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Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Alb-Donau-Kreis
Dornstadt

View of the Blau River – River Blau loop from Dornstadt

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Bike touring routes & trails
Germany
Baden-Württemberg
Alb-Donau-Kreis
Dornstadt

View of the Blau River – River Blau loop from Dornstadt

Hard

4.8

(126)

465

riders

View of the Blau River – River Blau loop from Dornstadt

04:02

63.4km

610m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 25, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Rabensteig

Geopark Schwäbische Alb

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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12.8 km

Cycle path along the Blau from Gerhausen to Arnegg

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This is a great place to really let it all go. A perfect bike path, wide enough and with a good surface. Scenic and far, far away from cars.

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17.0 km

View of the Blau River

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If you look closely you can see one or two fat trout.

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18.1 km

River Blau

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There is always something to see on the Blau

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18.9 km

Simply brilliant and wonderful ☺️

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25.8 km

deep valley

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Wonderful gravel route through a wild, romantic valley.

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30.3 km

Tiefentalweg Gravel Path

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From Sontheim towards Blaubeuren

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42.0 km

Car-Free Cycle Path Laichingen–Berghülen

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Very long side road with top asphalt! Also a bit downhill towards Berghülen.🚴‍♂️

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50.5 km

ice and chilled soft drinks. Good seating. No beer ;-)

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63.4 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.3 km

18.4 km

7.93 km

4.49 km

858 m

361 m

112 m

Surfaces

46.2 km

10.4 km

4.66 km

1.69 km

433 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (780 m)

Lowest point (490 m)

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Thursday 9 July

29°C

12°C

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Comments

August 20, 2025,Alb-Donau-Kreis Radtour 6 - Tälerfahrt rund um Blaubeuren und hoch auf die Alb
A beautiful, scenic cycling area.🚵‍♂️.🌞🌲🍀🐞🐝
The color of the Blautopf is truly impressive and worth seeing.

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Tour 6 from the "Bicycle Tours Adventure Tours. Experience World Culture" brochure from the Albdonau District Tourist Office offers everything: from Laichingen, the tour goes through the Lauter Valley to Blaustein and then to Blaubeuren. The return journey leads gently up the Alb via the Tiefental valley.

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🚴🚴‍♀️And the Alb-Donau district rounds continue. With fantastic ☀️☀️ weather in November. 🍁🍂 Temperatures of 19 degrees Celsius and 11 degrees Celsius in the valleys. To finish off, we enjoyed some delicious cake and coffee.☕🍰

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Tour 07/06/2024: 1862MP: Knühl-Bus-Radreise: The Blautopf-Runde: Laichingen (Tiefenhöhle) Berghülen Bühlenhausen (kleines Lautertal, 📍Lauterquelle) Herrlingen Blaustein Arnegg Gerhausen Blaubeuren (📍Blautopf, 📍Kloster) Sontheim Laichingen

Weather better than reported the day before ... only at 4:00 p.m. did we get a little rain on the last 5 km or so ... before that, the weather was beautiful

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My relaxing lap to clear my head because I have to work from home

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The deep cave in Laichingen was worth visiting. Sometimes it goes down extremely steeply. Up to 55 meters deep. And then back up again on a different path. You have to breathe a bit ;-)
Unfortunately, the photos didn't turn out so well because of the blinding lighting in the cave.
Another piece of information:
You could still cycle to …

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