Wild hell – View from Langes Horn loop from Bad Schandau

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Wild hell – View from Langes Horn loop from Bad Schandau

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Wild hell – View from Langes Horn loop from Bad Schandau

03:06

8.68km

350m

Mountaineering

Hard mountaineering route. 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: November 4, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 3.49 km for 330 m

After 4.96 km for 92 m

After 5.69 km for 766 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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51 m

Kirnitzsch River

Highlight • River

The beautiful places are unfortunately overcrowded with busloads of tourists.

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2.21 km

View of the Blossstock (Affensteine)

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The first rocks you see on the tour in all their glory, the path below to the wild hell is a dream.

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3.42 km

Wild hell

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I can highly recommend the “Wild Hell”. It is surprising that there is no sign at the beginning of the gorge about the difficulty. Without appropriate footwear, nothing can be …

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4.87 km

Upper Monkey Promenade

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Beautiful landscape and view

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4.95 km

Upper Häntzschelstiege Entrance – Rock Crevice

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Use only when ascending. Safety equipment recommended.

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4.98 km

View from the Top of Häntzschelstiege

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Sure-footedness and a good ability to cope with heights are essential. Only enter when climbing!

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4.98 km

View from Langes Horn

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At the end of the Häntzschelstiege you stand on the Long Horn. From here you have a fantastic view over the Kirnitzschtal to the north.

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5.00 km

Affensteine Rock Formations

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The monkey stones are an elongated, strongly rugged rock group of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, which is located east of Bad Schandau in the Saxon Switzerland and is located in …

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8.68 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.82 km

2.60 km

2.12 km

113 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.53 km

2.02 km

1.68 km

429 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 8 November

6°C

2°C

0 %

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Expect light wind and shifting conditions.

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Comments

June 30, 2024,Häntzschelstiege Carolafelsen

Super nice slightly strenuous tour that was a lot of fun

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October 11, 2023,Häntzschelstiege

Today first tour in Saxon Switzerland. In Bad Schandau we went to Kirnitzschtalstrasse, always along the tram 🚋. But we drove to the Beuthenfall parking lot. There up to the entrance to the lower Häntzschelstiege.
A little climbing is required to get started.
Even if there are people who travel without safety equipment, we were equipped with a via ferrata …

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