Rumbergsteig - To the Rumberg Rocks and over the Guckenbühl to the Rössels and Sägmühl ponds

​ ▶ We start in Ludwigswinkel 01, across from the Zum Landgrafen inn, at a fountain with an information sign. We head briefly left along Landgrafenstraße, then turn right at the town hall, the former old schoolhouse. The paved road ends, and we walk on gravel through meadows, following the barefoot trail to the right for a short distance before turning left onto the paved Brunnenweg. We cross a road, hike along a narrow path beside hedges to Fabrikstraße, and enter the forest at the end of the row of houses. At the next fork in the trail, we continue straight ahead, following the flat forest path, reaching the edge of the forest and, via a crossroads, arriving at the buildings of Area 1 02—a historic, former nuclear weapons storage facility that now serves as an exhibition site. After the tour, we follow the gently ascending asphalt road to the right, then shortly afterward turn right onto another small asphalt road, which we follow uphill to a clearing. Just before the asphalt ends, we turn left onto a forest trail and continue climbing alongside a stand of fir trees to a trail junction at a saddle. We turn right onto the lower of two trails, but leave it shortly afterward by turning right again and climb up the edge of the forest via a steep switchback. This is followed by a long, ascending traverse along the slope, which finally leads steeply up to a ridge in tight switchbacks. Keeping to the left, we reach, at Pos. Rumberg 03, we reach an open area with a viewing bench; we continue straight ahead at first, round some rocks in a left-hand switchback, and come to a crossing forest road, which we follow to the right. The path descends somewhat more steeply; we veer left onto a narrower trail and, after a right-hand switchback, reach a striking rock tower. We pass the spectacular five Rumberg Rocks 04, switch to the left side before the last tower, and follow the descending path as it winds down into a hollow.On a flat path, we circle around the rocks along the forest slope and, after a wide left turn, reach the “Spitzen Fels” 05. On a narrow forest path sloping slightly downward, we come to a wide forest road, which we follow to the right on level ground. We come to a small paved road, keep to the left, and shortly afterward (Pos. Guckenbühl-South) onto a narrow trail to the right, which leads us up the forested slope in steep switchbacks to the Guckenbühl Rock 06 and back down to Pos. Guckenbühl-North.Here we turn left, cross a small paved road, and continue downhill to the Rösselsweiher 07. We walk around the lake in a left-hand curve, following the edge of the forest until we take a short detour to the left to the marked Rösselsquelle 08. We cross the meadow to a small paved road at the Ritterstein location.We soon leave the small road again to the right and follow a dirt path through the forest. At a fenced-off section of the forest, we keep to the right, cross a stream and a forest road, then turn left and walk a few meters down to the nearby Sägmühlweiher 09. Walking along the pond, we come to the road; walk a few meters to the left, cross the road, and follow the signs to the right for “Freizeitpark, Barfußpfad.” Crossing a meadow, we rejoin our outbound route and hike back along the barefoot trail to Ludwigswinkel 01.