Eckerloch

[1] The Eckerloch valley runs downhill from northwest to southeast and lies about 1½ kilometres due south of the highest mountain in the Harz, the Brocken.

Its small unnamed stream runs into the Cold Bode To the west is the mountain of Königsberg (1,033 metres) with a long southeast-running ridge with several crags and tors.

The site was chosen due to it good snow conditions after the ski jump on the southern slopes of the Erdbeerkopf had been abandoned.

[1] The Brocken Railway had a station built here for the ski jumping championships, but it was closed immediately afterwards and is now just a request stop.

After a tight left hand bend before the Eckerloch Bridge and another right-hander, the line reaches Goetheweg station (956 m), which is now only used as a locomotive depot.