Plöckensteinersee cycle route

A large part of the tour runs along the Schwarzenberg alluvial canal. Forest roads, dirt roads, partly asphalt; car traffic only on a short stretch.

0 km   From the Schöneben car park (Nordic Centre) head towards the border, on the right is the Hotel-Restaurant INNs HOLZ and the Böhmerwald high ropes course.

0.5 km   Do NOT take the turn-off towards Hochficht, but continue straight ahead.

1.0 km   It goes downhill, past the Heimatvertriebene Chapel.

1.5 km    Stay on the road that leads towards the border (NOT towards Blauer Hirsch!)

1.8 km    Border crossing Schöneben. Cross the border.

3.5 km    Turn left here, dirt road begins, driving ban for cars and motorbikes. From now on, always follow the Schwarzenberg Alluvial Canal to Jelení Vrchy.

3.7 km    Past the church Zadní Zvonková (Glöckelberg and museum (Czech bike signposting 1033).

3.9 km    Refreshment stop Penzion Marie. Straight on.

10.0 km   Skultpur "Wächter". Here is also the Hefenkriegbach-Riese - this wooden slide was built in 1887 and from then on made it possible to transport timber from the Bohemian Forest. Here also red 1023 and green 1028 cycle signs. Continue straight ahead.

11.2 km    Leave the tarmac road. Continue right along the dirt track. 1023 red cycle signs and white-blue-white colour markings on trees.

14.8 km   Rossbach aqueduct. Originally, logs were floated across the Rossbach valley in a wooden aqueduct. Today you will only see an 80-metre-long embankment on which you continue your ride and always follow the alluvial canal, white-blue-white tree markings, 1023 red cycle signs. Sand road begins shortly
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18.4 km   Inlet of the Seebach. The Seebach provides the connection to Lake Plöckenstein and is one of the most important tributaries of the canal. Shortcut option to the Plesné Jezero. Continue straight ahead along the canal.

18.8 km    Rosenau Chapel. Built in 1818.

20.8 km   Jelení Vrchy (Hirschbergen). Asphalt road begins. There is a museum in the barn on the right. Turn left, drive steeply uphill and you will reach the eastern portal of the Hirschbergen tunnel. The tunnel was built after Rosenauer's death by his successor Ernest Mayer. You are looking at one of the first tunnels in Central Europe! Continue straight ahead.

21.0 km   Take the left-hand branch towards Hucina Potok and continue towards Plesné jezero (Lake Plöckenstein) at the western portal of the tunnel.

23.4 km   At the rest area, take the left fork towards Plesne jezero (Lake Plöckenstein).

24.3 km   Take the right branch, yellow cycle route and white-green-white tree markings, ascending. After approx. 400 metres you will reach a shelter hut with a rest area.

27.5 km   Plesné jezero (Lake Plöckenstein). The clear, dark lake, from which the rock faces rise almost vertically, covers 7.49 hectares. Back to U Strisky.

30.3 km   Turn right, downhill.

30.9 km   Continue right, following the yellow-green-yellow colour markings.

31.7 km   Continue right, green cycle path.

33.9 km   Shelter hut with rest area. Here, a fork in the hiking trail leads to the lake (no bikes allowed!). Continue to follow the green cycle path.

35.0 km   Kiosk. Continue right uphill to the border crossing I/10 and Holzschlag.

37.0 km  At the junction immediately after crossing the border, take the left branch.

37.3 km   Here you can make a detour to the Gasthaus zu Überleben*) or continue straight on, where a sandy road leads to ...

40.2 km Ereignishaus Holzschlag (refreshments available). Continue along the tarmac road.

41.3 km   Cross the road to the ski area. Forest road begins. Above the forest road is the reservoir for the Hochficht ski lifts' snowmaking equipment.

43.2 km   SOS 15. Continue straight ahead. Turn right at the tarmac road back to...

47.0 km Starting point Schöneben car park.

*) For a detour to the Gasthaus zum Überleben, turn left along the sandy forest road. After the inn, cross the Reischlberg, Hochwald, Standard and Stierwiesen ski slopes and return to the forest road leading from Holzschlag. Turn left and now re-join the route at 43.2 km.

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