Rötenbach Gorge Trail – Rötenbach Gorge loop from Rötenbach

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Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald

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Rötenbach Gorge Trail – Rötenbach Gorge loop from Rötenbach

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Rötenbach Gorge Trail – Rötenbach Gorge loop from Rötenbach

05:53

20.0km

410m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 4, 2026

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Naturpark Südschwarzwald

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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885 m

Ellenberg

Peak

1.85 km

Rötenbach Gorge Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

The first section of the premium hiking trail Rötenbachschlucht serves as a relaxed introduction. It goes quite well up and down and the paths are rocky, but everything is still …

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2.43 km

Beaver Dam in Naturpark Südschwarzwald

Highlight • Natural

Between the first and second bridge you wander through the realm of the beavers, one building after the other stands here, in this section he feels comfortable.

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2.49 km

Great gorge! Great trail that meanders from Rötenbach down to the mouth next to the stream. An insider tip - I hadn't heard of the gorge until yesterday. Probably because there are other gorges here, especially the Wutach Gorge.

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4.73 km

Rötenbach Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

This is the largest waterfall in the Rötenbachschlucht.

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5.33 km

Rötenbach Confluence

Highlight • River

At this point the Rötenbach comes out of its narrow gorge and flows directly into the Wutach. You can also explore the Rötenbachklamm on a narrow hiking trail. Sure-footedness and waterproof, sturdy shoes are mandatory here.

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8.08 km

Räuberschlössle rock formation and view over the Wutach Gorge

Highlight • Natural Monument

Without the name tag "Räiberschlössle" you almost walk past it. But if you then take the secured path around the rock, it turns out to be hollow: a large space …

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9.31 km

Forest path above the Wutach Valley

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

An enchanted fairytale forest with river.

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18.5 km

Giant Ant Sculptures on the Ant Trail

Highlight • Structure

There are a total of ten stations on the 3.6 km ant trail - from interesting information boards to climbing trees and wood ants. Along the route there are also several nice rest areas.

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20.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.50 km

4.17 km

3.86 km

2.33 km

122 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.74 km

7.41 km

3.97 km

645 m

237 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (880 m)

Lowest point (660 m)

Weather

Today

Tuesday 13 October

20°C

7°C

31 %

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Comments

September 6, 2024,Lotenbach, Wutach, Rötebach - Klammen & Schluchten 🔄

From the hiking car park, it goes straight into the forest and downhill into the Lotenbachklamm. I switch to the Müllerweg, which takes me halfway up on narrow paths to the Schattenmühle.

Here the Wutach is crossed, climbed a little uphill and then the path leads through the gorge, always above the Wutach. From the Schattenmühle, the Schluchtensteig runs the …

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June 28, 2025,Rötenbachschlucht mit Schwesterchen

A beautiful and varied hike. Not difficult at all.
For my sister, the Stadtpommeranze was a really cool experience.
Not much oncoming traffic...🤪
The weather was great too... every now and then we got a cool, wet dip...which was necessary given the temperatures..😁

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September 6, 2022,Rötenbachschlucht

Another wonderful tour through the not so crowded Rötenbach Gorge. The gorge is simply wonderful to hike through, narrow and sure-footed paths with fantastic nature.. I then added the round to walk a little bit through the Wutach Gorge above.. simply great 😉

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March 31, 2024,PREMIUM

Today we took the Höllentalbahn from Kirchzarten to Rötenbach. Among other things, the premium hiking trail 2 Schluchtenpfad starts there. The word premium is used in an inflationary way these days. In addition to premium partners, premium cards and premium accounts, there are countless other nonsense that wrongly have the word in their name.
It's completely different on this circular …

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August 15, 2021,Zweischluchtenpfad - Rötenbachschlucht und Wutachschlucht bis zum Räuberschlössle

Inspired by Martin's tour, we wanted to hike the premium hiking trail Rötenbachschlucht. However, there were so many on the way 🥺 (ok 🙈 it's your own fault 🙈 Sunday and good weather) that we decided to do the two gorges hike at the confluence of the Wutach.

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September 25, 2021,Zweischluchtenpfad - (Rötenbach - Rötenbach- & Wutachschlucht - Göschweiler)

The two gorge path starts at Rötenbach and leads through the Rötenbach gorge.
A varied, great round!

On the wonderful paths of the "Rötenbachschlucht" pleasure trail, we follow the wild brook to the mouth of the Wutach - the most famous gorge in the Black Forest. An absolute - also demanding - hiking dream! 🔝👌

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April 15, 2022,Zweischluchtenpfad Rötenbachschlucht-Wutach

Great hike, especially Rötenbach Gorge: Sturdy shoes and sure-footedness required. The way back across the fields, on the other hand, was rather boring

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October 2, 2021,Rotenbachschlucht, Wutachschlucht und Räuberschloss

The path through the Rotenbach Gorge begins in Rötenbach. At the beginning it was a bit unclear where to go, but then the path became fantastically beautiful, along the Rotenbach through the forest, along rocks, crossing the river again and again - and then you find yourself in the Wutach Gorge. The path continues to the Räuberschlössle, an old ruin …

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