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Circular hike BIWAK-Kuppe and Scharspitze

At a glance

  • Start: Kurort Altenberg - Tourist Information, train station
  • Destination: Kurort Altenberg - Tourist Information, train station
  • Medium
  • 8,82 km
  • 2 hours 20 minutes
  • 140 m
  • 840 m
  • 720 m

This tour leads from Altenberg to two peaks of the"14 eight-thousanders in the Osterzgebirge".

Frank Meutzner, the Saxon mountaineering guru par excellence, had the crazy idea of bringing the eight-thousanders of the Himalayas to the Eastern Ore Mountains. And he did it! Here, however, the peaks are measured in decimetres and so we have a unique hiking tour in the Altenberg vacation region that connects the Ore Mountains' "eight-thousanders".

On the BIWAK-Kuppe and the Scharspitze, hikers can collect stamps for their summit map and follow in the footsteps of the "eight-thousanders". The BIWAK-Kuppe will delight you with its hidden summit book, while the Scharspitze offers rest stops and exciting insights into the history of the Altenberg bobsleigh run

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  • Unknown (3%)
  • Street (2%)
  • Tarmac (6%)
  • Gravel (59%)
  • Hiking trail (18%)
  • Path (11%)

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