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North Rhine-Westphalia

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Single Trails Halde Hoppenbruch – Halde Hoheward loop from Bochum-Hamme

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Mountain biking trails

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Single Trails Halde Hoppenbruch – Halde Hoheward loop from Bochum-Hamme

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Single Trails Halde Hoppenbruch – Halde Hoheward loop from Bochum-Hamme

02:33

42.6km

300m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 12, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 8 m for 11 m

After 42.6 km for 11 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

4.34 km

Blumenkamp

Nature Reserve

6.11 km

View from the Erzbahntrasse Bridge

Highlight (Segment) • Bridge

It is a very nice section on the Erzbahntrasse with a good view.

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15.3 km

Mountain Bike Trails Halde Hoppenbruch

Highlight • MTB Park

A beautiful Eldorado has been built on the heap. Something for everyone.

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15.6 km

Single Trails Halde Hoppenbruch

Highlight • MTB Park

One of numerous trails on the Hoppenbruch heap that can be easily combined with one another. So keep your eyes open and just try a new branch. The good thing …

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19.6 km

Obelisk and Sundial on Hoheward Slag Heap

Highlight • Monument

I would never have expected something like that up here. Crazy. 💈

The sundial, which is around 3,000 square meters in size, is located on the south plateau (140 meters). …

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20.0 km

Horizon Observatory on Hoheward

Highlight • Monument

There is an official network of mountain bike trails on the Hoheward dump in Herten. Information and the route can be found at: landschaftspark-hoheward.de/hoheward/aktiv/mountainbike.html.

But a trip here is not …

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23.4 km

Halde Hoheward

Highlight • Structure

Top trail. Easy downhill with small jumps

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26.0 km

Mond See

Lake

26.7 km

Hertener Emscherbruch

Nature Reserve

27.3 km

Ewald Lake

Highlight • Lake

One glance at the lake is enough for us to want to immerse ourselves in this deep silence. In a figurative sense, of course. So, get off, sit down, and simply let your senses wander.

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31.5 km

Grimberg sickle

Highlight (Segment) • Bridge

Get on the bike at the Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum, cycle on the Erzbahn route up to the Zoom Erlebniswelt in Gelsenkirchen and then continue the tour through the Emscherbruch to …

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42.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

21.9 km

12.8 km

5.13 km

2.11 km

590 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

22.7 km

12.1 km

4.47 km

1.93 km

1.37 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (140 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

Weather

Sunday 23 August

22°C

9°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 15.0 km/h

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Comments

August 25, 2024,XC-Tour | Halden Hoheward & Pluto

Easy-going round without any technical sections (trails). ☀️☀️😊 The only downside: the whole tour was against the wind. 😬

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January 28, 2025,Endlich wieder auf's 🚲...

... after a long forced break. 🥺 Unfortunately, the ☀️☀️ weather turned to 🥶💨🌧 after work. 🤷🏻‍♂️, the main thing is to get moving. 😬

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October 25, 2024,XC-Tour | Halde Hoheward

After a two-week forced break, we're finally back on the 🚲 in glorious October weather. 😊☀️☀️ If there was any cold left, it's now sweated out. 😝

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June 9, 2025,Halden Hoheward/Hoppenbruch/Pluto [XC]

... without any technical sections and finally without rain. ☀️😊

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July 17, 2024,XC-Tour | Halden Hoheward & Pluto

I didn't follow all the more challenging trails on the Hoheward slag heap today. After the last serious fall, I'm completely exhausted from "muddling around". 😬

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May 4, 2023,Der Ewald hat gerufen....🚵‍♂️💨

Before the rain comes, quickly to the Hoppenbruch dump and Hoheward, flat, straight, asphalt and gravel heavy over the route and Emscherweg.
Similar on the way back, but took the Rheinelbe heap with me.

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June 17, 2023,Von Herten Zeche Ewald über Halden durchs Ruhrgebiet + Freeride MTB trail Halde Hoppenbruch, Einführung in Trails durch den Erbauer der Wege.

We started at the Hohe Ward landscape park (Ewald colliery) to 3.
We continued to the Horizon Observatory, over the trails to the Hoppenbruch dump over the Drachenbrücke, on the Hoppenbruch dump we then made the first official break after about 18km. We were informed by the trail builder, FRC-Herten e.V (freeride mtb trail), what was being done at the …

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June 9, 2022,eins 🌧️ zwei 🌧️ und drei ⛅🚴‍♂️ 09.06.2022 19:53

Took the bike out of the basement three times today and brought it back in... 2 p.m. and then 3 p.m. rain showers... Only dry at 4 p.m. and that's how it stayed 😀🚴‍♂️⛅

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View from the Erzbahntrasse Bridge

Mountain Bike Trails Halde Hoppenbruch

Single Trails Halde Hoppenbruch

Obelisk and Sundial on Hoheward Slag Heap

Horizon Observatory on Hoheward

Halde Hoheward

Ewald Lake

Grimberg sickle

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