View from Glessener Höhe – View Towards Bergheim loop from Köln-Weiden West

Mountain biking trails

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhein-Erft-Kreis

Pulheim

View from Glessener Höhe – View Towards Bergheim loop from Köln-Weiden West

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View from Glessener Höhe – View Towards Bergheim loop from Köln-Weiden West

03:07

44.0km

340m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 19, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 11 m for 16 m

After 44.0 km for 16 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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8.11 km

Rooty Forest Trail in Naturpark Rheinland

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Here you will find beautiful routes and can explore the whole Königsforst really well.

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8.35 km

Forest Trail in Naturpark Rheinland

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A beautiful path in the forest with lots of variety.

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14.5 km

View from Glessener Höhe

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The Glessener Höhe is an artificially constructed hill. It is a former, now recultivated, spoil heap (tipping site) of the surrounding brown coal open-cast mines.

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17.8 km

Bridge Over the Brown Coal Railway

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Connection between Glessener Höhe and Abtsbusch

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19.8 km

Abtsbusch

Forest

23.5 km

View Towards Bergheim

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With a clear view you can see as far as the Eifel ...

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27.9 km

Trail in Königsdorfer Wald, Naturpark Rheinland

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nice trail section 👍👀💨

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37.3 km

View of Cologne and the surrounding area from Naturpark Rheinland

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Route on the edge of the forest with a beautiful view of Cologne and the surrounding area

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41.1 km

View of Brauweiler Abbey

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Past the golf course towards Brauweiler, the abbey always in view ...

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44.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

36.5 km

5.55 km

1.31 km

674 m

Surfaces

18.6 km

12.4 km

9.62 km

2.90 km

482 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

16°C

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Comments

June 9, 2025,Korridor überm Königsdorfer Forst - Blick nach Köln

🌧️ ☀️ Rain ☀️ 🌧️ Sun 🌧️ ☀️
Planned "elsewhere" tours postponed until "another time"
The weather apps weren't that reliable, but we still located a sunny corridor near Cologne-Pulheim on Whitsun Sunday evening and quickly found a route to follow.
Although everything was fine everywhere on the morning of our start, we still rode into the less hilly outskirts …

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August 23, 2023,Glessener Höhe, Klassiker🚵🏼‍♂️

Unfortunately, many trails have been blocked with trees. In the Königsdorfer Forest 😡
MTB ler should be expelled - too bad.

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October 26, 2024,Spätsommerliche Samstagsrunde

It was a beautiful, late summer, autumn day.
The goal was to crack the 4,000 km mark.
And it worked.
If you consider that I had to take a very long break in the spring due to illness, 4,000 km in 16 months isn't that bad.
The roads were very bad in places today due to agricultural work. No problem …

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September 12, 2024,Es wird Herbst an der Glessener Höhe

Actually, it was a typical after-work ride. We set off along field paths to Glessener Höhe, went around a few times, over to Fischbachhöhe, around and back again.
We saw five deer along the way.
But - it's slowly getting autumnal.
We started at a pleasant 17 degrees. But it quickly got chilly in the forest. With temperatures reaching 8 …

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May 22, 2022,MTB Neue Gabel 😍

What should I. to say? Even small changes, then The New Lyric is awesome. 💪🏼

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July 21, 2024,Sonntags Hausrunde Glessener Höhe 🚵🏼

Sun and lots of mud. The weather is getting annoying 🚵🏼

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October 23, 2021,Herbst Ride Glessener Höhe 🚵🏼‍♂️👍🏼

Today was a deep, mushy affair. But autumn shows its beautiful side with its bright colors. Leave a comment ...

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March 14, 2024,Bio MTB Glessener Höhe ☀️🚵🏼‍♂️

2nd tour with the new-old-pimped Ghost. The Ghost is really fun 🤩
I'll test it out in the bike park soon...