Alb-Donau District Ice Age Trail – Ice Age Hunter Trail

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Alb-Donau District Ice Age Trail – Ice Age Hunter Trail

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Alb-Donau District Ice Age Trail – Ice Age Hunter Trail

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9.79km

330m

Hiking

Would you like to turn back time and roam through the woods like an Ice Age hunter? Then you are in the right place in Blaubeuren. Here you walk in the footsteps of the Ice Age hunters, follow their prey and foray routes and, with a lot of imagination, you…

by Alb-Donau-Kreis

Last updated: August 31, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Geopark Schwäbische Alb

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.17 km

Brillen Cave

Highlight • Cave

The cave's two indentations form a kind of pair of glasses, hence the name. It is an important archaeological site. Therefore - and for safety reasons - the interior of …

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4.76 km

Geißenklösterle

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The Geißenklösterle is a rock on a steep slope. The name was probably given to it by shepherds who came with their goats. Today, only a small overhang remains, the …

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7.54 km

View of Blaubeuren

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From the forest path you can catch a beautiful view of Blaubeuren.

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8.17 km

Schillerstein Monument and Viewpoint

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The Schillerstein is a beautiful viewpoint over the Blautal valley. The Blaubeuren transmitter, a transmitter of Südwestrundfunk, is also located here.

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9.79 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.23 km

3.61 km

868 m

579 m

390 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.26 km

2.15 km

1.87 km

648 m

618 m

174 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

13°C

6°C

93 %

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Comments

August 9, 2024,Eiszeitpfad: Eiszeitjägerpfad – Wandern auf der Schwäbischen Alb

Great hike for hot days, as most of the time is under trees

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January 28, 2024,Blaubeuren Eiszeitjägerpfad

The Ice Age Hunters' Trail in Blaubeuren leads along the many rock formations of the rock labyrinth and to caves of the Ice Age people (UNESCO World Heritage Site). From the train station we go up to the Spectacle Cave and the rock labyrinth. Continue to the Günzelburg ruins with a great view of the Achtal. From there down into …

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February 10, 2025,🦣 Alb-Donau-Kreis Eiszeitpfad - Eiszeitjägerpfad 🦣

Ice Age Trails 16/20 ✔️

I haven't walked an Ice Age Trail for a long time. So today I tackled the Ice Age Hunters Trail, a rather shorter but incredibly worth seeing tour. The 9.5km alternate highlights and beautiful paths, but you do have to really puff up the mountain twice.

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July 16, 2023,Eiszeitpfad "Eiszeitjägerpfad"

Just like its northern twin, the "Felsenstieg", the "Eiszeitjägerpfad" offers extremely enjoyable hiking. But rather not at ground level, because almost 400 meters in altitude over less than ten kilometers have to be mastered. Except around the train station and in front of/in Weiler, you are always on paths, and even more often on velvety paths.

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March 18, 2023,Eiszeitjägerpfad - Qualitätswanderweg

Since I had 2 hours until an appointment, I took the opportunity to "hunt" my 2/20 ice age paths.

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Great area, surprising views and rock formations, but also tough climbs...

All in all a really nice round.

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March 1, 2022,Eiszeitjägerpfad Blaubeuren

I was out with a very dear colleague today. It was a beautiful afternoon on a great tour....
You should just enjoy it more often.

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October 18, 2022,🥾 Blaubeuren: Küssende Sau 😘🐷 und Eiszeit🥶pfad ☀️

After I was at the hand surgery in Ulm this morning - a syringe 💉 from Dr. summer 😀 in my thumb ✋, I stopped in Blaubeuren for hiking.
Today only little Bärli was there - if I had known that things could be done so quickly in Ulm, Teddy 🐕 could have come too.

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April 12, 2025,Eiszeitpfad - Eiszeitjägerpfad Blaubeuren

Anyone who wants to follow in the footsteps of Ice Age hunters has a great opportunity here in Blaubeuren. From the train station, the trail climbs steeply past the Brillenhöhle cave and the Kissing Sau cave on narrow paths up to the Günzelsburg castle ruins (approx. 1 hour). Here, we first enjoy the magnificent view before descending and climbing back …

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July 19, 2021

Would you like to turn back time and roam through the woods like an Ice Age hunter? Then you are in the right place in Blaubeuren. Here you walk in the footsteps of the Ice Age hunters, follow their prey and foray routes and, with a lot of imagination, you may even discover a saber-toothed tiger or a

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