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Glessener Höhe Ascent – Approach to Glessener Höhe loop from Lövenich

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

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

44.5km

360m

Gravel riding

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

Last updated: April 18, 2026

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Naturpark Rheinland

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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21.9 km

Bridge Over the Brown Coal Railway

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Connection between Glessener Höhe and Abtsbusch

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25.2 km

View from Glessener Höhe

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Between 1955 and 1970, the Glessener Höhe was heaped up as an external landfill from the masses of the opencast mines north of the forest. On its recultivated slope edge, …

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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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29.5 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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29.7 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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35.0 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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40.6 km

View of Brauweiler Abbey

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Past the golf course towards Brauweiler, the abbey always in view ...

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41.3 km

Fronhof Freimersdorf

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List of monuments Pulheim I / 056

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44.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.6 km

4.73 km

3.27 km

2.39 km

1.95 km

564 m

Surfaces

14.4 km

14.2 km

13.8 km

1.57 km

521 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 11 July

32°C

16°C

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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

View of Brauweiler Abbey

Fronhof Freimersdorf

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