Hochsteinchen lookout tower – Schanzerkopf loop from Ellern (Hunsrück)

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Hochsteinchen lookout tower – Schanzerkopf loop from Ellern (Hunsrück)

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Hochsteinchen lookout tower – Schanzerkopf loop from Ellern (Hunsrück)

03:26

35.8km

740m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 7, 2026

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Katzenkopf

Naturpark Soonwald-Nahe

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.04 km

Shelter at Six-Way Junction

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If you are undecided, I recommend letting the dice decide.

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2.90 km

Memorial stone for Marcel Keil

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3.33 km

Junkers Ju 188 Crash Memorial, Katzenkopf Nature Reserve

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Crash of a Junkers Ju188 on 03/21/1944 due to a snow thunderstorm.

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4.40 km

Hochsteinchen lookout tower

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Since 1893, a steel observation tower has stood on the Hochsteinchen. From the uppermost platform your gaze wanders over the Hunsrück, the Middle Rhine Valley and even into the Taunus …

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5.64 km

Soonwaldsteig between Hochsteinchen and Rheinböllerhütte

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Very demanding downhill, only recommended for advanced riders.

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17.9 km

View of the Soonwald from rest benches

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Great view and a wonderfully quiet place!

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28.3 km

Köhlerhütte shelter with drink service

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A really nice new hut - the builders went out of their way to do this

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32.0 km

Schanzerkopf

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Always nice to bike here and the view is not bad either

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35.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

32.1 km

1.70 km

1.52 km

505 m

Surfaces

18.8 km

8.56 km

4.55 km

3.39 km

441 m

103 m

Elevation

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Highest point (640 m)

Lowest point (370 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

13°C

7°C

68 %

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Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

August 2, 2025,Bike und Pizzatour

With a group of bikers from the right chain, we first rode the trails in the Soonwald forest and then had pizza from the wood-fired oven.

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March 3, 2024,Glashütterwiese Trainingsrunde

The forest paths are sometimes heavily worn out by the forestry machines. Someone else should tell me that bikers are destroying the paths.

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Hochsteinchen lookout tower – Schanzerkopf loop from Ellern (Hunsrück)

Shelter at Six-Way Junction

Memorial stone for Marcel Keil

Junkers Ju 188 Crash Memorial, Katzenkopf Nature Reserve

Hochsteinchen lookout tower

Soonwaldsteig between Hochsteinchen and Rheinböllerhütte

View of the Soonwald from rest benches

Köhlerhütte shelter with drink service

Schanzerkopf

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