- Refreshment stop
- Circular route
- free of charge / accessible at any time
Bigge-Lister lake route
This cycle tour around the Bigge and Listersee lakes can be an eventful excursion with the family.
Tour starting point:
Attendorn
Tour destination point:
Attendorn
Properties:
Category
Junction routeLength
49.8 kmDuration
3:20 hElevation ascent
289 mElevation descent
321 mLowest point
298 mHighest point
352 mCondition
Difficulty
Recommended seasons
The Biggesee-Listersee nature adventure area offers a perfect infrastructure for cyclists. In addition to the typically sweeping Sauerland landscape of hills, forests and valleys, secluded roads and challenging trails offer ideal conditions.
The Lakes Route (one of the two variants of the Bigge-Lister Cycling Tour) runs for almost 50 km, mainly along the banks of the lakes. The route is equipped with information boards to inform you of the current location. Along the way, there are numerous places to rest and relax.
From the start of the GPX track, the "Waldenburger Bucht" parking lot (you can of course start this circular tour at any point) near Attendorn, you cycle in a southerly direction, always close to the Biggesee. During the second half of the tour, you soon reach the Listerdamm. The dam wall separates the water masses of the Bigge and Listertalsperre dams. The route continues around the Listersee and around the Biggesee again until you finally reach the Biggesta dam.
Swimming opportunities, the "BiggeBlick" viewpoint or the combination with a boat tour ensure a varied tour for the whole family.
Information
Directions
Junction sequence: Waldenburg Bay parking lot - 19 - 27 - 15 - 14 - 12 - 16 - 17 - 27 - 20 - 18 - 21 - 44 - Waldenburg Bay parking lotThe entire Sauerland region has been signposted with the junction system since 2015:www.radeln-nach-zahlen.de/de/Das-Konzept
Equipment
You can find a list of helpful tips on equipment at: www.adfc.de/Packliste
Safety guidelines
A rescue point system has been installed throughout the region (Soest district, Hochsauerlandkreis, Märkischer Kreis, Olpe district and Siegen-Wittgenstein district). Rescue points can be found on the information boards at the junctions of the Südwestfalen cycle network.
Author Tip
The "Biggeblick" viewing platform in Waldenburg Bay is the highlight of the route. It is a special experience to enjoy the dusk there.
Literature
The BVA cycling guide "Alte Bahntrassen im Sauerland" 1:50,000: € 14.95 (plus € 2.50 packaging and shipping) offers a tour description as well as further information on the sights along the way.
Maps
BVA ADFC regional map Sauerland (with junction system) 1:75,000: €8.95 (
plus €2.50 packaging and shipping, international shipping €
3.70)BVA Cycling Guide Old Railway Routes in the Sauerland 1:50,000: €14.95 (plus €2.50 packaging and shipping, international shipping €3.70)
Public transit
By train
RE16 Ruhr-Sieg-Express Essen - Hagen - Finnentrop - Altenhundem - Siegen (regional express)
RE99 Main-Sieg-Express Siegen - Gießen - Frankfurt/Main
RE9 Rhein-Sieg-Express Aachen - Cologne - Siegen
92 Biggesee-Express Finnentrop - Attendorn - Olpe (Biggesee-Express)
How to get there
Via the federal highways
A45 (Sauerlandlinie) Dortmund - Hagen - Olpe or Frankfurt - Giessen - Siegen - Olpe or Meinerzhagen junctions: Olpe, interchange Olpe-Süd or Meinerzhagen
A4 Cologne - Olpe: junctions: Olpe, Olpe-Süd interchange
Via the federal highways
B 54 Hagen - Olpe - Siegen
B 55 Cologne - Olpe - Lennestadt - Meschede
Parking
There are plenty of parking spaces around the Biggesee and Listersee. The Waldenburger Bucht parking lot is particularly suitable.