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View of the Eckertalsperre (Ecker Reservoir) – Brocken Summit loop from Torfhaus

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View of the Eckertalsperre (Ecker Reservoir) – Brocken Summit loop from Torfhaus

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View of the Eckertalsperre (Ecker Reservoir) – Brocken Summit loop from Torfhaus

02:53

24.4km

640m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 18, 2026

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Nationalpark Harz

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Parking

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4.75 km

Ski Memorial (Harzer Wandernadel Stamp Location 19)

Highlight • Monument

The HWN 19 stamp box is attached to the outside of the shelter. A new forest can be discovered in the immediate vicinity. There are many options for hikers: Scharfenstein, Eckertalsperre, Torfhaus, Marienteichbaude and Bad Harzburg.

Our shelters in the Harz National Park are usually located in places worth seeing and are therefore popular hiking destinations. They serve as a short-term rest and break option and as protection in the event of bad weather. Overnight stays are only permitted in an emergency. In the interest of everyone, whether human or animal, our shelters must be kept clean.
nationalpark-harz.de/de/natur-erleben/verhalten-im-nationalpark
The Harz National Park wishes you lots of fun in nature

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7.17 km

Eckertalsperre

Lake

8.04 km

Eckertalsperre

Highlight • Monument

only water supply between Molkenhaus and Brocken (when Scharfenstein is closed)

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8.87 km

View of the Eckertalsperre (Ecker Reservoir)

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The Eckerstausee is fed by various tributaries and is used to supply drinking water and energy: there are two turbines below the dam. If you walk over the 60-meter-high dam wall, you cross the former inner-German border between the FRG and the GDR.

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9.44 km

Viewpoint

9.95 km

Ecker Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

Well, if that's not a great view.
The bench is just right there

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11.2 km

Scharfenstein Ranger Station

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The ranger station is always worth a visit - and reasonably priced!
Opening hours: Daily 10.00h - 16.00h

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15.4 km

Brocken Summit

Highlight • Summit

The highest peak in the Harz above the tree line. Certainly not the most exciting climb on a mountain bike, but still a must, simply because it's there. ;-)

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16.8 km

Goetheweg Trail Along the Harz Narrow-Gauge Railway

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The Goetheweg from Torfhaus zum Brocken is one of the most popular hiking trails in the Harz National Park. He is named after the famous German poet and thinker Johann Wolfgang Goethe and follows his probable ascent from Torfhaus zum Brocken on December 10, 1777.

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19.5 km

Inner German Border at Goetheweg/Eckersprung

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A historical boundary post.

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24.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.6 km

5.91 km

1.23 km

273 m

188 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

13.2 km

4.50 km

3.28 km

1.73 km

1.51 km

Elevation

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Highest point (1,140 m)

Lowest point (560 m)

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Thursday 9 July

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View of the Eckertalsperre (Ecker Reservoir) – Brocken Summit loop from Torfhaus

Ski Memorial (Harzer Wandernadel Stamp Location 19)

Eckertalsperre

View of the Eckertalsperre (Ecker Reservoir)

Ecker Reservoir

Scharfenstein Ranger Station

Brocken Summit

Goetheweg Trail Along the Harz Narrow-Gauge Railway

Inner German Border at Goetheweg/Eckersprung

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