weather

Monday 31 August

19°C

12°C

56 %

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Lehesten Flooded Slate Quarry – Altvaterturm loop from Tschirn

Root Trail Above the Kremnitz

Zur Mühle Inn

Historical Point "Red Tower"

Schallersbruch Viewpoint

Zeiselsmühle (Old Watermill) near Lehesten

Lehesten Flooded Slate Quarry

View of the Schiefersee, Lehesten

Altvaterturm

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