Böhringer Steige (B28)

The B28's Albaufstieg from Bad Urach hauls up the dramatic escarpment of the Swabian Alb to the plateau at Römerstein, a steep, hairpinned ascent past the wooded Albtrauf that is one of the best-known climbs onto the Alb.

Leaving the spa town of Bad Urach the B28 attacks the Albtrauf, the steep northern wall of the Swabian Alb, in a tight stack of hairpins through beech forest before topping out on the cool high plateau around Römerstein-Böhringen, the highest-lying community of the Urach Alb. The climb is short but intense, with steep ramps and switchbacks, then opens into rolling plateau farmland. It is a popular run with motorcyclists and was resurfaced in 2018-19. Mind the steep stacked hairpins with limited overtaking room, heavy motorcycle traffic on fine weekends, and the abrupt weather change as you reach the exposed, often cooler and wetter plateau.