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Former GDR Border Post – Brocken Railway Station loop from Torfhaus

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Former GDR Border Post – Brocken Railway Station loop from Torfhaus

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Former GDR Border Post – Brocken Railway Station loop from Torfhaus

02:10

25.8km

530m

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: May 18, 2026

Tips

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

You may need to carry your bike.

After 15.3 km for 9 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.01 km

Goetheweg at the Abbegraben

Highlight • Trail

Great way along the irrigation system

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4.38 km

Former GDR Border Post

Highlight • Historical Site

Very well preserved border post

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5.15 km

Neuer Goetheweg

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Jaja der Brocken, a must when visiting the Harz but not a mountain bike highlight for me. For the trail-seeking biker, the Harz has more to offer :)

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8.33 km

Brocken Railway Station

Highlight • Rest Area

The HSB (Harzer Schmalspurbahnen) have parked a (red) tank car with extinguishing water on the Brocken for possible accidents. The wagon stands on a trolley, in winter it goes into …

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8.43 km

Brocken Weather Station

Highlight • Monument

The weather station is now also equipped with a 360 degree chamber.

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13.4 km

Grenzweg (Plattenstraße) in Harz National Park

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On the old patrol plates it goes along the former border. But beware: up to 16% slope bite on the thighs 🦵

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13.7 km

Eckersprung Trail S3

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Difficult to walk in heavy rain.

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17.3 km

Lynx Monument Rest Area

Highlight • Monument

In 2000, the National Park started a lynx reintroduction project.

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22.2 km

Radauborn

Forest

25.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.1 km

1.95 km

1.46 km

267 m

Surfaces

17.0 km

3.05 km

2.65 km

2.27 km

781 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,130 m)

Lowest point (680 m)

Weather

Thursday 9 July

22°C

12°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Former GDR Border Post – Brocken Railway Station loop from Torfhaus

Goetheweg at the Abbegraben

Former GDR Border Post

Neuer Goetheweg

Brocken Railway Station

Brocken Weather Station

Grenzweg (Plattenstraße) in Harz National Park

Eckersprung Trail S3

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