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DE-BW Black Forest Schiltach West - Gravel 68 km, D+ 1670 m, 18 passes

Author description

AuthorJean-Luc Ceccato
Course To be carried out on 14 September 2020
Departure Schiltach: several free car parks, including one along the Kinzig at the junction of Hauptstraße and Auestraße. Alt: 330 m.
For accommodation, I recommend the Gasthof Zum Weyßen Rößle. Rosemarie Wolber is very friendly and speaks French. The food is very good.

Tourist information

As you pass through the villages, you'll see the carefully decorated houses that are so typical of this mid-mountain region. There are numerous viewpoints along the way.

Technical specifications

This route presents no difficulties, and was completed with a mountain bike fitted with 40 gravel tyres, without any problems. The route covers around 50% of nice rolling tracks and the rest on tarmac roads.
For access to the Dohlenbacher Höhe DE-BW-0476, I advise you to go up and down the side of the loop that I went down, about 300 m, because the part I went up required me to cross an electrified fence and drive inside the field.
At km 17.7 of the route, cross the river directly and skip the loop I did unnecessarily, to get back on the route at km 19.9.
Once you reach Col Steig DE-BW-0505a, an easy 200-metre push leads to a track.
As with most routes in the Black Forest, there are often quite steep gradients to contend with.

18 collars

1 Hofeck                                 DE-BW-0349
2 Dohlenbacher Höhe               DE-BW-0476
3 Happachsattel                        DE-BW-0410
4 Burgeck                                DE-BW-0498
5 Schrannenbauernsattel            DE-BW-0635a
6 Landeck                               DE-BW-0674
7 Sankt RomanerHohe              DE-BW-0725a
8 Auf der Ecken                       DE-BW-0680
9 Jehlebasches Hohe                 DE-BW-0705
10 Kohlplatz                            DE-BW-0730b
11 Vorder Hals                        DE-BW-0763
12 Hinter Hals                         DE-BW-0752
13 Neusteigle                           DE-BW-0601
14 Steig                                  DE-B W -0505a
15 Das Tor                              DE-BW-0704
16 Alte Grube                          DE-BW-0749
17 Bockseckle                         DE-BW-0788b
18 Hasenhohe                          DE-BW-0644

Link Openrunner, interactive map, profile, gpx track https://www.openrunner.com/route-details/16387849

Key wordsBlack Forest, Sciltach, centcols

This itinerary is given as an indication only. The author declines all responsibility, as well as that of the Club des Cent Cols, for imponderables caused by the cyclist himself, the equipment used or anything relating to the road, its environment or other road users.