Challenging route that explores the large contiguous forest area south of Cunnersdorf in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. A recommendation especially for hot days.
In the southern Elbe Sandstone Mountains, the rocks are only characteristic in the large valleys running towards the Elbe. However, the large forest area between Cunnersdorf and the state border to the Czech Republic is almost uninhabited and thus feels very remote. A large part of the route leads on paved forest roads closed to public motor traffic through this area. Along the route lie not only the Dove and Fox Ponds and the reconstructed historic Brausenstein blast furnace, but also, near the road in Bielatal-Reichstein, as a curiosity, a few abandoned dinosaur models. Mainly the second part of the route then leads back to the starting point on public roads, but these are of secondary importance and therefore less busy. Additionally, there is the option for an alternative shorter route on non-public, partly gravel forest roads.
