View of the Oder Dam – Oder Reservoir loop from Bad Lauterberg im Harz

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Bad Lauterberg im Harz

View of the Oder Dam – Oder Reservoir loop from Bad Lauterberg im Harz

Moderate

4.7

(45)

133

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View of the Oder Dam – Oder Reservoir loop from Bad Lauterberg im Harz

03:37

42.3km

820m

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: September 25, 2026

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Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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9.29 km

View of Ravensberg

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The cut down pictures give a great view of the Ravensberg with its radio tower

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11.9 km

Viewpoint

12.3 km

View of the Oder Dam

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You can guess it through the trees. Beautiful lake with great paths for bicycles

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17.7 km

View of the Upper Harz

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Beautiful sweeping views towards the higher peaks of the Harz. Here, the tree death of recent years has unexpectedly brought something beautiful with it.

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19.2 km

Stamping Point 157 Kapellenfleck (Harzer Wandernadel)

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You walk past here without a stamp box.
I'm curious to see what's going on in 5 years☝️🌲😎

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21.1 km

Hohetracht

Forest

26.4 km

Kaiserweg Trail at Schächerstein, Braunlage

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The cross-country ski runs are very easy to drive on with the MTB outside of the winter months.

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30.2 km

Großes Espental

Forest

37.1 km

View of the Oder Reservoir (Odertalsperre)

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It's worth a visit!

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38.2 km

View of the Oder Reservoir (Odertalsperre)

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wonderful view of the Odertalsee

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38.9 km

Oder Reservoir

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The Oder Dam in the Harz Mountains is located above Bad Lauterberg in the Göttingen district of Lower Saxony and impounds the Oder River, a tributary of the Rhume. The …

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42.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

36.9 km

3.49 km

1.23 km

295 m

235 m

118 m

Surfaces

31.1 km

4.63 km

2.78 km

2.21 km

1.36 km

144 m

Elevation

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Highest point (640 m)

Lowest point (290 m)

Weather

Wednesday 7 October

14°C

6°C

92 %

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Max wind speed: 23.0 km/h

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Comments

April 6, 2024,🍝🍨mtb tour Stöberhai☀️😎🤙

From Odertalsperre via Stöberhai to Braunlage to the favorite ice cream dealer🍧. The trip was worth it 😍👌

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May 31, 2025,Papa-Sohn-Mountainbike-Tour

It was a lovely father-son tour. The inclines took some getting used to. On the way to the "Waldcafe am Forellenteich" (Forest Cafe at the Trout Pond), we were a bit disoriented. But we ultimately reached our destination. We fortified ourselves for the return journey with lunch, followed by coffee and cake. The return journey was marred by a rollover …

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July 28, 2024,Odertal … zum Glück 🍀 falsch abgebogen 💯🥳

Today we went to the Odertalsperre. We started in Bad Lauterberg and went on a narrow path a little above towards the dam. Every 50m there was a tree 🌳 across the path... so as always 😅😉🤷‍♂️
Just after the ⛺️Glockental campsite we then (luckily 🍀) took a wrong turn and didn't go along the bank as planned, but drove …

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July 19, 2025,Braunlage Bad Lauterberg und retour

Beautiful tour through the South Harz Mountains, great views, but unfortunately, on the easy cobblestones, slippery as ice, there's no chance, silly. And at least six bikers were saved by shouting.

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