Alsberger Blick

The scenic Hirschbornteiche ponds, the ascent to Alsberg, the Eselsweg trail, the Söhlchesweiher pond and the Orber-Grenzweg trail are outstanding features of this tour. Forest paths and trails determine the majority of the route characteristics. After starting at the sports field in Salmünster, the route leads to the district of Hausen. After a relatively short ride past Hausen Castle, you reach the Waldweiher nature reserve. A forestry path leads from here to the Hirschborn ponds. At the end of the ponds, the route leads to the other side of the valley, where an open oak and beech forest makes the tour entertaining until the ascent to Alsberg. After crossing the district road (K 888), the route follows a very direct forest path up to Alsberg. If you can see the pilgrimage church in Alsberg, you have completed most of the ascent. There is only a short uphill section in the town and you have reached the highest point of the tour. You are rewarded with a magnificent view of the Kinzig valley, the Vogelsberg and the Spessart. The second reward for the strenuous ascent is the subsequent ride along the Eselsweg trail. The Donkey Trail is a long-distance hiking trail through the Spessart. It takes its name from the donkey caravans in the Middle Ages, which brought salt from the salt works in Bad Orb and Fulda to Miltenberg for embarkation. After crossing the Donkey Trail with the Spessart Arch, the tour follows it to Söhlchesweiher, only to leave it again immediately. An undulating forestry path leads to the Orber-Grenzweg. Via Haselberg and Große Kuppe, the route now descends to Salmünster on varied sections of trail, the final and longest reward of this tour.