Hiking trail along the Baybach – Baybachklamm Caves loop from Heyweiler

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Hiking trail along the Baybach – Baybachklamm Caves loop from Heyweiler

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Hiking trail along the Baybach – Baybachklamm Caves loop from Heyweiler

02:09

6.91km

220m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 20, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 4.15 km for 21 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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550 m

Schinkaul Bench with Forest View

Highlight • Viewpoint

Very nice bench to lie on. We were here at the beginning of our tour and focused on the descent.

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556 m

Narrow forest trail by the Buchbach (Hunsrueck)

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Immediately after starting from the hiking car park, there is an interesting descent on a narrow path. At times when there are a lot of hikers out and about, I …

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2.36 km

Viewpoint

3.50 km

Klöckners Kaul slate mine tunnel and rest area

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A beautiful and totally lovingly designed rest area.

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4.83 km

Hiking trail along the Baybach

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A beautiful cool valley, the path by the water, with short climbing sections.

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5.13 km

Baybachtal Bat Cave (Slate Tunnel)

Highlight • Cave

In the past, several roof slate pits were operated in the Baybachtal, below the Schmausemühle you can still find spoil heaps and tunnel entrances that were driven a few hundred …

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5.15 km

Baybachklamm Caves

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Lead ore and slate were extracted in some of the tunnels. In the caves and old tunnels, the residents took shelter during the bombing of the Second World War. Peter …

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5.61 km

Schmausemühle

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Wonderful location to stop for a snack and a drink. Decorated with great attention to detail. A dreamy place.

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6.42 km

View of Schmausemühle

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The red little house of the Schmausenmühle can be clearly seen from the pavilion.

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6.91 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.80 km

2.66 km

1.07 km

351 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.97 km

2.22 km

1.04 km

266 m

230 m

188 m

Elevation

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Highest point (350 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

Weather

Wednesday 7 October

16°C

7°C

98 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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Comments

August 22, 2021,Traumschleife Baybachklamm (verkürzt!)

Due to the not so great weather conditions, we had already considered shortening the dream loop a little. When we then used a shelter during a heavy rain shower 🌧 in Steffenshof, we talked to a nice local who explained something about the area and gave us a tip on how to shorten something, which we then did. Overall, however, …

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July 13, 2023,Kleine Schmausemühle Wanderung 13.07.23

From Schmausemühle to Schmausemühle 😁
Finally, delicious shandies and schnitzel in the cozy garden..... PERFECT

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September 5, 2021,Heyweiler Baybachklamm

Hello, today we went to the Baybachklamm dream loop, what can I say it is really a dream. It goes over narrow paths and small streams along the Baybach, almost completely through the forest, past old slate pits that bats use as night quarters. I can only recommend the gorge, even though we only walked part of it, because the …

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