By Natasha Pressler
TEAM GREEN'N FIT
Those who end up in the beautiful Rhineland should not miss a tour through the Siebengebirge. Whether by racing bike, MTB or on foot is of course up to you - it's always nice. Why actually Siebengebirge?
"Seven" actually has nothing to do with the number of mountains. And once you've been in the Siebengebirge on foot, you realize that there are actually a lot more than 7 mountains. In fact, there are even more than 40 hills. However, 7 of them stand out in particular.
Name researchers derived the name from the dialect term "siffen" = to rain and "siepen" = gorge-like valley.
If you are on the road with a racing bike, you can "only" let off steam on 3 of the 7 big mountains.
On the Petersberg, on the Drachenfels and on parts of the Mount of Olives. The rest is only passable by MTB. Since I live at the foot of the Siebengebirge, I can warmly recommend 2 routes. The first is short and sweet with about 65km and 1200hm. Most of the paths are small car-free side streets. The route includes all 3 climbs described above. The second route leads through and behind the Siebengebirge with 110km/1800hm. Every year in May, the RCB Bonn offers this route as an RTF. We recommend.
And let's go....
Tour 1: "Short and crisp" (approx. 65km/1200m elevation gain)
The starting point is opposite the Telekom building. There is also good parking space there. From here it mainly goes on small, idyllic side roads criss-crossing the Siebengebirge until we reach the classic climbs of the Siebengebirge.
Once around the Mount of Olives, we arrive at the top of the Margaretenhöhe and start the beautiful, fast descent down to the Petersberg junction. Here it goes to a height of 331m (2,1km/178hm).
Since the increase is permanently between 8-12%, you get sweaty here relatively quickly. Once at the top, you have a magnificent view of the Rhine Valley. There is also the opportunity to stop here. However, I recommend the slightly cheaper bistro on the Drachenfels. So we drive back the same way down to the main road and we follow it for about 1km until we see the junction to the Drachenfels on the left. 2,2km and 174hm the small road winds past the Hirschberg and the Drachenburg. Once at the top, everyone can now decide for themselves which view is more overwhelming...;-). Now all you have to do is roll down towards the Rhine and back to the starting point.
Link to download
http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=zwlgsmgkwiogxeiy
Tour 2 "Telekom RTF"
Every year, the Rad Campus Bonn offers a bike tour with three different routes.
49km – 634m elevation gain
76km – 1022m elevation gain
112km – 1695m elevation gain
On scenic routes through the Siebengebirge, the Westerwald and partly through the Belgian countryside. Also worth mentioning is the well-organized route. 1 € of the entry fee goes to the German bone marrow donation file.
Link to download:
http://radtreffcampus.de/?page_id=4812
Best regards,
Natascha