Rauenstein Ridge Trail – View of the Bastei loop from Kurort Rathen

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Rauenstein Ridge Trail – View of the Bastei loop from Kurort Rathen

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Rauenstein Ridge Trail – View of the Bastei loop from Kurort Rathen

03:24

11.5km

290m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 9, 2026

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Sächsische Schweiz

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.36 km

View of Lilienstein from Rauenstein

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The balcony from the Rauenstein with a beautiful view of the Bastei and Lilien Stein

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1.57 km

Staircase ascent to Rauenstein

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It's just incredibly beautiful here 😊.

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1.63 km

Lehmannschlucht Staircase

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A fantastic descent over the Lehmann Gorge through opposite high, steep, narrow rock faces. When you get in, you look to the right at Lilienfels, then you go down steep narrow steel stairs. fantastic.

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1.69 km

Rauenstein Ridge Trail

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The ridge path Rauenstein or Rauensteinweg is another part of the famous Malerweg. From the Rauensteinweg there are great views on both sides of the bastion, quarries and table mountains. The ridge path of the section offers a very wild and unspoiled but still pleasant and safe hiking experience through well-paved stairs and railings.

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2.21 km

View of the Bastei

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The ridge path offers a lot of beautiful views, of course, also of the mighty Bastei.

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7.43 km

Ascent through Schneiderloch to Kleiner Bärenstein

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You almost walk past it, that would be a shame, what a mystical passage.

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7.48 km

Ascent to Kleiner Bären

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Not too steep, the path is also suitable for the dog.

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11.1 km

View of Lilienstein

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A nice little round for any weather!

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11.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.39 km

3.80 km

1.10 km

792 m

469 m

Surfaces

5.58 km

2.76 km

1.40 km

968 m

782 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (280 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

Weather

Monday 5 October

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

August 28, 2024,Rauenstein Sunrise☀️– Kapphöhle- kleiner 🐻Stein /sächs. Sch. 😃

☀️🫠beautiful sunrise on the Rauenstein .. with an all-round view 🤩, only the pictures are a bit mixed up .. continue on the path to Bärenstein .. a somewhat quiet round with lots of forest 😊

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August 3, 2024,Gratweg Rauenstein – Blick auf die Bastei Runde von Pötzscha

The Rauenstein ridge path is amazing, it made the hard work of the climb worthwhile!

But I wouldn't do this tour again because I would want to skip the loop around the Großer Bärenstein.

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February 25, 2024,Vom Rauenstein über den Gratweg nach Wehlen , über die Bärensteine zurück.

Great weather forecasts promised the best hiking prospects in Saxony today and so we decided to go to one of the more unknown areas in Saxon Switzerland. It started at 7:30 a.m., because here too, arriving early ensures the best seats. The parking lot where we stood was free, the other one was very inexpensive at 3 euros for the …

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March 9, 2024,Bärensteine und Rauenstein

This tour is quite demanding for a “lowland Tyrolean” like me. But it was still really fun. Anyone who is reasonably sure-footed is welcome to do this. There are a lot of great views. It's probably not called "Painter's Path" for nothing!

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June 26, 2024,Blick auf die Bastei –Erklimmen des Rauensteins

Another great tour with lots of climbing on the Rauenstein, highly recommended.
We didn't go up the small and large Bärenstein because it was now 31 degrees☀️☀️🦮🦮, but it was on the way. The forest is very airy and dense there!

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June 20, 2025,Blick auf die Bastei – Anstieg zum kleinen Bären Runde von Weißig

Unfortunately, the last section of about 1.5km is missing, the phone battery was empty 😞

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September 7, 2024,Rauenstein (S-Stadt Wehlen/Sachs - S-Stadt Wehlen/Sachs)

Tour 6 from the Rother hiking guide "Elbe Sandstone Mountains"
Today's evening tour took us to Rauenstein, which also offered some beautiful views over the table mountains of Saxon Switzerland. We then took the Lausitzer Schlange long-distance hiking trail back through the Bärensteine to Wehlen.

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April 21, 2022,Gratweg Rauenstein von Wehlen

Finally a trip to Saxon Switzerland again 🥾 and if your own family is unwell... other families have to do it 😇, seven wild chickens and a rooster 🤪.
The incomparable ridge path along the Rauenstein, part of the famous painters' path, went over the small and large Bärenstein.
Kudos to the young chickens👍😊, a great achievement🥰, the smallest at …

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