Kostgfäll Gorge – Schwedenschanze Inn loop from Kostgefäll

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Germany

Baden-Württemberg

Freiburg District

Landkreis Emmendingen

Simonswald

Kostgfäll Gorge – Schwedenschanze Inn loop from Kostgefäll

Moderate

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Kostgfäll Gorge – Schwedenschanze Inn loop from Kostgefäll

03:33

9.55km

560m

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: September 25, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Südschwarzwald

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.02 km

Kostgfäll Gorge

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Very beautiful and rather unknown gorge.

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2.02 km

Waterfall in Naturpark Südschwarzwald

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A very great path with great waterfalls

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2.56 km

Viewpoint Rock: Rhine Valley and Vosges

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A small, approx. 5m high rock with a clearly visible trail. When it's wet you need your hands.

Great views of the Rhine Valley from above and, in moderate to good weather, to the Vosges.

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4.39 km

View of Elzach from Rohrhardsberg

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From here you have a wonderful view of Elzach.

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4.71 km

View of the Schanzenhof

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Only open on Saturday and Sunday, closed except in April

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4.74 km

Schwedenschanze Inn

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No matter which side you climb the Rohrhardsberg from: close to the summit you will be rewarded at the Schwedenschanze with a wonderful view and good food in a rustic atmosphere.

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5.98 km

View of the Black Forest Valley

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Here is almost only nature. No buildings and no people to be seen. Only trees and meadows.

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7.04 km

Unterer Gfällhof

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A really beautiful valley

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9.55 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.00 km

1.85 km

1.24 km

449 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.85 km

2.35 km

1.21 km

148 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 22 October

12°C

1°C

86 %

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Max wind speed: 31.0 km/h

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Comments

April 21, 2024,Wanderung Orchidee..im Schnee 😃

A very beautiful, very strenuous, quiet, magical tour.
Nobody around... the path was groomed by myself.
Knee-deep snow on the Rohardsberg... unfortunately no visibility at the Schwedenschanze either and I decided to head back.

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August 9, 2026,Haslach-Simonswald-Kostgfällschlucht-Rohrhardsberg

From the WP, free of charge, at the end of the public access road to Lochhof.
Had a chat with the former farmer. Then a demanding climb, steadily upwards, always along the waterfalls. En route, two small turbine houses, currently out of operation due to water shortage. A pressure pipe runs visibly to the first turbine house, from above. A …

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