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Wuppertalsperre Dam – Dörpe Forebay loop from Remscheid-Lennep

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Mountain biking trails

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Bergisches Land

Wuppertalsperre Dam – Dörpe Forebay loop from Remscheid-Lennep

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4.7

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Wuppertalsperre Dam – Dörpe Forebay loop from Remscheid-Lennep

03:04

44.4km

540m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 11.1 km for 96 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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11.2 km

Wuppertalsperre Dam

Highlight • Monument

The landscape in the area of the Wuppervorsperre is simply beautiful and invites you to great hiking tours.

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14.3 km

View of the Krähwinkler Bridge and the Wupper Reservoir

Highlight • Viewpoint

Very beautiful dam

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14.9 km

Dörpe Forebay

Highlight • Lake

Holding dams serve for flood protection and sediments can settle before the water flows into the reservoir.

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16.7 km

View of the Wupper Reservoir

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Great bike path, great views

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18.1 km

Wupper Dam

Highlight • Lake

Nice view with the islands at low tide.

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20.9 km

View of the Rade Bridge over the Wupper Reservoir

Highlight • Bridge

Here you have a beautiful view of the dam.

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26.9 km

View of Wuppertalsperre

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great view of the dam.

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27.0 km

Rooty forest trail by the reservoir in Naturpark Bergisches Land

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Seen from below, very rooty... passable uphill, but definitely better downhill 😉😅

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28.7 km

Ufer und Talhänge der Wuppertalsperre

Nature Reserve

31.3 km

Wupper-Vorsperre

Lake

44.4 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

21.7 km

16.1 km

2.17 km

2.04 km

2.02 km

401 m

Surfaces

27.2 km

6.18 km

5.30 km

3.77 km

1.15 km

668 m

106 m

Elevation

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Highest point (350 m)

Lowest point (250 m)

Weather

Friday 4 September

20°C

12°C

11 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Comments

November 16, 2024,XC Bike Therapie ☯️

6 degrees, feels brrr plus wind chill. I'm not ready for biking in sub-zero temperatures yet.
And this winter the next experiment for warm feet - battery-powered heated socks are on the shopping list.

Oh yes, the tour... Continuation from last week on the Balkantrasse. This time left down to Hückeswagen, then along the Wuppertalsperre back to Lennep (1 hour …

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March 8, 2025,Sonnenschein voraus 🫡

Plenty of sun - sunshine ahead
Today I'm going to do a lot of route and kilometers.
I did a similar tour last November, and because it was so beautiful I made a detour to the Bever Dam.
On the way back I took a few small trails, you can't do without them...
The season has started at the Kräwi, …

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September 6, 2022,Wupper - Sperre Hückeswagen, Runde ab RS - Lennep

No way through at KM 13.5 Unfortunately, some trees fell victim to the storm. Detour via the Bergisches Panoramasteig.

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September 25, 2023,MTB Tour von Remscheid nach Hückeswagen

Today after work we went for a nice ride on the MTB in Remscheid. We passed some dams on the Wupper again and cycled back to Remscheid via the railway cycle path.☀️☀️☀️☀️

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January 30, 2022,Saison-Auftakt um die Wuppertalsperre

After the year 2022 started mostly rainy, today I had the opportunity to start this season with sunny weather.
The back roads were very muddy and the trails were full of walkers. Edward is still nice to be back in nature and the anticipation of warmer days and more tours is even greater now.

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Wuppertalsperre Dam – Dörpe Forebay loop from Remscheid-Lennep

Wuppertalsperre Dam

View of the Krähwinkler Bridge and the Wupper Reservoir

Dörpe Forebay

View of the Wupper Reservoir

Wupper Dam

View of the Rade Bridge over the Wupper Reservoir

View of Wuppertalsperre

Rooty forest trail by the reservoir in Naturpark Bergisches Land

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