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Treppe in den Himmel – Glessener Höhe Runde von Horrem

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Treppe in den Himmel – Glessener Höhe Runde von Horrem

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March 7, 2020

Treppe in den Himmel – Glessener Höhe Runde von Horrem

Hard

05:30

20.6km

3.7km/h

240m

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

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7.26 km

Rosary Chapel

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Kaspar Effer started building the chapels in his front garden in 1920 or very shortly thereafter.
All with his own hands.
After interruptions during the Nazi era, he finished in …

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9.39 km

Himmelsleiter Staircase (Naturpark Rheinland)

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The lower section of the “Himmelsleiter” leads to a shelter called “An der Himmelsleiter”. From there it is just under two kilometers to the upper section of the Himmelsleiter, which leads to the summit cross on the Glessener Höhe.

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10.9 km

Stairway to Heaven, Glessener Höhe

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A wooden plank staircase with more than 200 steps leads to the summit of Glessener Höhe. As befits a summit, there is a fantastic view, a wooden cross and even a summit book.

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10.9 km

View from Glessener Höhe

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Between 1955 and 1970, the Glessener Höhe was heaped up as an external landfill from the masses of the opencast mines north of the forest. On its recultivated slope edge, …

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