Finsterbrunnen – Barefoot Path loop from Schmalenberg

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Finsterbrunnen – Barefoot Path loop from Schmalenberg

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Finsterbrunnen – Barefoot Path loop from Schmalenberg

03:50

13.6km

280m

Hiking

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

Last updated: September 26, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Biosphärenreservat Pfälzerwald-Vosges du Nord

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.70 km

Hirschalbe Stream and Rock Formations

Highlight • Gorge

Here it is almost as beautiful as in the Karlstal gorge, only quieter!

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3.08 km

Picnic Area by the Hirschalbe Stream

Highlight • Rest Area

Grauhansfelsen, old quarry, accessible via a nice narrow path.

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3.43 km

Schmalenberger Hut (PWV Schmalenberg)

Highlight • Mountain Hut

A nice place to rest in the middle of nature. Even in bad weather. Hut not locked.

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7.53 km

Finsterbrunnen

Highlight • Natural Monument

Really a great place to take a break .... 👍🏻👌

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7.58 km

Barefoot Path

Highlight • Structure

Barefoot Trail
Here you can test out the different surfaces 🤔

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8.01 km

Nature Friends House Finsterbrunnertal

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Hearty Palatinate cuisine, but also exotic things like game sausage. Nicely laid out area.

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8.56 km

Stone picnic area by the Moosalbe on the Jakobsweg

Highlight • Rest Area

Nice picnic area with tables and benches that are (partly) made of stone, view of the moss ointment.

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10.00 km

Café Unterhammer and the historic hammer mill

Highlight • Cafe

The Unterhammer is a former iron hammer mill directly on the Moosalbe. The building complex dates back to the early industrialization of the Palatinate and is now an impressive industrial …

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13.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

1.64 km

1.04 km

201 m

188 m

172 m

Surfaces

10.9 km

1.18 km

673 m

303 m

210 m

201 m

188 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 7 October

16°C

7°C

97 %

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Max wind speed: 20.0 km/h

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Comments

October 1, 2024,Rundtour Schmalenberg an Hirschalbe und Moosalbe

We had arranged to meet friends for coffee in Kaiserslautern this afternoon.
So we started in Schmalenberg today. The tour was planned around the Hirschalbe and Moosalbe streams. But the tour had a lot more to offer. Beautiful forest sections with trees in their first early autumn dress, interesting and impressive rock formations, springs and wells, a viewing platform and …

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