Ice Age Trail – Burgfelsen Trail near Erbstetten

This tour is relatively short, but very scenic. A short stretch leads steeply up the mountain. It's a little slippery at the moment due to the snow. Surefootedness is required. The tour initially leads along the Lauter. Then steeply up the mountain to the Gemsfels and the Wartstein. From the castle tower you have a wonderful view of the Great Lauter Valley. You pass other castle sites, but there is not much to see here. The stalactite cave is also closed with a grid. Nevertheless a very nice tour.

https://www.tourismus.alb-donau-kreis.de/thema/eiszeitpfad-burgfelsenpfad/

Ice Age Trails 18/20 ✔️ The Burgfelsen Trail in the Great Lautertal Valley is the shortest Ice Age Trail, but also one of the most beautiful 🥰 I already knew all of the trails, but I enjoyed every minute. The trails around the Wartstein require surefootedness, and the loop basically consists of many great single trails. Everything is currently blooming like crazy; I couldn't get enough of the view. Even though the trail is just under 7km, it's worth the hike. If you want a longer hike, just take the Hochgehlauter trail, which also runs through there. I've also planned a second short hike in the area, the Hochgehgrenzt trail.

A very nice hike with the children, the highlight is the observation tower of the Wartstein castle ruins. Everywhere ruins to climb around, root paths and rock stairs. At the bottom of the Lauter there are nice places for Kneipp therapy 👍

What a wonderful little hike 😍 the ascent turned out to be a little more difficult than expected. Lots of mud, roots and stones in the way. Pay attention to surefootedness! But on the whole it was wonderful 🔥

Nice tour with still wonderful autumn 🍂 weather😍 With a great view of the Alps

In the drizzle it was a bit slippery on the descents 🤷🏼‍♂️😉

Juniper heaths, castle ruins, caves, dense forests and rock formations typical of the Alb: the Lauter valley, through which the Great Lauter flows, was not voted Germany’s natural wonder of 2019 for nothing. On the almost seven kilometer long Burgfelsenpfad you can hike through this beautiful spot and enjoy the picturesque landscape to the fullest. For us, the starting point of the circular hike is the hiking car park in Unterwilzingen. Here you hike along the banks of the Große Lauter through the Swabian Jura biosphere reserve. It is said that you can spot beavers and herons if you walk through the beautiful river landscape with your eyes open, if not, you can enjoy the idyllic landscape and the murmur of the river. After a good three kilometers we leave the banks of the Lauter and hike steeply uphill to the Gemsfels and on to the Wartstein. Here, an outer spiral staircase leads to the platform of the ruins of the former castle, from where you have a wonderful view down into the Lautertal. You can also take time for a short break here. You walk along the upper edge of the valley and pass other places where castles once stood. The Lautertal is the valley with the most castles in the country. Shortly before the end, you climb back down to the river bank and walk back to the starting point of the tour. Source: https://www.tourismus.alb-donau-kreis.de/thema/eiszeitpfade-20-neue-wanderwege/