Schleifenbach Waterfalls – Wutach resurgence loop from Wutach

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Freiburg District

Waldshut

Wutach

Schleifenbach Waterfalls – Wutach resurgence loop from Wutach

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164

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Schleifenbach Waterfalls – Wutach resurgence loop from Wutach

07:29

26.1km

560m

Hiking

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

Last updated: October 8, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Südschwarzwald

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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10.6 km

Schleifenbach Waterfalls

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Very cool! Just a few meters out of town and you go down to the waterfalls, first over serpentines, then stairs and metal ladders. You can avoid the ladders at …

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19.4 km

Magnificent view of the Wutach rapids

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A beautiful place on the Wutach

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20.0 km

Wutach resurgence

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Here, the water that seeps away a few hundred meters upstream at the old Rümmelesteg resurfaces in several places.

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20.0 km

Cliff Path along the Wutach Gorge

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Very beautiful and idyllic path. But always keep your eyes open where you are going! It is not entirely safe. Sturdy shoes with a good tread are important here!

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20.3 km

Wutach bridge

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A somewhat newer bridge – much more stable than the other wooden footbridges that you cross during the tour.

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21.3 km

Old Rümmele Footbridge

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Karl Rümmele was a railway construction engineer at the Baden State Railways. It was he who set the idea for a continuous walk through the Wutachschlucht with webs rolling. A …

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21.8 km

Small beach in the Wutach Gorge

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21.8 km

Wutach sinkhole in the Wutach Gorge

Highlight • Gorge

The highlight of a beautiful hike through the Wutachschlucht. These walls are impressive and invite you to linger. A perfect place to rest, play and eat. Highly recommended!

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26.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.1 km

6.20 km

4.49 km

1.80 km

1.46 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.07 km

6.70 km

5.50 km

3.76 km

1.70 km

298 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (740 m)

Lowest point (530 m)

Weather

Thursday 15 October

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Comments

August 1, 2022,2. Etappe Schluchtensteig im Schwarzwald

Today there was a really great and almost indescribably beautiful tour... hard to beat in terms of variety and nothing to compare it to... the start was Blumberg, from where we walked quickly into the Schleifenbach Gorge, wildly romantic would be best. ..we were accompanied by a few waterfalls on the tour (the names of which I have already forgotten), …

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May 16, 2022,Schluchtensteig: Etappe 2: Von Blumberg nach Boll

A very varied tour. The 100th in 2022. Waterfalls, narrow gorges with narrow paths, some of which are secured with a steel cable. Then again wide paths that lead along the river. A really great stage.

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June 3, 2022,Abenteuer Querweg #4

After a pretty good night in the Schurhammer refuge, we started again the next morning with pleasant temperatures.
Again about 6 km along the Wutach, with repeated very nice impressions of this beautiful gorge. No wonder there are so many day trippers here.
After the gorge, it mainly goes on wide dirt roads to Aselfingen and Blumberg.
In Aselfingen + …

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