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Bike swing Mümliswil (Mümliswiller Bikeschaukel)
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On BeretenPhoto: Martinus van Attekum, Community
Nature park village Mümliswil is flanked by several mountain ranges, including the Bereten and Brunnersberg. This tour will take you up both ranges over panoramic roads. Each of the mountains provides a view on the other one, so you can see where you are going / have been.
The tour features:
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A 30km round with almost 1000m height gain in the middle of Nature Park Thal.
- Almost continuous panoramic views on the Jura ranges
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Small roads with little car traffic
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Many panoramic views, with matching climbs
All roads on the route are paved and well maintained. I would recommend to cycle the tour clockwise.
Author’s recommendation
Track types
Safety information
- given the narrow roads, this tour is not suitable for large (>8 persons) groups.
- not all roads on the route will be kept snow-free, so it is not possible to go when there is snow
Tips and hints
- A number of public water tap points can be found along the route, so no need to bring lots of water. (weather permitting, as these tap points are switched off in winter). The exact location of the tap points are annotated as tap symbols on https://www.opencyclemap.org/.
- Balsthal and Mümliswil offer eating facilities. With a small detour, there are also several mountain restaurants on the Brunnersberg, eg Bremgarten, Stierenberg, and Linde.
Start
Destination
Turn-by-turn directions
Start in the center of Mümliswil and follow direction Langenbruck. Climb up the Langenbruckstrasse until reaching the highest point of this road and take right turn onto Bereten. After a bit more climbing, descent all the way until reaching the valley next to the Neu Falkenstein ruins.
Shortly take the bigger road southwards and around the corner take the smaller Steinenbergweg to the right at the Y-junction. Keep following this road, all the time ascending for around 8.5km until reaching the highest point of the route. Keep right on the Brunnersbergstrasse and take the long descent until back in Mümliswil.
Note
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
Balsthal train station is 1.5km (flat road) outside the route and can be used as an alternative starting point.
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