Wurmberg Staircase – Wurmberg Summit loop from Kramershai

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Wurmberg Staircase – Wurmberg Summit loop from Kramershai

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Wurmberg Staircase – Wurmberg Summit loop from Kramershai

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4.23km

240m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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Waypoints

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318 m

Harzer Wandernadel Stamp 18 – Grenzweg (Border Trail) at Kaffeehorst

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Clear and steadily rising path to the large Winterberg and the Wurmberg plateau. The path was previously used by the GDR border troops for control trips.

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1.61 km

Wurmbergschanze (former Wurmberg ski jump)

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386 steps to climb

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1.75 km

Wurmberg Staircase

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Just right for a quick ascent or descent.

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1.96 km

Wurmberg Observation Tower

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With a slide and a 360 degree view.

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2.08 km

Wurmberg Summit

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From the top station of the Wurmberg Bahn, you have plenty of opportunities to enjoy mountain biking. You can start longer tours here or try out the tracks in the …

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2.14 km

Wurmberg Cable Car Upper Station

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If you don't want to or can't climb up, you still have the opportunity to marvel at the world from above.

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2.86 km

Harz Border Trail (Former Inner-German Border Trail)

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Today I found the saying: ...from the death strip to the life line...
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3.47 km

Grenzweg (Former Border Trail) to Wurmberg

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Easy but steady climb on the old border path to Wurmberg

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4.23 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.24 km

490 m

231 m

199 m

Surfaces

1.70 km

898 m

768 m

569 m

231 m

Elevation

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Friday 9 October

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Comments

January 1, 2022,Harzer Grenzweg 9 Hexenritt - Kaffeehorst - Wurmberg HWN 16 - 156

This was a tour with obstacles. Originally we wanted to incorporate the two stamps into a route hike. But for that we would have needed the Wurmberg cable car. On our last vacation, however, it was out of order due to maintenance work. During this holiday, operations had to be suspended due to squalls, so we removed the two stamps …

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September 26, 2021,Von Grenzweg am Kaffeehorst (HWN 018) nach Wurmberg

1. Hike after surviving corona infection. Best hiking weather. Great view from the Wurmberg.

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August 6, 2022,🔝 of Niedersachsen - Wurmberg 🔝

Before heading home, climb the Wurmberg, the highest peak in Lower Saxony. At the top there is a great 360 degree panorama and a super great playground for children 😊 After a very active week in the Harz Mountains, we're going back home today.

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June 13, 2026,HARZ 🧙‍♀️🧹 Wurmberg

Spontaneously, the urge to climb the Wurmberg strikes us again ⛰️. The cable car 🚡 has already closed for the day, but that won't stop us, of course. So, we'll head up on foot 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️.
To save ourselves a few kilometers, we drive by car 🚗 to the 🅿️Hexenritt. From here, we start our tour and get right to it. …

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May 10, 2022,Von Parkplatz Hexenritt nach HWN 018 (Kaffeehorst), 156 (Wurmberg-Baude)

As an exception, we drove to the Hexenritt car park with the toilet for this detour to the Wurmberg, since we did all the planned hikes in Schierke and have now driven back to Bad Harzburg. The parking lot is almost directly on the way.
The Grenzweg on the Wurmberg is quite steep. With unusually warm temperatures in May, we …

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March 10, 2025,Berg-Erlebnis-Welt – Wurmberg Runde vom Parkplatz Hexenritt

The 2nd tour from the Hexenritt car park to the HWN 18 border path stamp point at Kaffehorst. Then up the steep border path 🤪
There is a special "Jägermeister" stamp box here, but no liquor in it 🤣
Continue along the hiking trail to Wurmberg. Up here there was a small reward 🍾. Then a lap around the Schneisee …

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February 12, 2022,☀️-Aufgang Braunlage Wurmberg

The sunrise hike from Romy to the Wurmberg in winter '21 fascinated me and led me here (hence the reference to the hiking guide at this point :-)
I didn't start it like Romy (I was just too tired to get up earlier) - so I drove to the Hexenritt car park and from there hiked up the Grenzweg and …

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January 18, 2025,2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣, die 1.Vom Hexenlift Braunlage HWN 156

2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣. On to the coronation 🥳🎉🫅

My project 2025...finally become a hiking emperor 🫶🥰🐕👍.

I've been collecting since 2021 and my goal back then was that I don't want it to take more than 5 years to achieve it.....now I'm in the 5th year😟😳🙄 and I'm still missing 78 stamps.....well, my little story begins in 2021, a good friend asked …

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