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Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Ruhr Region
Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
Wetter (Ruhr)

Along the Ruhr - gravel tours in the Ruhr region and Bergisches Land

Routes
Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Ruhr Region
Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis
Wetter (Ruhr)

Along the Ruhr - gravel tours in the Ruhr region and Bergisches Land

Hard

5.0

(2)

17

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Along the Ruhr - gravel tours in the Ruhr region and Bergisches Land

07:18

95.8km

1,040m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 30, 2024

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 22.4 km for 1.34 km

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634 m

Old Demag Headquarters

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Lost Place above the Ruhr: In the 1970s, the then ultra-modern administration building of Demag - a large manufacturer of cranes and drive technology with a long history - was …

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2

4.93 km

Ruhrhöhenweg section at Brasberg

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After crossing the courtyard, the Ruhrhöhenweg leads here on a fantastically beautiful passage through the forest along the Brasberg and down towards Wengern. There is also an idyllic resting place …

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3

8.10 km

Old Witten-Gedern railway bridge on the Ruhr Valley Cycle Path

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A particularly beautiful place on a very beautiful section of the Ruhr Valley Cycle Path. The old railway bridge and the tunnels as well as the view of the Ruhr meadows are worth a look even after the 100th time.

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4

11.8 km

LWL Industrial Museum Zeche Nachtigall (Nachtigall Colliery)

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Here you can recreate the history of the Ruhrpotts. In the museum there are many interesting information about the early coal mining in the Muttental and in the whole pot. …

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5

13.2 km

Hardenstein Castle Ruins

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Here you cycle through the idyllic Muttental - the cradle of Ruhrpott mining. Hardenstein Castle was there even earlier than the tunnels, but today you can only marvel at the …

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6

22.4 km

Historic Towpath on the Ruhr

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So-called towpaths used to be laid along rivers in order to pull small barges upriver with horses or other draft animals. You can easily imagine that it was a backbreaking …

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7

35.3 km

Zeche Wohlverwahrt

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The well-behaved colliery was a hard coal mine in Horst an der Ruhr, a district of Essen. Well-kept colliery is part of the Industrial Heritage Route.

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8

40.7 km

Ruhr Floodplains in Steele

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A beautiful piece of the Ruhr valley cycle path. A dream, especially at dusk and when the weather is good. The mix of Ruhr nature, urban flair and old railway …

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65.9 km

Kettwig Old Town

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Kettwig is not the only beautiful city that you drive through on the Ruhrtal cycle path. But she is definitely beautiful. The historic old town is idyllically situated on the …

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10

71.5 km

View of the Mintarder Ruhrtal Bridge

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A dubious monument to human occupation: the Mintarder Ruhrtalbrücke, which can be seen as an eyesore in the middle of the idyllic Ruhraue or as a cultural monument - after …

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90.5 km

Verbindungskanal Pedestrian Bridge

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Part of a nice alternative route to the Ruhr dike (DU-MH):
From the Karl-Lehr Bridge via Pontwerk, past the two locks (Ruhr lock Duisburg and lock Meiderich) and then over …

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95.8 km

Rheinorange

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The Rhine Orange is a huge steel sculpture that rises like a kind of lighthouse into the sky exactly at the corner where the Ruhr flows into the Rhine after …

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

28.4 km

27.5 km

18.3 km

11.2 km

10.4 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

50.6 km

18.1 km

15.8 km

5.30 km

4.73 km

1.31 km

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Monday 1 June

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14°C

90 %

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Trail Reviews

Chris Lo
March 5, 2022, Etappe 3: so schön kann Ruhrpott sein – Ruhrtal Gravel

Stage 3: Ruhrpott can be so beautiful - Ruhrtal Gravel #Lifecyclemag The final jump on the Rhine in the most beautiful winter sun. Winter sun is so treacherous: if you dress way too warmly, your clothes are soaked with sweat after only a few kilometers. The last section of the Ruhrtalgravel offers everything that makes up Gravel: forest and field paths, easy trails, beautiful views, two challenging sections to push, some asphalt and fine gravel to let it bang. Cyclists are probably not that popular in Essen. The forest around Villa Hügel is barricaded with turnstiles. Prohibition signs have been put up in Oefte. Riders gave me angry looks, although I slowly passed them 😈  . Does not matter. The Schellenberger forest offered the usual gigantic, sweeping descent to Werden. The most beautiful views on the Werdener Höhenweg. All in all a lot of ups and downs. From Kettwig then a speed passage under the Ruhrtalbrücke. Then came the gentle ascent to the Auberg.

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