Distance: 23 km
Duration (average) : 2h30
Level: Intermediate
Positive elevation: 604
Departure: Main street, Obersteinbach
Moutain Bike

ATV

This forest crossing allows you to discover castles and ancient heritage evoking past eras.


From the car park, turn left towards the town hall to take the D3 towards Bitche.


Continue for 300 m until the crossroads of the D3 with the D53. Follow the D53 for around ten meters then turn left onto the uphill path. After 100 m, at the next crossroads, take the path on the right and follow it for 2 km to the foot of the Wittschloessel ruins. Turn right on a path downhill for 50 m and turn left. Reach the Wineckerthal pass, hill 358. Gently descend down the right bank of the Soultzbach, on a stabilized path, for 4 km.

At the crossroads, turn right on the GR®531 to Jaegerthal; false-flat path going up for 1 km to the blockhouse then technical and rapid descent. At the Welschhof farm, small passage over the meadow. In the village, take the D53 on the right for 300 m. Turn left and cross the dike then right along the pond. After 250 m, turn left onto the uphill path. Just before arriving on the D53, head right and take the GR®531 up to hill 301. Continue straight ahead and, after 300 m, head left towards Riesack. Continue to the Heidenkopf forest house, a beautiful viewpoint over Niederbronn-les-Bains.

Take the asphalt road to the Celtic spring of Niederbronn-les-Bains. Head towards the SNCF station. Leave this, then turn right and pass under the railway bridge then head right. Walk along the railway line, pass under the N62 bridge and continue straight on for 50 m. Take the uphill path on the left. After 30 m a hairpin on the right then after 60 m a hairpin on the left. After 350 m, turn left to reach the Reisberg forest house. After 400 m of asphalt road, we arrive at a picnic area. Continue straight ahead until the next area, cross it and go down to Oberbronn. Arriving on the D28, head right towards the Oberbronn convent.

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