"It comes as it comes!" It comes as it comes - or as we plan it. You should definitely plan the Kammweg so that you can travel from Satzung to Bärenstein at the weekend. Because the Pressnitz Valley Railway then takes us at full steam from Schmalzgrube to Jöhstadt. A great experience on the train, but of course also on foot, when the steam locomotive puffs past you through the valley.
Passing the Lustiger Hans refuge, we enter the forest on the Poststraße, then walk steeply downhill to Schmalzgrube. Schmalzgrube station is the operating center of the Pressnitz Valley Railway. The museum railroad with its steam locomotives and historic narrow-gauge carriages is now the driving force behind tourism in the Pressnitz Valley. It is less than 20 minutes by train from here to Jöhstadt. It takes at least twice as long on foot along the Schwarzwasser. Passing the Loreley rock and Schlössel, we reach Jöhstadt railroad station. We stroll uphill, always along the edge of the forest, with fantastic panoramic views. Along the way, we repeatedly find boundary stones with the letters D for Germany and C for Česká republika. At the top of the Old Salt Road, we can already see the Bärenstein in the distance. We pass the Zigeunerfelsen rock and reach the Brettmühle inn. You should definitely take a break here. We continue along the cool Pöhlbach stream to the Fichtenhäusel adventure inn with its soft ice cream van. The Bärenstein is getting closer. Once again we have to take the "mountain walk" and then we are at the top of the legendary Bärenstein.
Milestones: Hirtstein (890 m) with mountain inn - Schmalzgrube - Pressnitztalbahn - Schwarzwassertal - Jöhstadt - Grenzweg - Brettmühle with inn - Pöhlagrund with adventure hotel - Kühberg - Berg Bärenstein (898 m) with mountain hotel
