Spessartbiken 11: Rhönblick

Charming cycle route in Bad Soden-Salmünster, Hesse. Charming valleys, mountains with marvellous views and forests full of character define the character of this tour. After the start in Mernes, you have to mobilise your strength to tackle the climb up the Stackenberg. The ascent is rewarded with a unique heath landscape and a fantastic view of the Jossa valley. On a clear day, you can see the Wasserkuppe and the Kreuzberg in the Rhön in the distance. The tour leads to the "Drei Marksteinen" on a high-level trail along the Hessian-Bavarian border. This section of the trail is characterised by an open beech forest before descending along a forestry track and then a forest path to Marjoß. Crossing Marjoß, the tour continues into the Rohrbach valley. On the left-hand side, the route now climbs steadily and gently along the Rohrbach stream. Here you can observe the activities of the Bieber in the scenically beautiful Rohrbach valley. Accompanied by changing forest scenery, past hunters' graves, the forest releases the mountain biker again at the Alsberg golf course. As a reward, you are rewarded with a fantastic view over the Kinzig valley. From this point, the Donkey Trail now accompanies the tour with its path structure and guidance. The Donkey Trail is a long-distance hiking trail through the Spessart. It takes its name from the donkey caravans in the Middle Ages, which brought salt from the salt works in Bad Orb and Fulda to Miltenberg for embarkation. For ambitious mountain bikers, the Donkey Trail from Schlüchtern to Klein-Heubach (approx. 112 km) is a great mountain bike tour. At the intersection of the Donkey Trail and the Spessartbogen, you leave the latter and follow a forestry track to Mernes. After leaving the forest behind, the route leads over a meadow path into an old hollow path. This descent is somewhat inconspicuous at first, but it is more demanding for mountain bikers. If this is too boring for you, you can integrate one or two ramps into the descent, which are located at the edge of the path. At the end of the hollow path, you can catch another glimpse of Mernes and the Jossa Valley before returning to the starting point of the tour. Highlights of the route: - Marvellous distant views - Varied landscape - Stackenberg - "Three Marksteinen" - Rohrbach valley - Donkey trail