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Landkreis Bayreuth

Pegnitz

Wasserstein Gate – Great Wasserstein Rock Shelter loop from Bronn

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Mountain biking trails

Germany

Bavaria

Upper Franconia

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Pegnitz

Wasserstein Gate – Great Wasserstein Rock Shelter loop from Bronn

Hard

5.0

(4)

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Wasserstein Gate – Great Wasserstein Rock Shelter loop from Bronn

05:31

68.8km

830m

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: June 28, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 27.3 km for 16 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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8.16 km

Betzenstein — Old Town and Castle

Highlight • Settlement

Betzenstein is the smallest town in Franconia. Nice little town with all kinds of sights, such as the adventure park, the historic town center, the Friedenslinde or the "Tiefen Brunnen". …

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10.0 km

Wasserstein Gate

Highlight • Natural Monument

The largest rock gate of the water stones, what forces must have worked here.
Especially when the sun is falling through the gate and the trees

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10.1 km

Great Wasserstein Rock Shelter

Highlight • Cave

The large water stone is a dolomite massif with two rock groups and a cave system. In the northern area there is a smaller cave system with about ten meters …

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23.4 km

Rock with Eulenloch

Highlight • Cave

The owl hole is a karst cave, which is designated as a geotope (472R136) and a natural monument. The small cave is about 15 meters long and lies in a …

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27.7 km

Grenz-Zoigl Ranna

Highlight • Pub

Nice thing.

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36.8 km

The little church on Gottvaterberg

Highlight • Religious Site

Mayor Merkl wanted to build a chapel here around 1682, but the electoral government in Amberg declined on 4 September 1682 from the building application. The chapel was built anyway …

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39.7 km

Auerbach Town Pond

Highlight • Lake

There is a lot worth knowing about fish around the town pond

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41.8 km

Felsländl Cave and Rock Formations

Highlight • Cave

A short but really beautiful hike, massive rocks, a wonderful landscape and the Flembach; simply pure Upper Palatinate.

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52.4 km

Pegnitz-Blick

Viewpoint

68.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

46.5 km

8.71 km

5.75 km

4.26 km

3.65 km

Surfaces

23.5 km

16.6 km

11.6 km

10.1 km

6.70 km

339 m

Elevation

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Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (390 m)

Weather

Thursday 9 July

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Wasserstein Gate – Great Wasserstein Rock Shelter loop from Bronn

Betzenstein — Old Town and Castle

Wasserstein Gate

Great Wasserstein Rock Shelter

Rock with Eulenloch

Grenz-Zoigl Ranna

The little church on Gottvaterberg

Auerbach Town Pond

Felsländl Cave and Rock Formations

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