Seerücken

Seerücken Thurgau

Between Constance and Stein am Rhein, the Seerück mountain range stretches along the northern shore of Untersee, a branch of Lake Constance. The tour combines countless trails to create a rewarding mountain bike tour in the northernmost part of the canton of Thurgau, which can usually be ridden all year round.

Description

The Seerücken tour is best started in the Swiss town of Kreuzlingen, which has grown together with Constance on German soil. Following the main road to Tägerwilen, you climb up to the Seerücken via Nagelshausen, keeping left as you leave Kreuzlingen. Mostly on gravel roads and short sections of trail, you gain altitude and reach the Napoleon Tower in Hohenrain after around 200 meters. From the forty-metre-high tower, you can enjoy an impressive panorama as far as the high Alpine peaks and the highest elevations of the Black Forest on a clear day. Via the hamlets of Helsighausen and Reutenen, you reach the descent over the ridge of the Härdlitobel towards Steckborn. Above the village, however, you follow the main road to the left, climb almost 100 meters in altitude and then join the trail leading to Glarisegg, one of the highlights of the tour. If you've had enough here, get off in Steckborn and ride the train or cycle back to the starting point on the cycle path. The second part of the Seerücken tour leads uphill again from Steckborn to the hamlet of Rennental. Several trails await on the way to Adelmoos and Fruthwilen, followed by the last longer climb to below Hohenrain. Once again, there is a mixture of gravel roads and trails before you reach the outskirts of Kreuzlingen and roll back to the starting point.

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