Glessener Höhe Ascent – Approach to Glessener Höhe loop from Lövenich

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Glessener Höhe Ascent – Approach to Glessener Höhe loop from Lövenich

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Glessener Höhe Ascent – Approach to Glessener Höhe loop from Lövenich

02:42

44.1km

360m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 10, 2026

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Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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21.8 km

Bridge Over the Brown Coal Railway

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Connection between Glessener Höhe and Abtsbusch

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25.1 km

View from Glessener Höhe

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The Glessener Höhe is an artificially constructed hill. It is a former, now recultivated, spoil heap (tipping site) of the surrounding brown coal open-cast mines.

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Glessener Höhe Ascent

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Don't trust anyone who claims that the Glessenerhöhe is just an overburden heap. fake news! The "Monte Glessano" is the place of pilgrimage for cyclists in the otherwise flat west …

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29.4 km

Approach to Glessener Höhe

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The paved path to the Glessener Höhe is very easy to drive on, but later turns into a gravel path.

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29.6 km

Glessener Heights

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At the Glessener Höhe there is a beautiful barbecue area with a large lawn, which is suitable for the whole family.

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34.9 km

Heidenburg ramp on the Via Belgica

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If you want to climb Monte Glessano, you have to go up there

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39.6 km

Beautiful cycle path between the fields

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40.9 km

Fronhof Freimersdorf

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List of monuments Pulheim I / 056

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44.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.5 km

4.79 km

3.09 km

2.36 km

1.82 km

559 m

Surfaces

15.9 km

13.8 km

12.7 km

1.19 km

570 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Glessener Höhe Ascent – Approach to Glessener Höhe loop from Lövenich

Bridge Over the Brown Coal Railway

View from Glessener Höhe

Glessener Höhe Ascent

Approach to Glessener Höhe

Glessener Heights

Heidenburg ramp on the Via Belgica

Beautiful cycle path between the fields

Fronhof Freimersdorf

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