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Baybachklamm Caves – Baybachtal Bat Cave (Former Slate Mine) loop from Heyweiler

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Baybachklamm Caves – Baybachtal Bat Cave (Former Slate Mine) loop from Heyweiler

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Baybachklamm Caves – Baybachtal Bat Cave (Former Slate Mine) loop from Heyweiler

02:05

6.77km

120m

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: May 23, 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 1.40 km for 21 m

After 5.39 km for 21 m

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Start point

Parking

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199 m

Small Waterfall in Hunsrück

Highlight • Waterfall

417 m

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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436 m

Baybachtal Bat Cave (Slate Tunnel)

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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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641 m

Baybachtal Bat Cave (Former Slate Mine)

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Like most of the numerous former mining tunnels in the Hunsrück, it is barred for safety reasons and to protect the bat population.

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733 m

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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1.53 km

Baybach Valley Shelter

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Beautiful, weather-protected refuge at the lowest point of the Baybachklamm dream loop

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2.35 km

Roskerbrücke

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Very nice rest area

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5.50 km

Charcoal Burning Site in Baybachtal

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Charcoal burning is an ancient craft that is now – almost – extinct, but in the past it was a decisive factor in the industrialization of entire regions: the blast …

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6.77 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.45 km

2.96 km

324 m

Surfaces

3.29 km

2.68 km

439 m

305 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 1 July

26°C

13°C

45 %

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Baybachklamm Caves – Baybachtal Bat Cave (Former Slate Mine) loop from Heyweiler

Small Waterfall in Hunsrück

Baybachklamm Caves

Baybachtal Bat Cave (Slate Tunnel)

Baybachtal Bat Cave (Former Slate Mine)

Hiking trail along the Baybach

Baybach Valley Shelter

Roskerbrücke

Charcoal Burning Site in Baybachtal

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