Omelette in Kalterherberg - bushwhacking in the Eifel
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 3.53 mi
- Elevation gain
- 272 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Moderate
- Elevation loss
- 272 ft
- Max elevation
- 1,807 ft
- TrailRank
- 34
- Min elevation
- 1,549 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- one hour 44 minutes
- Coordinates
- 433
- Uploaded
- June 22, 2017
- Recorded
- June 2017
near Kalterherberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen (Deutschland)
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Itinerary description
This is a trip for those vacationing in Kalterherberg, provided they managed to secure one of the local holiday homes. The tour is a short ramble through and around Kalterherberg, which even includes a real bushwhack! Definitely a good introduction for those who want to experience this part of the Eifel.
The trip starts at the Hof-Cafe, which we recommend for its home-baked cakes, cold beers (in summer) or warm oven-fires and Glühwein (in the off-season).
Kalterherberg is a 'Straßendorf' (ribbon-built village), which means that one only needs to go beyond one plot on the main street to be at the edge of the village.
Having explored some parts of Kalterherberg, a good first rest can be had at the benches at way point 2 or way point 3. The bench at way point 3 has the inscription 'Om-lett', which is vernacular and could read something like 'on the lid' in English. No eggs on this trip!
Soon after, you descend into the valley of the Römerbach, which is a tributary to the Perlenbach dam. Here starts the bushhwack, for a few hundred meters. The aim is to reach way-point 8, where an asphalt was leads you back into civilization. Follow our trail (fording little streams and climbing over fences), or follow the stream upwards up to any other suitable shortcut.
From here, quiet roads lead you back to the center of the village and the Hof-Cafe (no eggs!).
The trip starts at the Hof-Cafe, which we recommend for its home-baked cakes, cold beers (in summer) or warm oven-fires and Glühwein (in the off-season).
Kalterherberg is a 'Straßendorf' (ribbon-built village), which means that one only needs to go beyond one plot on the main street to be at the edge of the village.
Having explored some parts of Kalterherberg, a good first rest can be had at the benches at way point 2 or way point 3. The bench at way point 3 has the inscription 'Om-lett', which is vernacular and could read something like 'on the lid' in English. No eggs on this trip!
Soon after, you descend into the valley of the Römerbach, which is a tributary to the Perlenbach dam. Here starts the bushhwack, for a few hundred meters. The aim is to reach way-point 8, where an asphalt was leads you back into civilization. Follow our trail (fording little streams and climbing over fences), or follow the stream upwards up to any other suitable shortcut.
From here, quiet roads lead you back to the center of the village and the Hof-Cafe (no eggs!).
Waypoints
Waypoint
1,837 ft
KO 01-Hof Cafe
Waypoint
1,756 ft
KO 02-Bank
Waypoint
1,741 ft
KO 03-Om-lett
Waypoint
1,566 ft
KO 04-Fork
Waypoint
1,550 ft
KO 05-Bridge
Waypoint
1,578 ft
KO 06-Ford
Waypoint
1,652 ft
KO 08-Paved Path
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