This is a forest wagon road that leads from Útěchov through the deep valley of the Útěchovské stream to the river Svitava. Originally, there was only a narrow forest path that wound its way between rocky outcrops in the lower part of the valley. In many places, they reached almost to the surface of the stream, and the stream here created a number of romantic rapids. At the beginning of the last century, however, it was widened to a wagon road for the collection of wood, when in the lowest part near the railway line, a deep rock ravine called the Mouse hole had to be modified and artificially widened. Here on the overhanging rock face, since 1929, there has been a commemorative plaque of the prominent forester and inventor Karel Daniel Gangloff (1809-1879), after whom the path here got its name. The final part of the route passes through the Malužín nature reserve.
Even though there is no marked tourist route through the valley, the Gangloff road is a rewarding place for trips. You usually start in Útěchov at the public transport terminal and take the street to the lowest point of the village to the pond and from there follow Gangloff's path to its end to the railway bridge. Here, on the right, take the modified road, under which the I. Březovský waterworks passes, along the Svitava river to Bílovice. This physically easy walk is less than 6 km long.
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