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Three Valleys Circular Route

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Bike route uphill along the Alb to Plotzsägmühle, descent via Loffenau into the Murgtal and back through the Rhine plain.

moderate

Distance 82 km

6:26 h

508 m

601 m

106 m

Route course

Karlsruhe-Weststadt - Günther-Klotz-Anlage - Beiertheim - Weiherfeld - Ettlingen - Marxzell - Bad Herrenalb - Albtaljagdhaus - Plotzsägmühle - Rißbuckel - Rißwasen - Loffenau - Schöllkopf - Gernsbach - Hörden - Ottenau - Gaggenau - Bischweier - Muggensturm - Bietigheim - Durmersheim - Mörsch - Forchheim - Rheinstrandsiedlung - Grünwinkel - Karlsruhe-Weststadt

Author’s recommendation

For those with good fitness: either continue following the Alb beyond Plotzsägmühle to the source (last part only accessible on foot) or from Rißwasen a climb to Teufelsmühle (an additional 300 meters of elevation).

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Difficulty

moderate

Overall difficulty

moderate

Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

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Highest point

Rißbuckel, 601 m

Lowest point

106 m

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Asphalt

26.4 km

Dirt road

22 km

Forested/wild trail

5.3 km

Path

6.9 km

Bike pushing needed

3.7 km

Road

14.2 km

Unknown

3.5 km

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Safety information

Caution on the descent on the heavily trafficked L 564 towards Loffenau.
Shortly before Gernsbach the path is steep and in poor condition.

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Any stop in Karlsruhe

Directions

... by bike?

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Coordinates

49.007974, 8.381116

DMS

49°00'28.7"N 8°22'52.0"E

UTM

32U 454740 5428526

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Author’s map recommendations

Landesamt für Geoinformation und Landentwicklung Baden-Württemberg (LGL):

F501 Leisure map Baden-Baden - Murgtal - Albtal - Black Forest Nature Park - Sheet 1 Middle/North 1:50,000

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Equipment

... by bike?

Gear shifting highly recommended for the section between Bad Herrenalb and Rißwasen.

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Parts of this content were machine translated from German.

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Difficulty

moderate

Overall difficulty

moderate

Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

Distance

82 km

Duration

6:26 h

Ascent

508 m

Descent

508 m

Highest point

601 m

Lowest point

106 m

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