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Bergheim

Root Trail Glessener Höhe

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Root Trail Glessener Höhe

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Root Trail Glessener Höhe

Recommended by 166 mountain bikers out of 182

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    Location: Bergheim, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    1. Root Trail Glessener Höhe – Glessener Höhe Summit Cross loop from Pulheim

    40.5km

    02:36

    330m

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    Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

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    2. Reh Memorial Stone – Root Trail Glessener Höhe loop from Stommeln

    22.2km

    01:23

    180m

    180m

    Hard mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

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    3. Glessener Höhe Summit Cross – Root Trail Glessener Höhe loop from Fliesteden

    20.2km

    01:31

    170m

    170m

    Hard mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike.

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    August 10, 2019

    Nice trail with a nice rooty descent. 👍

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      May 1, 2020

      Definitely worth it. The best trail on the Glessener Höhe. Fast and technical

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        August 18, 2020

        Nice short downhill with a few nice root steps. Slippery when it rains!

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          November 5, 2020

          It was easy to drive even with a lot of leaves and moisture!

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            December 30, 2020

            Ridden on wintry leaves last weekend. I didn't notice anything about the roots. You could "leave it alone". Technically very simple. Nice extension of the "antenna trail" but just dead straight.

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              September 24, 2022

              Very cool descent!
              Just watch out for pedestrians coming up the mountain. :)

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                August 20, 2022

                Nice as a downhill - but not for driving up

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                  September 9, 2015

                  I think you are great

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                    June 5, 2020

                    The descent is quite good, but you should also be careful, because the trail is really sandy and also washed out. First try slowly.

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                      August 17, 2019

                      Fun trail. Slightly sandy, a lot of roots, two smaller drops possible.

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                        September 5, 2021

                        Now heavily washed out... In the lower part now only sand... still fun

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                          April 3, 2023

                          Steep and rooty, mega for MTBs, at least downhill :)

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                            July 14, 2023

                            This is fun for the experienced mountain biker, going down is quite good, going up requires a lot of strength and some practice

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                              August 10, 2023

                              Only for experienced mountain bikers, the route is partly quite steep and there are many roots.
                              You can find this trail on the top plateau, at the eastern end a narrow path leads around the building there and then it goes downhill

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                                Distance 221 m

                                Downhill 20 m

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                                Location: Bergheim, Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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