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The Top 20 Mountain Passes in the Ore Mountains

Whether it be for the views, for the climbs or for the downhill descents, browse our list of the best mountain passes in the Ore Mountains and make your next adventure one to remember. Contributed by the community, for the community, each mountain pass Highlight is a personal recommendation you know you can trust, so simply find your favorite and go.

Last updated: November 6, 2025

Iron Curtain border crossing Iron Gate

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Straight ahead you drive down to Jeleni, to Rudi for a stop. At this crossing there was once an iron gate that was locked. This is also where the Friedensfahrt …

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Hefekloß Pass Summit

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On my tour around Germany with 250 Kg also up here, only 1788 were half meters

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Mühlleithen Pass

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There is a large hiking car park directly at the Mühlleiten Pass, which is subject to a fee. The advantage here is that you start your tours from high up …

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Loipen Bridge Mühleithen

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Highest pass in Vogtland with ski hut and summer toboggan run. various rest stops are also available.

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Mühlleithen Pass summit (860 m)

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Because of the federal highway the surface is good, but a lot of traffic

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Neues Haus Pass Summit

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The restaurant is always busy and the food is delicious.

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Geiersberger Pass

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The Geiersberger Pass, over which the well-known Alte Dresden-Teplitzer Poststraße ran until 1860, began in what is now the Graupener (Krupka) district of Hohenstein (Unčín). Here the path coming from …

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View of the Zwickauer Mulde Valley

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Mountain bikers actually prefer the single trail. 🤣 But even though the village road is on the finest asphalt, the ascent is always a show of strength. Fortunately, towards the …

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Fichtelberg Summit

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Worthwhile and varied climb up to the Fichtelberg.

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Einsiedler Sattel

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is now newly asphalted

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