Talsperre Malter – Rabenauer Grund Radrunde

MTB & gravel ride · Saxony

Route overview

Loop of 64 km, start and finish: Dresden. Around 650 m of climbing makes for a solid effort, without extreme elevation swings. At about 5 h 50 min on the move (MTB/gravel, base pace 15 km/h), plan for a full day out.

The route starts at 132 m above sea level and falls into 4 stretches: km 0–16 flat (+130 m / −25 m); km 16–34 rolling (+500 m / −250 m); km 34–53 downhill (+150 m / −440 m); km 53–64 flat (+25 m / −85 m). The longest climb starts at km 16 (5.2 km, averaging 3.0 %, +160 m). The high point is at km 34, at 481 m above sea level. The route passes through, in this order: Potschappel (km 6), Edle Krone (km 19), Obercunnersdorf (km 26), Beerwalde (km 35), Ruppendorf (km 38), Paulshain (km 39) and 5 more.

Viewpoints along the route: Konrad-Grüttner-Platz (viewpoint, km 49), Großvaterstuhl (viewpoint, km 49), Weiße Bank (viewpoint, km 50) and 6 more. The course partly follows waymarked trails (Mittelland-Route (Sachsen-Ost), Radroute an der Silberstraße, Rundweg Roter Punkt (Meißen - Schmilka)). Huts and shelters along the route: Schutzhütte an der Planwiese (shelter, km 50) and 2 more.

The surface is mostly asphalt (about 60% of the mapped surface).

For a meal: Wirtshaus Alte Schmiede (restaurant, km 10), Waldschänke (restaurant, km 27), Gasthof Zum Rabenauer Grund (restaurant, km 53) and 21 more.

The route in numbers

Distance
64.4 km
Ascent
654 m Elevation gain is computed from a terrain model along the route line. Recordings from GPS devices can report higher values — owing to the slightly longer distance actually covered, to measurement inaccuracy, and to device-specific filtering. Differences of 10–15% are entirely possible.
Highest point
481 m
Lowest point
127 m
Climbs
3
Region
Saxony
Activity
MTB & gravel ride

Climbs

km Length Ascent Avg. gradient
18–20 2.0 km 84 m 4.2 %
25–26 1.0 km 66 m 6.6 %
32–33 1.0 km 32 m 3.2 %

Descents

km Length Descent Avg. gradient
21–22 1.0 km 79 m 7.9 %
27–28 1.0 km 33 m 3.3 %
34–36 2.0 km 70 m 3.5 %
39–41 2.0 km 73 m 3.7 %
44–45 1.0 km 40 m 4.0 %
48–49 1.0 km 46 m 4.6 %
52–53 1.0 km 31 m 3.1 %

Surfaces

Weather along this route

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