View of Glottertal – Great Kandel Rock loop from Batzenhäusle

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Germany

Baden-Württemberg

Freiburg District

Landkreis Emmendingen

Waldkirch

View of Glottertal – Great Kandel Rock loop from Batzenhäusle

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4.6

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405

hikers

View of Glottertal – Great Kandel Rock loop from Batzenhäusle

07:15

20.1km

990m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 8.10 km for 498 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.21 km

Parking lot at the Waldkirch treetop path

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But it is quite a long walk to the treetop path

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1.84 km

Viewpoint

4.85 km

Schwarzenberg Hut

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Hut with barbecue and benches also as a shelter in rain or storm, a well with fresh spring water is there

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8.54 km

Thomashütte with a great view

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The Thomashütte is located at the "kleinen Kandelfels" and offers a fantastic panoramic view. Besides the hut itself, there are some benches and a fireplace outside.

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8.55 km

View of the Valley from Naturpark Südschwarzwald

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Great vantage point from here.

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10.00 km

Kandel Summit and Lookout Pavilion

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In clear weather, the freestanding Kandel is a superb vantage point with fantastic views over the Rhine plain, the Vosges or the Black Forest.

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10.2 km

Bench With View of the Rhine Plain

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"View of the sea..." The accompanying stele provides information about the Upper Rhine Graben sea, which was between the Black Forest and the Vosges for about 2 million years 32 million years ago.

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11.1 km

Great Kandel Rock

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Popular climbing area with numerous routes of most difficulty levels. The rock quality is excellent.

Access via "Kandeltour" and Damenpfad from below or Damenpfad from above.

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20.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.99 km

4.83 km

3.69 km

2.04 km

404 m

131 m

Surfaces

9.35 km

5.76 km

2.81 km

1.25 km

798 m

124 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,230 m)

Lowest point (250 m)

Weather

Saturday 10 October

14°C

7°C

33 %

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

August 24, 2021,Schwarzenburg - Kandel - Großer Kandelfelsen - Waldkirch

We start our tour in Waldkirch and hike on the ZweiTälerSteig along the ridge between the Glottertal and the Elztal up to the Schwarzberg hut. Here we make a detour to Schwarzenburg, which was probably built between 1122 and 1136 and was preserved as a ruin.

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August 19, 2022,Wald kirch Kandelrunde

Although I had zero visibility, it was a nice tour on narrow paths.

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June 6, 2022,Waldkirch - Kandel

Missed the start of komoot 🙃 - got it somewhere and ended the tour too early 🙃. What is wrong with me? So there are a few hm and km missing 🤷 ♀️. A very nice, strenuous tour. I didn't know the ascent - descent via the beautiful women's path.

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June 16, 2024,Kandel - vom Stadtrainsee

We started at the Stadtrainsee. Always up, over the Schwarzenburg ruins and Thomas Hütte, partly over paths to the Kandel. You couldn't see the Alps, but there was a good all-round view. We tried the Kandelhotel for the first time. Well, like almost everywhere, expensive and okay. We went down the Damenpfad and through Wissers Wand on unknown paths over …

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August 12, 2023,Wanderung Beeren Jagd 🫐

Blueberries.. raspberries.. blackberries... everything from the lap of nature.. and no one on the way... on the way to the Kandel.

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December 17, 2023,Wanderung dem Himmel nah...

The weather promised sunshine ☀️..
The weather kept its promise...
So we climbed up to the Kandel via the Thomas Hut, where it was even milder than down below.
A very nice and recommended tour 🤗

The singing Christmas tree was on the final stage.. shortly before the end of the tour..
Nice idea... if you like that kind of …

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May 4, 2023,Runde 2: Damenpfad - Kandel - ZweiTälerSteig- Schwarzenburg ⭐️⭐️

Today we start in Altenbach on the women's path. This wonderful path leads me through the may-green forest so pleasantly uphill that the altitude difference is not that strenuous. I turn off at the Kandelfelsen and follow the beautiful Josef-Seger-Weg for a while over a rocky, rooty section. At the Kandelbächle I then climb steeply up the north slope of …

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June 29, 2023,Kandel über Damenpfad und Thomas-Hütte

Altitude difference maximum 900 hm, had problems with the connection at the beginning,
As is almost always the case with hikes, because I only switch on Komoot when I am there, but I promise to improve from now on.
Today a tour was stolen from Barbara, but immediately put back.
Since the Kandelstrasse from Waldkirch is closed from the Altenbach …

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