6.0km
Total Distance
264m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

A loop of about 6 km from Heubach on the Swabian Alb up to the ruins of Rosenstein castle on its rock spur, past caves such as the Große Scheuer and the Finsteres Loch. Some paths are rocky, with steps.

Route Map

Along the trail

  1. 1
    Drinking water
    at the start
  2. 2
    Herrgottsbrünnele · 0.2km
    Spring · springs can run dry
  3. 3
    Shelter · 1.8km
  4. 4
    Viewpoint · 2.8km
  5. 5
    Sedelfelsen · 3.2km
    Viewpoint
  6. 6
    Viewpoint · 3.4km
  7. 7
    Shelter · 5km
  8. 8
    Lärmfels · 5.2km
    Viewpoint
Bus stop
588m from the start
Parking
33m from the start
Surface
gravel 53%, natural ground 47%
Marked route
Heubach Wanderweg 5 "Die Rosenstein-Pfaffensturz-Tour", Heubach Wanderweg 1 "Die Big Five des Rosensteins", HW 1 - Schwäbische-Alb-Nordrand-Weg

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Difficulty

2/5 · Easy