• 16.53 km long
  • Round trip
  • Difficulty: medium
  • Condition: easy
  • Hiking
  • 5:30 h
  • 16.53 km
  • 307 m
  • 307 m
  • 790 m
  • 941 m
  • 151 m
  • Start: Landgasthof Talblick, Frühbusser Straße 8, 08309 Eibenstock OT Weitersglashütte
  • Destination: Country inn Talblick
The wooded circular tour in the Westerzgebirge mountains leads from Weitersglashütte via Carlsfeld into the Vogtland to the Drei Bächle rest area and back via the Weiterswiese dam, Saxony's highest drinking water dam, to the starting point.

Pavements

Street (4%)
Asphalt (15%)
Gravel (64%)
Trail (11%)
Path (6%)

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

Start at Landgasthof Talblick - on the ridge hiking trail to Gasthaus Talsperre - left up towards the dam wall - 50 m before that left onto the Reitsteig - left Schneehübelweg - Hirschkopfweg - Neuer Markersbacher Weg - NSG "Drei Bächle" and nature trail along the oldest spruce stand in Saxony - Sandweg - Morgenröther- Carlsfelder Weg - Schneehübelloipe towards the dam - over the top of the dam wall Weiterswiese dam back to the starting point

Tour information

  • Loop Road

  • Stop at an Inn

Directions & Parking facilities

Getting there
via Eibenstock to Weitersglashütte
Parking

Parking spaces at Landgasthof Talblick or Hotel Kranichsee

chargeable

Additional information

Landgasthof Talblick, Tel. +49 37752 69299

Frühbusser Str. 8, 08309 Eibenstock OT Weitersglashütte

Email: buchung@eibenstock-talblick.de

Tourist information Carlsfeld, Tel. +49 37752 2000,www.carlsfeld.com

Refreshments

Restaurant Weidmannsheil in Sachsengrund(www.gasthof-weidmannsheil.de)

Talsperre Inn(www.gasthaus-talsperre.de)

Hotel Am Kranichsee - open 11.30 - 21.00, closed Wed/Thu - Tel. +49 37752 6787-0

Author

Birgit Knöbel

Organization

Erlebnisheimat Erzgebirge

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Carlsfeld with a tradition of bandonion making - a hand-pulled instrument invented and built by Heinrich Band in Carlsfeld in 1854 and exported worldwide. Info: Bandonion exhibition at the Carlsfeld Tourist Information Office (Tel. +49 37752 2000)

Map

Hiking map Central Erzgebirge western part - Verlag Dr. Barthel - ISBN 978-3-89591-020-3