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Braunlage

Brockenbahn Steam Railway – Brocken Railway Station loop from Oderbrück

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Germany
Saxony-Anhalt
Harz Mountains
Goslar
Braunlage

Brockenbahn Steam Railway – Brocken Railway Station loop from Oderbrück

Hard

4.5

(15)

319

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Brockenbahn Steam Railway – Brocken Railway Station loop from Oderbrück

01:46

15.8km

370m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 23, 2026

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Nationalpark Harz

Waypoints

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1

1.79 km

Kaiserweg to Skidenkmal

Highlight • Trail

2

3.10 km

Dreieckiger Pfahl Shelter (HWN 168)

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The "Dreieckiger Pfahl" shelter with the Harz hiking badge stamp is located near a stone border marker that used to separate the Kingdom of Hanover and the Duchy of Brunswick.

Our shelters in the Harz National Park are usually located in places worth seeing and are therefore popular hiking destinations. They serve as a short-term rest and break option and as protection in the event of bad weather. Overnight stays are only permitted in an emergency. In the interest of everyone, whether human or animal, our shelters must be kept clean.
nationalpark-harz.de/de/natur-erleben/verhalten-im-nationalpark
The Harz National Park wishes you lots of fun in nature

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3

6.55 km

Brockenbahn Steam Railway

Highlight • Structure

A ride on the Brockenbahn is a special experience. If you hike up the Brocken, you can hear her panting when she drives up or down the path.

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4

7.79 km

Brocken Railway Station

Highlight • Rest Area

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 the valley.
This tank car was only in Drei Annen Hohne and was subsequently marked by the HSB.
It is used solely for the extinguishing agent reserve and is shut down again in winter.

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5

8.06 km

Brocken Summit

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The highest peak in the Harz above the tree line. Certainly not the most exciting climb on a mountain bike, but still a must, simply because it's there. ;-)

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6

9.21 km

Knochenbrecher Curve (Brocken Road)

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The term "bones breaker curve" for the top road traffic of the Brocken road dates back to the time of the horse carts. Before the construction of the Brockenstraße (this has existed since at least 1849), the driveway led from the current road curve with shelter very steeply directly to the Brocken Plateau. Due to the difficult terrain, the horses often broke their legs here. Hence the name "Knochenbrecherweg".
(Https://de.m.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Brocken#Knochenbrecherkurve_bzw._-weg)
Curve of Brockenstraße at 1060 m above sea level.

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7

9.47 km

The Goetheweg from Torfhaus zum Brocken is one of the most popular hiking trails in the Harz National Park. He is named after the famous German poet and thinker Johann Wolfgang Goethe and follows his probable ascent from Torfhaus zum Brocken on December 10, 1777.

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15.8 km

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13.0 km

2.50 km

344 m

Surfaces

11.4 km

2.45 km

1.68 km

347 m

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Comments

May 24, 2023,Feierabend Jogging 😎👌🏻🪨
The Brockenstein is still standing 👌🏻 in 53 min from Oderbrück am Stein and in 1:33 completely up and down 😎 next time under 1:30 😎😎

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June 1, 2023,Brockenlauf
After almost a year, the classic from Oderbrück appealed to me again.
After 58 minutes I hit the Brockenstein and nibbled back a few minutes compared to the previous year.
The pace per km increased by over 40 seconds to 06.30 min/km.
Great thing today. 💪🙂

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At the end of the day and after the pony, a short trip to the Brocken 🪨 was actually good, but my cell phone broke down due to the 2 degrees just before the Brockenstein and it started to snow horizontally ❄️😜🤷🏻‍♀️ It was probably also windy, a bit 😅 😅😅🤷🏻‍♀️👌🏻

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July 17, 2022,Brockenlauf
Impatience and ambition drove me up the mountain today after a break from a cold. Just test what works.
Conclusion: 4 more weeks of training, then it will be easier, but I'm satisfied with the current level of performance.
Up to the summit: 1 : 03 hrs.
Way back down: 0 : 46 hrs
Running 😉

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