Quellen und Höhen

The name says it all, this tour leads through beautiful valley sections up to the "Horst", the highest elevation in Bad Orb. Except for the "Haseltal" and "Haberstal" sections, the route leads along forest paths and easy gravel paths. After an easy start in Haseltal, the route climbs up to the "Am hohen Kreuz" parking lot. Here the route changes to the "Eselsweg", a long-distance hiking trail in the Spessart. Sometimes along a forest path, sometimes along an easy gravel path, the Eselsweg leads in this section to the "Burgjosser Heiligen", the Rosskopf and the "Sieben Wege" parking lot. From the parking lot, the trail first follows a gravel path towards Pfaffenhäuser Grund, then a forest path and finally a path towards Orbquelle. A narrow hiking trail now leads to the "Stierruhquelle" spring. Passing the golf course, the trail climbs up to Horst, the highest point of the tour. After reaching the highest point, the tour leads along a varied route via the Bieberer Hütte to the Pfarrküppel. Here, a washed-out forest path awaits mountain bikers before they reach the Haberstal trail via another narrow forest and meadow path. This is the last challenge before the Haberstal and Bad Orb come within reach again.

Route marker 18