Royal paths and treetops

Over the Wachsenrasen, the route steadily climbs up to the Hohen Schorn. Here the forest widens, the air gets cooler, and the paths become more pristine. Shortly afterward, you reach the Hohe Möst – a viewpoint that lives up to its name: majestic, vast, and impressive. The view stretches across the endless treetops of the Thuringian Forest to the distinctive Großer Inselsberg.

After this high point, the route continues to the Hoher Stein and then past the Grenzadler – one of Thuringia's best-known winter sports resorts. At the Schanze on the Rennsteig, the landscape is particularly spectacular once again: open clearings, fast gravel sections, and the feeling of rolling right through the great stage of the Thuringian Forest.

The return route is also varied. Along forest paths, it passes Veilchenbrunnen over to the dreamy mountain meadow Knüllfeld. Here the landscape suddenly opens – wide, quiet, and almost majestic. A place where one inevitably thinks: A wonder that there is no castle here.

This tour combines everything that makes gravel biking in the Thuringian Forest special: historic paths, long ascents, fast forest roads, quiet woods, and views that stretch far beyond the horizon.