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Heller Hut – Totenkopfhütte (PWV Maikammer) loop from Maikammer

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Heller Hut – Totenkopfhütte (PWV Maikammer) loop from Maikammer

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Heller Hut – Totenkopfhütte (PWV Maikammer) loop from Maikammer

02:38

8.90km

260m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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108 m

Great forest trail

Highlight • Historical Site

Very nice path - welcome as a rain shelter (leaf canopy)

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1.43 km

Forest Trails in Kaltenbrunnertal

Highlight • Forest

Beautiful mountain paths without a lot of oncoming traffic

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1.53 km

Kaltenbrunnertalbach Pond

Highlight • Lake

The Kaltenbrunner Talbach damms into a small idyllic lake, a boat is also available here.

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3.19 km

Ponds in the Kaltenbrunner Valley

Highlight • Lake

2-3 small ponds a few hundred meters from the Kaltenbrunner hut.

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4.05 km

Emil Ohler Path Ritterstein

Highlight • Trail

The path from the Kaltenbrunnertal up to Hellerplatz is called Emil-Ohler-Pfad. Emil Ohler was a founding member of the PWV and has been involved in the construction of this path …

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5.36 km

Hellerplatz Ritter Stone No. 247 (478 m)

Highlight • Monument

This is one of the over 300 knight stones of the Palatinate Forest Association.
It stands directly to the right of the Hellerhütte or the Hellerplatzhaus. "Hellerplatz" is derived from …

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5.38 km

Heller Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

A wooden structure called Neustädter Hütte was built in 1900 and was replaced by a massive structure in 1910. The first major expansion took place in 1922 with the construction …

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7.36 km

Totenkopfhütte (PWV Maikammer)

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Good place for a quick rest on a busy tour

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8.90 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.45 km

2.23 km

1.92 km

158 m

143 m

Surfaces

5.51 km

2.66 km

546 m

143 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (300 m)

Weather

Wednesday 26 August

31°C

17°C

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Comments

July 10, 2025,Kaltenbrunnertal - Totenkopfhütte

A gentle hike to the Totenkopfhütte. Easy to walk today, given the somewhat moderate temperatures. Since it runs almost entirely through the forest, it's certainly still possible at slightly warmer temperatures.

Highlights/Noteworthy:
- Emil Ohler Trail

Trails:
Mostly narrow paths that led us up to the Totenkopfhütte without any major climbs.

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November 2, 2025,PWV Insheim: Emil-Ohler-Pfad – Hellerhütte - Totenkopfhütte

This time we joined the PWV Roschbach group and were far more numerous than them. Almost 30 hikers from PWV Insheim and 7 from Roschbach. We had a great time, and the little bit of rain didn't spoil the lovely hike at all. It was great that Natalie was there too! 👍🏼

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November 2, 2025,PWV Roschbach und Insheim auf schönen Pfaden

Today was another day for the friendly local groups of the Palatinate Forest Association from Insheim and Roschbach to go on a joint hut-to-hut hike. Led by hiking coordinator Sebastian Wagner, the group set off from the Hüttenhohl/St. Martin parking lot along the Emil-Ohler-Pfad trail to the Hellerhütte (for lunch) and then on to the Totenkopfhütte (where they finished with …

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August 4, 2025,Emil-Ohler-Pfad – Hellerhütte Runde von Sankt Martin

🌲 Forest magic around St. Martin 🌲

Today we went on a beautiful circular hike in the Palatinate Forest – along the Ernst-Otto-Fried Trail to the Hellerhütte.

📍 We started in the idyllic Kaltenbrunnertal, where gentle forest paths and crystal-clear streams guided us.

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November 14, 2021,Blau-Gelb, Rot-Weiß: Totenkopfhütte - Hellerhütte - Kaltenbrunner Tal

Since I came back from my table tennis weekend in Saarland earlier than planned, I treated myself to a little tour in the forest. Of course not without taking a flashlight (experience!). It went on marked paths (blue-yellow and red-white) from the Totenkopfhütte to the Hellerhütte and then from the lake in the Kaltenbrunn Valley back to the car at …

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September 12, 2024,Emil-Ohler-Pfad – Hellerhütte Runde von Sankt Martin

Great hiking trail with 3 refreshment stops in Palatinate Forest huts

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August 21, 2025,Hüttenhohl - Kaltenbrunnertal - Emil-Ohler-Pfad - Hellerhütte

We started our birthday hike at the Hüttenhohl parking lot along the Kaltenbrunnertalweg trail. We hiked down this beautiful valley to the Kaltenbrunner Hut, which is still closed. With a hairpin bend, we changed direction back up the valley. We followed the Emil Ohler Trail slowly and steadily uphill, a beautiful, pleasant path to the Heller Hut. An hour before …

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January 26, 2025,Kaltenbrunner Tal Totenkopfhütte über Hellerhütte zurück

The path to the Totenkopf via the red and blue marked path is a road. Boring and quite steep in the last third. Good fitness is required. The Totenkopfhütte is run by volunteers. So no specific criticism, but there is room for improvement in terms of ambience, cleanliness and the smell of the toilets from the entrance door. The way …

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Heller Hut – Totenkopfhütte (PWV Maikammer) loop from Maikammer

Great forest trail

Forest Trails in Kaltenbrunnertal

Kaltenbrunnertalbach Pond

Ponds in the Kaltenbrunner Valley

Emil Ohler Path Ritterstein

Hellerplatz Ritter Stone No. 247 (478 m)

Heller Hut

Totenkopfhütte (PWV Maikammer)

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