Between vineyards, meadows and forests from Turckheim to Aubure

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This circuit, which mainly follows wine and forest trails, cycle paths and small mountain roads to avoid traffic, is designed for mountain bikes and electric mountain bikes. It allows you to discover some picturesque villages in the foothills, such as Turckheim, Ammerschwihr, Kientzheim, Kaysersberg, Hunawihr and Zellenberg, as well as the green Fréland valley and the steeper, forest-covered slopes of the Brézouard and Kaelblin mountains.

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  • Mountain biking
    Activity: Mountain biking
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    Distance: 37.28 mi
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    Duration according to the author: 5 hrs 
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    Difficulty: Moderate
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    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 3,701 ft
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    Descent: - 3,704 ft
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    Highest point: 2,943 ft
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    Lowest point: 715 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐
    Area: Vosges mountains
  • ⚐ City: Turckheim (68230)
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    Start/End: N 48.086532° / E 7.279487°
  • Accessible from the train station Gare de Turckheim.
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    IGN map(s): Ref. 3617ET, 3617ETR, 3718OT, 3718OTR
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    Type of surface:
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    ■ 50% Road ■ 50% Byway
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    Bike carrying: Not specified
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    Difficulty: Moderate
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Description of the route

Depart from Place de la République in Turckheim, where parking is still free.

(S/E) Ignore the D10VII and take Rue du Florimont. Pass the post office and the emergency services centre and continue to a cross at the last houses in the village.

(1) Follow Chemin du Boland, a tarmac wine route, which climbs towards the vineyard and leads to a four-way crossroads with a cross.

(2) Continue straight ahead and follow the paved wine route towards Katzenthal. When you reach a fork, keep left and avoid going downhill. You will reach the church and town hall of Katzenthal.

(3) Continue along Rue de l'Église, then turn right onto Rue d'Ammerschwihr and reach a crossroads with a wayside shrine.

(4) Leave the downhill road, turn left, then right and continue straight on to the Meywihr Chapel.

(5) First turn right then left, enter Ammerschwihr and continue straight ahead. Pass the town hall and the church and you will reach Rue du Rempart.

(6) Go down this street on the right until you reach the traffic lights at the junction with Route des Vins. Cross this road, go around the cemetery on your left and take Rue de Celtes then Rue des Moulins to reach the footbridge over the Weiss via the cycle path.

(7) Continue along this road and go straight ahead. Carefully cross the Route des Vins, pass in front of the school complex and join the Grand Rue de Kientzheim.

(8) Turn left onto Grand Rue, cross the village and turn right onto Rue du Riesling.

(9) Take this street, then continue along a vineyard path that leads to Kaysersberg. Enter the town and go around the Place de la Mairie to reach Rue du Général de Gaulle.

(10) Go up this street (no entry, except for bicycles) and at the bridge over the Weiss, continue straight on Rue des Forgerons. Continue along the cycle path that runs alongside the Weiss to the stadium and the water sports centre.

(11) Continue left on the cycle path that runs alongside the Weiss, passes behind the cardboard factory and joins the Route de Fréland at a place called Gare de Fréland.

(12) Continue straight ahead (D11.3) and join Maison du Pays Welche in Fréland.

(13) Walk along it on the right-hand side, then follow Rue des Hauts Jardins on the left. Pass the hamlet of Ongrange, then turn right and, a few metres later, left. Continue uphill, pass the hamlet of Le Chêne, then the pass, and arrive at a crossroads. Keep left and follow the road that leads to Col du Chamont.

(14) At the three-way junction, near a chalet, turn right onto Chemin de la Fonderie towards Codongoute. This small scenic road offers beautiful views of the Val de Fréland and Kaelblin.Continue to the next crossroads.

(15) Continue left, cross the bridge over the Ure and turn right at the hairpin bend towards Grandmont. Ignore the hamlet on the right and continue climbing towards Plat des Fées and Bas Voirimont.

(16) Continue straight ahead on the path that leads deep into the forest, keep right at the next junction and you will reach a crossroads (Chemin de la Moyenne Goutte).

(17) Turn right and follow the road that passes in front of the old Salem medical centre and leads to a viewpoint.

(18) Continue straight ahead and reach the Col de Fréland.

(19) Continue left on theDD11III and arrive at a roundabout at the Aubure Town Hall. Turn right onto Rue de la Poste and continue to a multiple junction.

(20) Turn right and then quickly follow Chemin du Kaelblin on the left. Continue along a track and, after a hairpin bend on the left, you will reach a three-way junction. Keep left and you will arrive at a place called Sapin Français.

(21) Turn right onto the path marked Croix Bleue and you will reach a road.

(22) Continue along the track opposite and you will reach the mountain inn and the Saint-Alexis Chapel.

(23) Turn around and return to the road.

(22) Follow it to the right and, at the top of the climb, take the track, at a 90° angle, to the left, marked with a blue cross. At the crossroads, take thesecond turn on the right and you will soon reach the Col du Seelacker.

(24) Continue along the path, marked with a blue cross, and descend to Hunawihr. Pass a rest area, then follow Grand' Rue and Rue de l'Église. Walk past the church and continue straight on to Fontaine Sainte-Hune.

(25) Turn right, then a few metres later, turn right again onto Rue de la Sinn. At the three-way junction, climb to the left and continue until you reach a crossroads.

