Himmelfahrt 2012

By train to Wernigerode, shortly after 9:00 a.m. we set off to the Bahnparallelweg, up to the Hotel Drei Annen then to the Glashüttenweg. Continued to Brockenbett and then along Brockenstraße to the summit. Brief stop (almost an hour). Down again the Brockenstraße and at about 900 m elevation at Brockenbett, turn left onto the Gelben Brink. At the first fork, continued to Stempelsbuche and then right towards Heinrich-Heine-Weg. Just before the curve straight onto Bremer Weg. At Bremer Hütte we kept left and descended the forest road, passing the Ilse falls, then turned left. After the bridge, there is a wonderful trail which, despite warnings, was very little used today. This path crosses another road and continues on the left side next to the Ilse river. From Ilsenburg just the R1 cycle route to Wernigerode. At the station, with Andreas, we went on to Halberstadt along the Holtemme cycle path to Halberstadt station. Waited 10 minutes and then continued by train.