Fairy Tale Trail Goat Pasture – Caves on the Knapperweg loop from Etzenbach

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Fairy Tale Trail Goat Pasture – Caves on the Knapperweg loop from Etzenbach

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110

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Fairy Tale Trail Goat Pasture – Caves on the Knapperweg loop from Etzenbach

05:02

16.5km

550m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 28, 2026

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Naturpark Südschwarzwald

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.66 km

View of Staufen Castle from Eschwaldweg

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A small bank invites you to take a breather - with a sensational view of Staufen!

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4.25 km

Katzenstuhl Summit

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Shady cookie in the forest. A small bank is available and invites forest lovers to linger. If you only want to board, you can bypass the cat chair on the left. 🐈

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8.53 km

Gabler Eck

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In case of sudden showers or picnics a good recommendation! 🏚

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11.8 km

View from Köpfle of Münstertal and the Upper Rhine Rift Valley

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Beautiful views.
I particularly liked the area in front of the cross, with the different trees, the meadow with the flowers, the other path that leads directly up from below. …

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12.1 km

Caves on the Knapperweg

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We found 3 caves on the way

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14.0 km

Knappenweg Trail Along the Neumagen

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The "Knappenweg" is part of the geological and mining history hiking trail in the Münstertal.

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14.3 km

Forest trail entrance to Münstertal

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The leisurely ascent at the beginning of the tour leaves time for all-round views.

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16.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.76 km

4.73 km

1.73 km

282 m

Surfaces

11.3 km

2.30 km

1.90 km

531 m

382 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (810 m)

Lowest point (320 m)

Weather

Tuesday 13 October

20°C

10°C

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Comments

April 23, 2026,Etzenbach - Katzenstuhl - Enggründlekopf - Gablereck - Hörnle - Münstertal/Dietzelbach

Today I am taking a day off to lead this tour with 15 hikers from the Schwarzwaldverein Breisach. We travel by public transport into the lower Münstertal to Etzenbach. Here our chairman Tilmann joins us by bike and will accompany us to Gabler Eck before he cycles home again.

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May 2, 2023,Single track paradise 🌲 zowel voor hiking als mtb

If you do this tour on foot 🥾, walk it clockwise like me.
if you go with the MTB, drive it to the left, then you go up a little less style (you have to buffalo soieso 🤣) and the descent is fun.

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June 19, 2024,Münstertal - Runde

I took the route from a Komoot user, I just wanted to do something different to the usual Belchen tours. Thank you very much, dear Barbara, for putting together the tour, the trail to Gablereck and the view from the Köpfleweide shelter were particularly beautiful.

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March 6, 2022,Münstertal- Enggründlekopf -Gubler Eck- Köpfle

Great tour on almost exclusively narrow path. (Except for the 3 km between the campsite and Grunern) Lots of forest again and again with prospects and beautiful little huts.

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March 3, 2022,Grunern-Katzenstuhl-Enggründlekopf-Gabler Eck-Münstertal - 03.03.2022

Jo Petra and Werner as promised, I just had to repeat your tour. I've been following Petra's narrow paths for two years now and yes, they're tough because of the climbs and the beauty of the surroundings.
Always great routes.
komoot.de/tour/686671571?ref=wtd
Werner, one of our athletes in the group, also follows Petra's tour, yes, I just have to follow.
komoot.de/tour/688819824?ref=wtd …

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May 22, 2024,Münstertal - Katzenstuhl - Enggründlekopf - Gablereck - Köpfle 💚💚

The rain radar looks reasonably good, so I'm taking the nice curvy route over the Stohren into the Münstertal and parking at the Belchen-Center. Of course, not without ulterior motives - in the end, I want to buy out the Gubor outlet!
guboroutlets.de/standorte/m%C3%BCnstertal
But first, I walk along the little river Neumagen, then through the fields towards Grunern. Here begins …

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February 28, 2022,Katzenstuhl - Enggründlekopf - Gablereck

One of my favorite routes on this side of the Munster Valley - up to the Katzenstuhl and the Enggründlekopf and then over the Riestersattel to the Gablereck. A wonderful route almost exclusively on narrow paths and there at the moment still leaf-free with a few views towards the Kaiserstuhl and Vosges and Hochblauen.
At the Gablereckhütte there is a …

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