크라덴바흐‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪17‬개의 산 정상

The 699 meter high Ernstberg is the highest elevation in the Eifel after the Hohe Acht. Since the summit is covered in forest, you unfortunately don't have a clear view of the surrounding landscape of the Volcanic Eifel from up here. About 500 meters away and about 60 meters lower is the Eifel-Blick Ernstberg, which offers us a wonderful panorama in clear weather.

The Ernstberg is an old Pleistocene stratovolcano with a distinctive ring-shaped arrangement of welding slag and basalt deposits. Its summit consists of welding slag, which builds up a crater wall that is open to the east. This is where the basalt masses flowed out, forming a semicircle on the eastern slope of the mountain; from the Middle Ages until around 1930, millstones were quarried at the foot of the mountain. Source: Wikipedia

After the climb to the summit of the Ernstberg, the benches offer a well-deserved breather.

At these heights, millstones were once quarried from the basalt rock.

This cave is located at the top of the Ernstberg

Strenuous climb to a lot of rocks in the forest, a beautiful piece of unspoilt nature.

The steep climb to the castle is quite difficult. A real calf biter! But once at the top you forget it all. Beautiful ruin and the cave is more than worth it.

Here you will find a natural bridge and small caves on the Ernstberg.