Laupersdörfer Stierenberg
Description
From Balsthal, the route initially follows the Veloland route via Matzendorf to Herbetswil. Turn right here and climb up a country road to Wäscheten and on to Obere Tannmatt. An alpine road now leads up to the ridge, then a singletrail takes you to the Güggel mountain inn. You then follow a small mountain road at roughly the same altitude until you reach the Stierenberg in Laupersdorf. This is followed by a wonderful singletrail descent via Bremgarten to Schad near Laupersdorf, before returning to Balsthal along the Veloland route.
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Details of the tour
33 km
810 m
810 m
478 above sea level
1185 above sea level
1 day
Balsthal
Balsthal
1088
well suited
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User comments (3)
About the author: Thomas Giger
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I can only agree with that. This area actually has a lot of great trails. I would never ride the route described as a local. It also leads through a place of worship at the end, the Lourde Grotto, with many visitors. So not recommended.
Unfortunately, yet another tour that has little to do with the description and even less to do with the rating. And I'm not even talking about the unnecessary 4 km from Balsthal to Laufenberg, which have to be ridden both there and back. This means that a quarter of the tour is a flat asphalt cycle path. Then there are another 6 km on asphalt, this time to make up the altitude. Instead of trails, you then ride mostly on asphalt and a little gravel up to the Stierenberg.
Now comes the "wonderful singletrail descent". The first 500m are really great. Then comes 1km of gravel & road. Then there is another 300m of great trail before turning right into the gorge.
From here on, it's all hands on deck. Carrying, pushing, lifting the bike over boulders, turning around hairpin bends etc. And all of this right on the edge of the gorge, which rides 20m down into the rocky stream bed. (Because it is so steep, narrow, rocky, sometimes slippery and dangerous, extra wobbly railings have even been installed for hikers). At the end of the gorge, there is more gravel until you reach the (asphalt) cycle path. In our opinion, the whole thing is light years away from "wonderful" and even more so from S3. Too bad, because there's really enough great trail potential in the area, without miles of asphalt and drop-off terrain.
Interesting