Rothaarsteig

The Sauerland is the most heavily forested upland region in Germany, a landscape of broad wooded ridges rising to just over 800 meters in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, about an hour east of Dortmund and Cologne and easy to reach by train. Hiking in the Sauerland has nothing to do with alpine technique or exposure: the trails are superbly waymarked, the whole region is set up for walkers, and the path network is one of the densest in Germany. What you get is stream valleys of spruce and beech, reservoirs filling the bottoms of the valleys, half-timbered villages and long open ridges. The region has several faces: the Rothaar mountains with Winterberg and the Kahler Asten as the high points, the Sorpe, Bigge and Henne reservoirs, the rolling country around Schmallenberg and its Wanderdörfer, and Willingen just across the state line in Hessen. At Bookatrekking we book the hotels, move your luggage between overnight stops and give you our app with offline maps, GPX tracks and a daily weather forecast. This guide covers the sub-regions, the multi-day routes, day hikes, difficulty, the best season to go and which trip fits you.

The Rothaarsteig in the Sauerland is one of Germany's top hiking routes. If you're planning to go hiking in Sauerland or Winterberg, sooner or later you will come across the Rothaarsteig trail. In this blog post, you'll find everything you need to know about the Rothaarsteig route, the stages, and accommodations along the route, and you will find a map and different options for a package. Los geht's! The main route of the Rothaarsteig runs from Brilon in North Rhine-Westphalia, mainly southwards over the Kahler Asten to Dillenburg in Hesse. The Rothaarsteig is 155 kilometers long and can be walked in 8 stages. Together with the Eifelsteig, Malerweg, Moselsteig, and Rheinsteig, the Rothaarsteig is one of Germany's most popular hiking trails. You can read how the Rothaarsteig got its name later in this blog post.

Surely everyone has heard of Germany's highest mountain the Zugspitze. At 2,962 meters (9.717 ft), this impressive peak rises far above sea level and few other peaks match the panoramic views of the Zugspitze. Weather permitting, at the top of your Zugspitze hike, you can see not only the Eibsee but also the Feldberg in the Black Forest, the Watzmann and the imposing Großglockner; Austria's highest mountain. So, grab your hiking boots and find your way to Germany's highest point! Auf geht's! The Zugspitze Tour, also called the Zugspitztour by the Germans, is a unique tour with the ultimate goal of climbing and hiking the Zugspitze. The mountain range is equipped with enough cable cars to reach the top in one day, but only a hut-to-hut tour makes the experience a real triumph. In just 3 days, you can climb the Zugspitze while spending the night at cozy mountain huts and crossing the German-Austrian border at over 2,000 meters (6.561 ft) altitude. During the hut tour, enjoy the famous Partnach Gorge, waterfalls and streams in the Reintal Valley and challenging steep rock sections. Will we see you at the top?