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Every year again! Last year, around this time, the local group of the Fichtelgebirge Association tackled the first of three circular trails in the Teutschen Paradeiß, the so-called "Yellow Tour" with the heading "Landscape shaped by human hands." At 13 information stations, one could learn how humans

Actually, I had planned a "proper" tour for today, originally even a slightly longer one. Due to not particularly appealing weather forecasts, I had already shortened it to a shorter one, but since even this morning the weather reports couldn't agree at all whether it would be particularly bad or just

And today we were already on the last of the three stages. From Zwota, it went moderately (i.e. elongated, but moderately steep) uphill, only to run steeply down a narrow path at Klingenthal at the border crossing to Kraslice/Graslitz.



And from here I had the feeling that I was ONLY running uphill during

The second stage from Zwota to Zwota (😉) via Oberzwota was almost a circular route. After a short but vigorous climb, I enjoyed the first of several beautiful views over the village of Zwota, the Aschberg far in the background and the Vogtland landscape in general. The approximately 17 kilometers were

After doing quite a few tours in the Saxon Vogtland last year, including the entire Vogtland Panorama Trail, I had now planned to do the approximately 50-kilometer-long Klingenthal High-Altitude Trail. I had come across it several times, also that it could actually be booked as a multi-day tour, but

Today was a free day, so we could use Sunday for hiking. We went to the Devil's Hole in Franconian Switzerland, not far from Bayreuth.



We discovered this gorge by chance while hiking the Jean-Paul Trail, which runs through it. You're almost tempted to imagine yourself in a prehistoric world (if you have

Due to time constraints, I only managed a shorter hike today. I opted for one of the circular trails around Röslau, about 7 kilometers long, and I didn't regret it.



Shortly before reaching the picturesque Thusfall waterfall, you come across the ruins of the former cardboard factory, now nestled within

In glorious spring weather, 24 hiking enthusiasts set off for the Finkenstein Geotope between Marktleuthen and Röslau. It was quite a large group, but the length (or rather, the brevity) of the route and the weather offered ideal conditions, especially since the trail was classified as "easy" and quite

After the recent snowmelt, it's finally possible to hike in the Franconian Forest again without fear of getting stuck in the snow or slipping on ice!



Today I chose another trail in the Döbraberg area, starting and ending in Schwarzenbach am Wald. Overall, the "Waldeck Trail," as the DÖ 32 is subtitled

In beautiful spring weather, we went on the last stage of the Jean-Paul-Weg today. The start was in Neustädtlein am Forst (where we were immediately informed at the parking lot at the community center that an event would take place there in the evening, for which all parking spaces would be needed, and