View from Altkönig toward the Feldberg – Fuchstanz: The Forest Inn loop from Großer Feldberg

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View from Altkönig toward the Feldberg – Fuchstanz: The Forest Inn loop from Großer Feldberg

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View from Altkönig toward the Feldberg – Fuchstanz: The Forest Inn loop from Großer Feldberg

02:05

6.75km

230m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Altkönig

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Parking

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2.77 km

Scree field on the Altkönig

Highlight • Natural

Definitely take the path through the scree field - the experience is topped off with breathtaking views 👏

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3.08 km

View from Altkönig toward the Feldberg

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The Feldberg is practically around the corner

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3.26 km

View of Großer Feldberg

Highlight • Viewpoint

Very nice distant view

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3.52 km

View of Großer Feldberg from Altkönig

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Once you have made the climb through the scree, you are in a somehow mystical place.
Especially when the weather is bad and it is hazy, foggy and the surrounding area is covered in clouds.

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3.64 km

Small Ring Wall at Altkönig

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It's great what the ancestors did.

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3.80 km

View of the burned forest on Altkönig

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A visual treat, especially now under snow... it has its charm... even if it is a permanent thing for nature that needs time to recover... but it is also an opportunity

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4.82 km

Forest restaurant Fuchstanz

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With this highlight I mean the better of the two restaurants on the Fuchstanz: "Fuchstanz - das Waldgasthaus". There are, for example, very tasty tarte flambées, as well as decent …

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6.75 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.54 km

574 m

488 m

151 m

Surfaces

5.06 km

1.18 km

343 m

151 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Sunday 18 October

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Comments

March 27, 2022,Altkönig – Fuchstanz Runde von Große Kurve

This tour starts and ends at the Great Curve car park. From here it goes through the beautiful Taunus Forest with some very steep sections up to the Altkönig. The Altkönig is definitely a more beautiful destination than the Feldberg. There are many hikers on the way but it is still not overcrowded. Finding the right way back down was …

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