(26) Turn left, then right, and head towards the bottom of Zellenberg and the Route des Vins.

(27) Cross it and climb up to the village of Zellenberg until you reach the crossroads with a central island.

(28) Continue to the right, walk past the church on your left and arrive at Place du 19 Novembre 1944 Schirhoft and continue straight on to the Froehn promontory.

(29) Go around the hill on the paved path. Return to the church and the crossroads with a central island.

(28) Descend to the right, Route d'Ostheim, until you reach the left-hand bend. Take thesecond wine route on the right. At the three-way junction, keep left and then turn right at thesecond crossroads. Descend towards Beblenheim and join Rue du 5 Décembre at the bottom of Rue des Tulipes.

(30) Go down to the left, then turn right onto Rue David Woeflin. Leave the village, cross the Mandelberg (almond tree hill) and reach the end of Rue des Amandiers in Mittelwihr.

(31) Continue almost opposite, on Rue du 25 Décembre, go around the cemetery on your left, continue straight ahead and take Rue du Lys as it extends.

(32) Opposite No. 32, Rue des Merles, turn right and continue straight ahead, passing the old Bouxhof farmyard and continuing to a small tarmac road.

(33) Go downhill to the left and you will reach Kientzheim Town Hall. Turn left downhill onto Grand Rue, then Rue de la Chapelle. Pass in front of the Félix et Régule Chapel and Schwendi Castle and exit through the gate to join theD1Bis.

(34) Cross it and continue straight ahead on theD111 until you reach the D415 in Ammerschwihr.

(35) Follow it to the left towards Ribeauvillé, then take the cycle path that runs alongside it on the left. Leave the village and turn right onto the small road that climbs up into the vineyards. Continue straight ahead until you reach the route you have already taken.

(4) Keep left and, taking the opposite route to the one you took on the way there, return to Place de la République in Turckheim (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 774 ft - Place de la République in Turckheim - Source de la Fecht
  2. 1 : mi 0.44 - alt. 761 ft - Chemin du Boland
  3. 2 : mi 1.17 - alt. 840 ft - D21.1 towards Niedermorschwihr
  4. 3 : mi 1.74 - alt. 876 ft - Rue de l'Église
  5. 4 : mi 2.41 - alt. 866 ft - Oratory
  6. 5 : mi 2.97 - alt. 794 ft - Meywihr Chapel
  7. 6 : mi 3.4 - alt. 787 ft - Rue du Rempart
  8. 7 : mi 3.86 - alt. 735 ft - Footbridge over the Weiss - Weiss (rivière)
  9. 8 : mi 4.14 - alt. 738 ft - Grand Rue
  10. 9 : mi 4.4 - alt. 755 ft - Rue du Riesling
  11. 10 : mi 5.3 - alt. 810 ft - Rue du Général de Gaulle
  12. 11 : mi 6.8 - alt. 919 ft - Water sports centre
  13. 12 : mi 8.24 - alt. 1,053 ft - Fréland Road
  14. 13 : mi 9.92 - alt. 1,385 ft - Maison du Pays Welche
  15. 14 : mi 11.62 - alt. 2,044 ft - Chemin de la Fonderie
  16. 15 : mi 13.27 - alt. 1,873 ft - Crossroads
  17. 16 : mi 14.49 - alt. 2,582 ft - Bas Voirimont
  18. 17 : mi 15.24 - alt. 2,927 ft - Chemin de la Moyenne Goutte
  19. 18 : mi 17.14 - alt. 2,815 ft - Belvedere
  20. 19 : mi 17.73 - alt. 2,726 ft - Col de Fréland (831m)
  21. 20 : mi 18.27 - alt. 2,621 ft - Chemin du Kaelblin
  22. 21 : mi 21.12 - alt. 2,533 ft - French fir tree
  23. 22 : mi 21.96 - alt. 2,277 ft - Route from Riquewihr to Aubure
  24. 23 : mi 22.27 - alt. 2,126 ft - Saint-Alexis
  25. 24 : mi 23.85 - alt. 2,188 ft - Col du Seelacker (676 m)
  26. 25 : mi 27.28 - alt. 833 ft - Sainte-Hune fountain - Église Saint-Jacques le Majeur (Hunawihr)
  27. 26 : mi 27.71 - alt. 994 ft - Crossing path
  28. 27 : mi 28.09 - alt. 879 ft - Wine Route
  29. 28 : mi 28.27 - alt. 915 ft - Zellenberg
  30. 29 : mi 28.51 - alt. 968 ft - Froehn promontory
  31. 30 : mi 29.75 - alt. 748 ft - Bottom of Rue des Tulipes - Sembach (ruisseau) - Affluent de la Fecht
  32. 31 : mi 30.43 - alt. 732 ft - Wine Route
  33. 32 : mi 30.71 - alt. 751 ft - Rue des Merles
  34. 33 : mi 32.18 - alt. 1,089 ft - Route from Kientzheim to Riquewihr
  35. 34 : mi 33.49 - alt. 728 ft - Wine Routes
  36. 35 : mi 34.32 - alt. 761 ft - Route du Col du Bonhomme
  37. S/E : mi 37.28 - alt. 774 ft - Place de la République in Turckheim - Gare de Turckheim

Notes

Refreshments are available in the villages you pass through, as well as at the Saint-Alexis mountain inn halfway along the route.

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