View of the Sorpe dam – Sorpesee Dam loop from Holzen

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Hochsauerlandkreis

Arnsberg

View of the Sorpe dam – Sorpesee Dam loop from Holzen

Hard

4.8

(13)

riders

View of the Sorpe dam – Sorpesee Dam loop from Holzen

02:46

41.2km

600m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 10, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Arnsberger Wald

Naturpark Sauerland-Rothaargebirge

Röhr nördlich Hachen

Wolfsbeil

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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12.1 km

Hoennetal Gravel Path

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good to ride, beautiful area

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12.8 km

Cycle Path Between Mellen and Sorpesee

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The new bike path between Mellen and Sorpesee is almost ready. Here you can soon cycle without annoying cars. 😊

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18.1 km

Lake Sorpesee

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Very nice bike path around the lake.

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21.6 km

View of the Lake from the East Shore

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Beautiful view of the lake, which offers many bathing opportunities and a great bike path. This leads over the wall and the dams around the reservoir and the Amecke Vorbrecken …

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21.9 km

View of the Sorpe dam

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Very nice and recommendable

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22.6 km

Sorpestalsperre

Lake

25.4 km

The Sorpesee is touristically very well developed. Here you can go diving, rowing, sailing, surfing, camping and, which I think is pretty cool, renting tree houses as accommodation (sorpesee.de/nordic-ferienpark-sorpesee/baumhaeuser-am-sorpesee.html). It …

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26.6 km

Asphalt Path Between Gut Selmke and Am Lindhövel

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The gravel road between Gut Selmke and Am Lindhövel in Tiefenhagen has been paved. The rattling is over!

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31.0 km

Röhr nördlich Hachen

Nature Reserve

31.8 km

Wolfsbeil

Nature Reserve

41.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.3 km

11.6 km

9.80 km

2.96 km

1.62 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

33.3 km

3.80 km

2.60 km

1.52 km

Elevation

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Highest point (340 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

14°C

2°C

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Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

July 18, 2024,Sauerlandrundfahrt mit Sorpesee, Blauer Lagune und Schloss Herdringen

Today I had to take a "taxi ride" to Sundern-Hachen. I used the waiting time there to go on a tour.

The tour first took me from Hachen to the Sorpesee. There I rode along a great cycle path on the east bank to Amecke.

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