There are these little red arrows labelled "50 m". A service that is so unusual that the most obvious meaning doesn't come to mind at first: "Well, trail junction in 50 metres!" Jörg Grünbeck is not only the trail commissioner in St. Ingbert, but also a full-time transport planner and an ambitious marathon mountain biker in his spare time. This explains the character of this perfectly signposted Green Pure route around St. Ingbert:
On grenade trails and over the skull descent
From the P+R car park in Sengscheid, you roll along one of the few tarmac sections of the tour to the single trail entrance and off you go: 80 per cent of the main route consists of a straightforward network of paths and forest tracks, from which playful extra loops branch off. For example, the grenade trails, the skull descent or the trench. Incidentally, as in the nearby Palatinate Forestsandstone. Rainwater therefore seeps away quickly and the MTB tyres never have to dig through mud puddles. At the Kahlenberghütte, it's worth taking a break on the wooden terrace. Not only because of the view, but also to ensure that your strength and concentration last until the end. The last trail sections are slightly exposed. A super tour!
The St. Ingbert MTB area in Saarland
Just as the miners once hiked straight through the forest to the mineshafts or the soldiers in the war between bunkers and trenches, the trails around St. Ingbert still run today. Roots or stones are rarely in the way on the main route. A perfect training circuit for marathon racers! There are 14 extra loops of varying degrees of difficulty, which, for example, plunge into old garnet funnels with compressions, plunge down steep slopes, turn rollercoaster curves or circle through a trench that is a little more than handlebar width. There is also a second Pur circuit (blue), which runs to the north-west of the city. At 42.9 km and 960 metres in altitude, it is shorter, but has more challenging climbs and is more demanding in terms of riding technique. The St. Ingbert tour network in total: 116 km! The starting points: the P+R car park in Sengscheid and the local recreation area Schüren in the north.
Overnight stay Alfa-Hotel in St. Ingbert-Sengscheid with sauna, fitness room, packed lunch and driving technique courses. Info: www.alfa-hotel.de
Retreat The MTB tour passes a drinking fountain at kilometre 16 and the cosy Kahlenberghütte at kilometre 35. opening times: www.kahlenberghuette.de
Bike shop Well-stocked and housed in an old petrol station: Total Normal Bikes, Kaiserstr. 331, www.total-normal.com
Driving technique courses Christian Stopp, www.saarpfalz-bike.de
General information www.urlaub-st-ingbert.de
MTB tour St. Ingbert in the Saarland: The Green Pure
- 53.6 kilometres
- 1446 metres altitude
- 4:50 hours
- Trail share 44 %
- Condition 4/5
- Driving technique 3/5
- Landscape 3/5
You can download the GPS data for this and other top MTB tours in Saarland free of charge at the end of the article.
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Gitta Beimfohr
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