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Rhein-Erft-Kreis

Pulheim

View from Glessener Höhe – DMB Himmelsleiter Trails loop from Pulheim

Routes

Mountain biking trails

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Erft-Kreis

Pulheim

View from Glessener Höhe – DMB Himmelsleiter Trails loop from Pulheim

Hard

4.6

(108)

189

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View from Glessener Höhe – DMB Himmelsleiter Trails loop from Pulheim

02:40

40.6km

330m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

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Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 24.5 km for 22 m

After 24.8 km for 10 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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4.07 km

Kernzone Ommelstal

Nature Reserve

6.73 km

Path Through Golf Club Am Alten Fliess

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Straight through the golf course, nice green and women and men in funny color combinations ...
Slight ascent to the west over gravel. An unpaved dirt road connects here.

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12.6 km

Bridge Over the Brown Coal Railway

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Connection between Glessener Höhe and Abtsbusch

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15.1 km

Descent from Glessener Höhe (Southern Route)

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From the vantage point you can let your bike over the forest path run beautiful. But you should pay attention to hikers!

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17.8 km

Short trail in Naturpark Rheinland

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Small, short crisp trail. That's fun!

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18.3 km

Root Trail Glessener Höhe

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Nice trail with a nice rooty descent. 👍

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22.1 km

View from Glessener Höhe

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The Glessener Höhe is an artificially constructed hill. It is a former, now recultivated, spoil heap (tipping site) of the surrounding brown coal open-cast mines.

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24.5 km

DMB Himmelsleiter Trails

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New, landscaped trails. Opening August/September 2025

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40.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

28.0 km

3.85 km

3.57 km

2.71 km

2.17 km

120 m

Surfaces

16.4 km

14.6 km

6.17 km

1.70 km

1.34 km

199 m

Elevation

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Highest point (200 m)

Lowest point (50 m)

Weather

Today

Wednesday 2 September

23°C

16°C

61 %

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Max wind speed: 24.0 km/h

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Comments

October 22, 2025,E-MTB Monte Glessano

Don't trust anyone who claims the Glessener Höhe is just a slag heap. Fake news! Monte Glessano is a pilgrimage site for cyclists in the otherwise flat west of Cologne. At 205 meters, it's not only the highest elevation in the Rhein-Erft district, but its two-kilometer, steady climb is said to have served as preparation for the tough mountain stages …

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January 18, 2022,KRK-Glessener Höhe-Fliestedener Bach

Tour along the edge of Cologne canal to the Glessener height.
Made the 3rd high-altitude descent in 2022 on the north-east route 😉 today. In many switchbacks up to the summit cross and on the western route back to the Hallerhof and through the fields to Fliesteden. Along the Fliesedener Bach via Stommeln to Sinnersdorf. Tour is also good for …

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November 30, 2023,Gipfelkreuz Glessener Höhe – EMTB-Trail Runde von Pulheim

The destination of today's tour was the Glessener Höhe.
Through Pulheim-Geyen-Sinthern and Glessen we went to the driveway to the Glessener Höhe.
From Sterzschlippchen up one of the Cols de Cologne to the summit cross.
shop.roaar.cc/pages/cols-de-cologne-2
Departure with change over the Rheinbraun tracks to the Ichendorf side.
Here I had only relied on the Komoot planning and had an incline …

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November 4, 2025,1st Nightride 25/26

The first "night drive" of the winter season. If you can call it that. But since sunset was already shortly after 5:00 p.m., it felt like the dead of night from about 5:30 p.m. onwards.

But it was beautiful. Very beautiful, with the encounter with six roe deer and two extremely relaxed fallow deer.

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May 4, 2024,der Nase nach bis der Regen kommt

Just go outside, enjoy the fresh air and the forest. Finally, drive into the garage with the first raindrop, that's perfect. 😁

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June 21, 2023,Feierabendtour

Somehow the cell phone triggered when I took a picture, but somehow it didn't save it.
That's why there are macros of the new bike.

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January 13, 2025,E-MtB - Auf den Mt.Glessi

After a week of planning and preparation 😂 I dared to take the winter ride up the western flank to Mt. Glessi today.
In glorious sunshine, crisp temperatures and total calm, we went through Stommeln and Ingendorf to Büsdorf.
Up to the Büsdorfer Mühle and then back down to the Hallerhof.
On the sunny side we then went up to …

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July 15, 2024,Glessener Höhe - Feierabendtour

Finally made use of the nice weather after work (it's currently drizzling again).
Climb to the summit cross with the obligatory summit selfie.
Then criss-cross around the Glessener Höhe.
Afterwards a detour to Fischbachhöhe and a quick shopping trip at the end.
If you cycle that much, you shouldn't starve. 😉

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