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Germany
Bavaria
Upper Franconia
Franconian Switzerland
Landkreis Bayreuth
Betzenstein

The Forest Tunnel – Wasserstein Gate loop from Betzenstein

Moderate

4.4

(15)

45

riders

The Forest Tunnel – Wasserstein Gate loop from Betzenstein

02:18

27.0km

420m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 24, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 7.21 km for 188 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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6.17 km

The Kissing Crocodile

Highlight • Natural Monument

Beautiful rock that looks like a crocodile with a little imagination and kisses the tree. Definitely worth stopping by for a photo.

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2

6.31 km

Höllenstein Cave

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Very beautiful bizarre rock formation with a large archway, a through cave. The through caves are probably one of the most beautiful of their kind in Franconian Switzerland. On the …

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3

8.28 km

The Forest Tunnel

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Class way - like a tree tunnel!

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11.6 km

Knopfstein (Bärnfels Mushroom)

Highlight • Natural Monument

The "button stone" is also called "Bärnfelser Pilz" and is an extraordinary rock formation near Bärnfels. The shape is reminiscent of a trouser button and was created by the weathering of the various layers of rock.

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20.0 km

Very nice smooth trial track that sometimes invites you to jump.

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22.5 km

Wetterloch Cave

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Great cave just a few yards from the trail and not to be missed

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22.9 km

The large water stone is a dolomite massif with two rock groups and a cave system. In the northern area there is a smaller cave system with about ten meters …

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23.0 km

Wasserstein Gate

Highlight • Natural Monument

The largest rock gate of the water stones, what forces must have worked here.
Especially when the sun is falling through the gate and the trees

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27.0 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.5 km

5.36 km

3.55 km

1.64 km

929 m

Surfaces

11.8 km

5.05 km

4.07 km

3.32 km

2.52 km

215 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (570 m)

Lowest point (440 m)

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Sunday 12 July

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