Schapen-Querum-Hansestraße

MTV Mountainbike group; Tour from 17.07.2013

Short route description:

Route approx. 39km 144Hm highest point approx. 95m above sea level.

Start at the Red Meadow. Via developed bike paths, past the former Federal Railway maintenance facility, it goes to Helmstedter Straße. After a short meadow trail on Elmsburgweg, we ride to Riddagshausen. We pass through Riddagshausen past the Waldforum to Schapen.

Through a narrow field trail we enter the Schapener Forest, which we cross over a 750m trail. Via developed field paths, we head towards Moorhüttensee. Just before a bridge, we turn right onto a path through a reed bed from the lake (partly muddy passage after rainy days). At the end of the path, we turn right before a ford crossing. After crossing a ditch, the route runs parallel to Dibbesdorfer Straße. On the day of the ride, a narrow singletrail through a field was deliberately destroyed by the farmer with a plug. As an alternative, you can fight your way through the meadow or hit the track again via the Schuntertal and Drömlingweg roads. You cross the Schunter via a narrow bridge and after about 1km enter the Querumer Forest. There, we face technical challenges. At kilometer 18.7, we cross a steep stair passage onto the main road to the airfield and then up another staircase (downhill section passable for the brave; uphill possibly doable for experts). After that, we follow a narrow forest path to the former Hussar barracks and shortly after turn back into the forest. At kilometer 19.6 comes one of the most beautiful trails in the Querumer Forest about 750m long; with four drivable tree obstacles (chainring hits) and a tree breakthrough. The route then continues along narrow forest paths through Kralenriede and the Schunterniederung at the Schuntersiedlung (partly muddy passages after flooding). After a short asphalt section, we cross Gifhorner Straße and continue on bike paths past Schwarzenberg towards Pfälzerstraße. We cross the A391 and turn right at the substation onto a meadow trail parallel to the tangent. At kilometer 26.7, a new challenge arises on this route; after a steep ramp, we ride along a narrow path along the mountain ridge, parallel to Hansestraße (view of Porta, Ikea); now fully ridable after logging work. After a steep downhill section, we head towards Veltenhof. There we follow a trail approximately 1.8km long along the Oker, partly along the steep bank, with slight tree obstacles; now fully ridable. At the railway line, a short downhill stair section. Then we go past ÖLpersee and parallel to Oker towards Bammelsburgerteich. We ride over the embankment to the VW Hall and the Spielmannsteiche back to the starting point Red Meadow.

Have fun riding the city-close trails.

Martin