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Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Zella-Mehlis

Ohra Reservoir – View of Ohratalsperre loop from Zella-Mehlis West

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Germany

Thuringia

Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Zella-Mehlis

Ohra Reservoir – View of Ohratalsperre loop from Zella-Mehlis West

Hard

4.7

(70)

243

riders

Ohra Reservoir – View of Ohratalsperre loop from Zella-Mehlis West

04:00

47.3km

1,040m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

Tips

Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 2.58 km for 463 m

After 3.75 km for 129 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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13.7 km

View of the Oberhof Ski Jump

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From here you can see the hill in its total.

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18.6 km

Gerastollen West Portal

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This tunnel was built between 1976 and 1985 and is a nice photo opportunity.

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20.4 km

Along the Ohra Reservoir

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Here you really have a really nice view of the dam 🤩.

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20.9 km

Ohra Dam

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Beautiful view of the dam. One of many. A truly beautiful piece of land.

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21.5 km

Ohra Reservoir Information Pavilion and Viewpoint

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The stamping point is in the pavilion, it is the Ohratalsperre dam stamping point.

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21.8 km

The Ohratalsperre was built between 1960 and 1966 and today supplies over 400,000 residents with drinking water and generates 400 KW of electricity through hydropower.
There is a circular hiking trail around the dam and two foredams.
Places worth seeing around the dam are the Kulissenfelsen, the Gerastollen and many great views of the dam.
A visit, whether for hiking or cycling, is always worthwhile.

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22.3 km

View of the Ohratalsperre

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It's so beautiful here.

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27.4 km

Vorsperre Kerngrund

Lake

28.5 km

View of Ohratalsperre

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Fantastically beautiful view 👍🚲

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41.1 km

Schützenbergmoor

Nature Reserve

47.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

37.9 km

4.58 km

4.44 km

506 m

Surfaces

23.4 km

11.8 km

5.93 km

4.42 km

1.39 km

394 m

Elevation

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Highest point (890 m)

Lowest point (460 m)

Weather

Friday 14 August

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Comments

October 5, 2024,Tour von Oberhof zur Ohratalsperre

Three days without sun and a lot of rain.
It's stupid, but you just make the best of it.
The bike tour today took us from Oberhof to the Ohratalsperre. We circled around it and then cycled back to Oberhof via the Wegscheide to the winter sports center.
From there we continued to the Baude am Veilchenbrunnen, a really great, …

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April 13, 2022,Von Oberhof zur Ohratalsperre (Thüringen)

Cheated today on Easter vacation... with an e-bike 😜👍🏻
Big daughter with us and family friends and off we went 🚵‍♂️🔄👍🏻
I have to say that an e-bike is a great thing on vacation 🙄👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
At home we drive old-school again...
Let's see what the future says then 🤗🤔

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July 26, 2024,Ohratalsperre und eine Runde Bikepark

In the bike park I treated myself to lift support😇

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July 11, 2025,Mountainbike

Of course, no hiking... Our e-mountain bikes took us through the beautiful Thuringian Forest. We were lucky with the weather and enjoyed the nature and peace. Another fun thing: riding 9 km downhill. That's definitely not possible in Brandenburg.

Tomorrow, we'll hike the Rennsteig trail.

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August 19, 2023,Talsperrenrunde im Thüringer Wald

Today we went from Zella-Mehlis to the dam circuit.
First to the Ohra and then to the Lütsche.
The weather was nice and warm 🥵 and some of the paths were difficult to drive on due to the last rainy days. Very spongy matter on gravel roads. 😎🤓
The color of the waters is outstanding. 🤩

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Ohra Reservoir – View of Ohratalsperre loop from Zella-Mehlis West

View of the Oberhof Ski Jump

Gerastollen West Portal

Along the Ohra Reservoir

Ohra Dam

Ohra Reservoir Information Pavilion and Viewpoint

Ohra Reservoir

View of the Ohratalsperre

View of Ohratalsperre

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