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Hiking Trail recommended route Hiking Trail  · Eifel

Rossberg

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  • Odenbachstraße in Blens
    Odenbachstraße in Blens
    Photo: Kalle Kubatschka, DAV Sektion Rheinland-Köln

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    Forest-rich route over the "Hausberg" of Blens and back via the Odenbach Valley.
    moderate
    Distance 10.2 km
    3:00 h
    254 m
    254 m
    387 m
    188 m
    A short route through the Hürtgen Forest, the northeasternmost part of the Eifel National Park.
    Difficulty
    moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

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    387 m
    Lowest point
    188 m
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    Track types

    Asphalt 9.76%Dirt road 62.60%Forested/wild trail 27.63%
    Asphalt
    999 m
    Dirt road
    6.4 km
    Forested/wild trail
    2.8 km
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    Roadbook

    Up Odenbachstraße into the forest and immediately right onto the path, which shortly thereafter runs a short stretch along the forest edge again. Continue to the signpost marking the branch of the path that takes us left uphill via switchbacks to the shelter (mushroom). From there, a short climb to the forest path and then right to the large four-way intersection, where we turn right downhill. Later, the path continues almost level in a large left curve, then through a right curve (Hollischer Bach). At the T-junction turn right and almost level in a wide left curve around Rossberg, leaving all side paths to the right and left, reaching a T-junction where we keep left and come again to the large four-way intersection.  Now right and at the next T-junction left (weather mushroom) and continue to the forest edge and onto the high plateau. Here take the second path left (the first left path is blocked), always along the forest edge down into the Odenbach Valley. Through a short wooded section, then turn right, descending on the right side of the Odenbach Valley down to the barbecue area and continue back to the starting point.
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    Public transport

    Public-transport-friendly

    From Cologne or Aachen via Düren and with the Rurtalbahn to the Blens stop. The trains run hourly, also on weekends, and take about 1:15 hours from Cologne.

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    Coordinates

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    50.659513, 6.481176
    DMS
    50°39'34.2"N 6°28'52.2"E
    UTM
    32U 321975 5614989
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    Difficulty
    moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    10.2 km
    Duration
    3:00 h
    Ascent
    254 m
    Descent
    254 m
    Highest point
    387 m
    Lowest point
    188 m
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