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North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Viewpoint at Lake Kemnade – Kohlenbahn Rail Trail loop from Brenscheder Straße

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Mountain biking trails

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Viewpoint at Lake Kemnade – Kohlenbahn Rail Trail loop from Brenscheder Straße

Hard

4.8

(265)

746

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Viewpoint at Lake Kemnade – Kohlenbahn Rail Trail loop from Brenscheder Straße

04:11

68.0km

570m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

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Ruhraue Stiepel

Ruhraue Hattingen Winz

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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7.89 km

Viewpoint at Lake Kemnade

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beautiful route around the lake with different lanes (great surface) for each sport

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8.83 km

View of the Ruhr Weir

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Always a beautiful play of colors

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13.0 km

Ruhraue Stiepel

Nature Reserve

14.3 km

Rauendahler Wald

Forest

18.4 km

Ruhr Waterfalls at Hattingen

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It's worth getting off your bike here and listening to the rushing of the Ruhr for a while. Two small but wide steps ensure that the water of the Ruhr …

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23.1 km

Schulenberg Tunnel

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Nice feeling to drive through the tunnel.

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26.2 km

Kohlenbahn Rail Trail

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Top surface for driving. Really great for cruising

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28.6 km

Stone Arch Bridge on the Nordbahntrasse near Sprockhövel

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A brilliant tour along the Nordbahntrasse and Kohlebergbahntrasse. Lights are a must because of the many tunnels!

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35.1 km

Kohlenbahn junction to Silschede

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Here you have the choice: Either you cycle towards Hattingen or you take the coal railway branch to Gevelsberg-Silschede. Both routes are wonderfully quiet and excellently accessible even without asphalt. …

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42.0 km

View of the Old Kohlenbahn

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Beautiful track along the old coal railway. Many beautiful and small books invite you to take a break. View and location are fantastic. The Scheetunnel is an absolute highlight, especially …

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51.5 km

Viadukt Wengern

Viewpoint

52.6 km

Viewpoint

55.6 km

Mühlengraben

Lake

68.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.4 km

19.7 km

8.38 km

6.19 km

4.25 km

101 m

Surfaces

32.3 km

20.9 km

9.03 km

4.76 km

663 m

406 m

Elevation

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Highest point (270 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Today

Saturday 22 August

19°C

11°C

23 %

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

August 16, 2024,Ruhrtalrunde mit Fähre

Today is a very relaxed tour without any challenges. The Ruhr Valley ferry is running again.

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April 25, 2025,New Chain Day - R2R

The Glück-Auf route is paved between the Schulenberg Tunnel and Niedersprockhövel. Paving stones are still being laid here and there. Perfect for road bike riders.

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February 22, 2025,R2R in kurz

Ruhr to Ruhr in sunshine - that's how it should always be 😎

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August 16, 2024,Henrichshütte-Kemnade-Hattingen

Today we let Komoot navigate us, a bit difficult if you don't have a sense of direction 🙈
The first half of the tour was really beautiful, along the Ruhr to Kemnade and then on towards Witten. I particularly liked the sculptures, it's good that we made the little detour there 👍🏻
Afterwards we only went over the railway lines...not …

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February 13, 2022,Die eigentlich zum Baldeneysee Tour.....🚲🚲

…. But the towpath was so flooded that we were back on the Glück Auf Trasse 🍀🍀🍀😃😃

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December 30, 2022,2 Mtb 053 555 Hattingen und zurück - bei Regen und starkem Wind

I no longer get upset about the wrong meters in altitude. Now also the wrong time. Lt. Garmin it was 2:55 hours. All in all, it was more than 3 hours. All other sus ratings are correct, just not komoot.🥴

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April 12, 2022,Mtb ⚡bis Steele und zurück

The tour "Schloss Borbeck und Haus Ripshorst" was on the plan today. Planned and led by the OG Hattingen in the ADFC, as always planned by Gerd.

But since I got away too late, I decided to do the tour in reverse order. So I should probably meet her then. I got as far as Steele. Then my phone went …

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Viewpoint at Lake Kemnade – Kohlenbahn Rail Trail loop from Brenscheder Straße

Viewpoint at Lake Kemnade

View of the Ruhr Weir

Ruhr Waterfalls at Hattingen

Schulenberg Tunnel

Kohlenbahn Rail Trail

Stone Arch Bridge on the Nordbahntrasse near Sprockhövel

Kohlenbahn junction to Silschede

View of the Old Kohlenbahn

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