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Brocken Railway Station – Brocken Hotel loop from Oderteich

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Harz Mountains

Brocken Railway Station – Brocken Hotel loop from Oderteich

Moderate

5.0

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Brocken Railway Station – Brocken Hotel loop from Oderteich

04:25

15.5km

360m

Mountaineering

Moderate mountaineering route. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 22, 2026

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Nationalpark Harz

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Start point

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572 m

Obere Schwarze Tannen

Forest

5.87 km

View of Wurmberg

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Generally very nice area for hiking.

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7.01 km

The Brockenwirt Restaurant

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The first way in winter is always to an old analog thermometer, because there is one hanging here!

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7.03 km

Brocken Railway Station

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The HSB (Harzer Schmalspurbahnen) have parked a (red) tank car with extinguishing water on the Brocken for possible accidents. The wagon stands on a trolley, in winter it goes into …

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8.36 km

Brocken Hotel

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The food is great, the breakfast bombastic, what more could you ask for. In the evening, when the last train has left, you are almost all alone up here and …

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8.87 km

Harz Witches' Trail

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The long-distance hiking trail leads from west to east through the Harz Mountains in five stages. It goes, among other things, on the Brocken and through the spectacular Bodetal Gorge.

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10.2 km

View of the Brocken Summit

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If possible, definitely use the Goetheweg or incorporate it into the route. Goethe obviously knew what was beautiful. 🤗 Wonderful views, not just towards the Brocken summit.

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10.3 km

Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH, based in Wernigerode, is a railway company that operates a 140 km long network of mostly steam-powered narrow gauge lines in the Harz as a railway infrastructure company and as a railway operator.

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11.6 km

Viewpoint

13.1 km

Dreieckiger Pfahl (Historic Border Marker)

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The Triangular Pile is a historic, approximately 1.35 m high granite landmark southwest of the Brocken in the Harz National Park. The stone set before 1866 marked the border between the Kingdom of Hanover and the Duchy of Brunswick. (Wikipedia)

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15.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.6 km

2.41 km

1.04 km

179 m

130 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.7 km

3.19 km

1.66 km

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Tuesday 11 August

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January 6, 2023,Brocken wie /21/22/ 2023 😊 weg 4

As every year at the beginning of January, the chunk was on the agenda 😊☝🏻@Stefan🐈 we had goulash soup and solyanka, it was ice cold, price around €7 😂

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December 30, 2022,✝️ R.I.P. "Benno" - Helgoland - Helsinki - Brocken ❄️ Schneefrei aber 🥶 Frostig Stürmisch

The video of the tour ... film from:

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December 14, 2022,- 9 Grad 🥶 Helsinki-London-Helgoland 🤔 "Polarlicht" am 🏔 Brocken - 15 km Schnee-Bergwanderung

The video for the tour on December 14th and 30th. ... Movie from 🎥:

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March 30, 2024,Brocken bei Nacht 🌚🧗‍♂️🧙‍♀️👻☕️⬆️

🧭let's continue,
At night it is darker than outside, climbing the 🧗‍♂️Brocken at night 💤🙂 getting up before the chickens 🥾🎒 with and up ⬆️ the eye quickly gets used to the darkness, there are all kinds of noises 🧙‍♀️🌚😳 again and again and the dead 💀 trees give in the darkness 👻 blue hour, sunrise and breakfast with coffee …

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August 18, 2023,NP Harz: Brocken

Today we hiked to the Brocken again, this time from the Ehrenfriedhof parking lot.

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May 1, 2023,Brocken 🌲🏔️endlich mit Stempel 🙂HWN 9

Servus, three years, three chunks and forgot the little booklet every time 😅 it worked today, don't forget and Zack the stamp is mine. Chunk Toni 🐕 today for the third 🏔️⬆️💪, as always with a snack 😇🙂

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Brocken Railway Station – Brocken Hotel loop from Oderteich

View of Wurmberg

The Brockenwirt Restaurant

Brocken Railway Station

Brocken Hotel

Harz Witches' Trail

View of the Brocken Summit

Harz Narrow Gauge Railways

Dreieckiger Pfahl (Historic Border Marker)

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