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Altkönig Summit Cross – Fuchstanz: The Forest Inn loop from Königstein im Taunus

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Altkönig Summit Cross – Fuchstanz: The Forest Inn loop from Königstein im Taunus

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Altkönig Summit Cross – Fuchstanz: The Forest Inn loop from Königstein im Taunus

03:22

10.9km

340m

Hiking

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

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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4.53 km

Viewpoint

5.00 km

View of the Rhine-Main region from Altkönig

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The Altkönig should definitely be climbed, the paths are a bit more challenging (loose ground) but the view is breathtaking for a low mountain range.

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6.14 km

Altkönig Summit Cross

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The summit of the Altkönig is reserved only for "real" summiteers - nothing goes up here...

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6.19 km

View of Großer Feldberg from Altkönig

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Once you have made the climb through the scree, you are in a somehow mystical place.
Especially when the weather is bad and it is hazy, foggy and the surrounding area is covered in clouds.

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6.30 km

Small Ring Wall at Altkönig

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It's great what the ancestors did.

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6.46 km

View of the burned forest on Altkönig

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A visual treat, especially now under snow... it has its charm... even if it is a permanent thing for nature that needs time to recover... but it is also an opportunity

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7.92 km

Forest restaurant Fuchstanz

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Actually THE place to stop off on the way to or coming from the Großer Feldberg and the Altkönig. Always full, very popular with hikers and bikers! Also managed in winter.

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7.97 km

Fuchstanz: The Forest Inn

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With this highlight I mean the better of the two restaurants on the Fuchstanz: "Fuchstanz - das Waldgasthaus". There are, for example, very tasty tarte flambées, as well as decent …

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9.76 km

Great vantage point, just a few meters from the "Rübezahlweg" 👌😎
From the small wooden tower "Lips Tempel", located at approx. 600 m, you have a direct view of the two castle ruins, Falkenstein and Königstein.

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10.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.54 km

1.02 km

822 m

534 m

Surfaces

6.63 km

2.09 km

1.63 km

181 m

178 m

154 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 13 August

31°C

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Comments

August 24, 2025,Altkönig-Gipfel – Anitas Fuchstanz Runde von Falkenstein

A very beautiful circular tour to the Altkönig summit with expansive views of the Taunus Mountains and as far as Frankfurt. Surefootedness is required in places, as there are some steep descents over scree and uneven paths. Sturdy footwear is essential!

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May 16, 2023,Heilklima-Wanderweg Schardtwald 2 (SW2) Falkenstein

With a detour to the Lips Temple and the Altkönig

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August 27, 2025,Altkönig – Fuchstanz Runde von Falkenstein

Once again, I climbed the Altkönig from Falkenstein and went to Fuchstanz, one of my favorite places in the Taunus. Unfortunately, it was very hazy today, making the skyline less visible, but I did have a zeppelin. There was forest fire damage at the Altkönig. Today's walk was somehow very short. At the Altkönig, you can see the aftermath of …

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August 2, 2024,🥾🥾 RW 134 Altkönig, Fuchstanz

Today there was a strenuous climb up the Altkönig. Due to the fire last year, the paths on the ring wall had largely disappeared.
The descent was, as expected, not very strenuous.

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August 2, 2024,#166 RW von Falkenstein auf den Altkönig

A very nice route. We had actually planned it the other way round. But after looking at the elevation profile on komoot and not wanting to walk up the mountain with a gradient of 20%, it was a good decision. The route over the two ring walls was the better solution in this variant because on the way up it …

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February 12, 2023,🎀👍 Altkönig Variante ab Falkenstein -anfängerfreundlich-

My birthday is traditionally celebrated with a hike:

Everyone likes Altkönig

Again and again in every season and no matter which up and down you choose.

From the Schardtwald hiking car park in Falkenstein, it's a great climb uphill and via the tourist Fuchstanzweg to stop off at the Fuchstanz.

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March 29, 2026,Taunus 🍀 Von Falkenstein auf den Altkönig (für Martino)

A beautiful hike for three people.
I didn't expect snow anymore. Around the mountain, some paths have a lot of scree and you should be sure-footed there. But there are also large and safe paths.
A very nice tour, partly with wonderful soft forest paths.

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January 23, 2024,Wandern

After successfully finding the drone on the Altkönig, it lied around for 3 nights. Break fox dance

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Altkönig Summit Cross – Fuchstanz: The Forest Inn loop from Königstein im Taunus

View of the Rhine-Main region from Altkönig

Altkönig Summit Cross

View of Großer Feldberg from Altkönig

Small Ring Wall at Altkönig

View of the burned forest on Altkönig

Forest restaurant Fuchstanz

Fuchstanz: The Forest Inn

Lips Temple Observation Tower

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