Nordpfälzer Tour

Nordpfälzer Tour

A challenging and fantastic mountain bike tour in the heart of the Palatinate Forest with many highlights. The Trippstadt bike park is very close to this tour.

Description

At the beginning, you ride on asphalt from Schopp and then take a forest path and a trail descent to the Pfälzerwaldhütte Schmalenberg. This is followed by a longer ascent below the Hardterkopf. We cross the district road 29 to ride back into the terrain above Schopp (past the sports facility). After a longer ride on a forest road, we come close to Wilenstein Castle. Here you have the opportunity to take a short detour from the tour described and visit the castle. Later, we come to Bartelsberg and continue along the Kottelbach stream to the Sägmühlweiher pond. We ride along a wide path and short, flowing trails to Johanniskreuz. This place is well known as a meeting point for mountain bikers. A longer break is recommended here, for example at the House of Sustainability.

From Johanniskreuz, we ride past the Antonihof via the so-called Geburtstagsweg. The path is easy to ride and runs along the slope, initially undulating, then descending and meeting the L503 country road, which we follow for a few meters. We then cycle past the St. Blasius zu Aspach church. After a short ride on the country road and a narrow path, we continue riding past the Aschbacherhof and the Horst forester's lodge in the immediate vicinity of the small, tranquil village of Stelzenberg. This is followed by a long, flowing trail starting in Finsterbrunnertal. After crossing the B270, we ride through the Hammertal and Schweinstal valleys to Queidersbach. Now it's uphill again on a beautiful path, through dense forest towards Krickenbach. A beautiful trail challenges us briefly before we ride back along a side road past the Ländlerhof farm towards our starting point. We then ride below the Eichköpfchen on a narrower path and then on asphalt back to Schopp.

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