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Hochbergsteig – Premiumwanderwege Grafensteige

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Hochbergsteig – Premiumwanderwege Grafensteige

02:27

7.90km

280m

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On this eight-kilometer-long circular hike you can look forward to fantastic views, narrow paths along the edge of the Alb and comfortable wooden loungers to relax in. The starting point of the Hochbergsteig, which is one of the five Grafensteig premium hiking trails, is at the Zittelstatt sports field in Bad Urach.

At the beginning the path takes you through the meadow valley before you turn into the forest. You will soon reach the Wassersteinhöhle. You can enter the portal of the more than 30 meter long cave. You now go uphill a little bit and then you have reached the Alb plateau.

You walk on a beautiful meadow path across the flat area and enjoy the peace and quiet. You will soon reach the Kunstmühlefels, where you can make yourself comfortable on one of the wooden loungers and enjoy the wonderful view of the Seeburg Valley. With new energy you hike along the edge of the Alb to the Hochbergfelsen viewpoint and on to Michelskäppele. There are beautiful views of the valley and the surrounding rocks and mountains. Hiking in the Swabian Alb is particularly fun.

After you've had your fill, you head back down into the valley on a sometimes quite steep path and to the starting point of the hike. In Bad Urach you will find several places to stop for refreshments for a successful end to your day of hiking.

by Bad Urach Tourismus

Last updated: May 31, 2024

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1.85 km

Hermann-Greiner Ski Jump (Historic Ski Jump)

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It is impressive to run up the zigzag path next to the ski jump.
At the moment it is extremely difficult due to tree felling work. When you stand at the top of the jump and look up the natural inrun track and then down into the valley over the path you have to jump over, you realize what it means to compete here.

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2.60 km

Wasserstein Cave

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The access opens on the upper southern slope to the Zitteltal
to the water stone cave. The cave has an almost rounded, artificially modified entrance 3.2 meters wide and 3.5 meters high. The cave, which is 31 meters long, has two corridors one above the other. A small, eponymous water basin with sintering was destroyed.

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5.10 km

View from the Kunstmühlefels over Bad Urach and the Ermstal Valley

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Even the hike from Michelskäppele here is great. But the view from the Kunstmühlefelsen surpasses everything.

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5.95 km

View of Bad Urach, Hohenurach Castle, and the Ermstal from Hochbergfelsen

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It's also beautiful in spring when the fresh green leaves replace the old autumn leaves! Actually, you can enjoy the eaves path at any time of year.

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6.46 km

View from the Michelskäppele overlooking Bad Urach

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The most beautiful view of Bad Urach with the Hohenurach castle ruins and the Ermstal valley. If the visibility is good, you can even see the Waldenbuch transmission tower from here.

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7.90 km

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Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

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3.92 km

3.35 km

349 m

223 m

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Surfaces

4.53 km

2.18 km

593 m

454 m

< 100 m

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Weather

Wednesday 15 July

29°C

13°C

51 %

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Comments

August 19, 2024,Bad Urach - Hochbergsteig - Premiumwanderwege Grafensteige

The hikers' car park is free, but comes up suddenly to the right of the main road. After that, it goes up for a while. After the ski jump, there is a tough trail. You should be a bit fit. Or motivational gummy bears or cookies. If you need a bench, you'll only find one almost at the end. Once …

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March 3, 2024,Schwäbische Alb - Gräfensteige - Hochbergsteig

It's slowly time to prepare for this year's major events. 🤔
The first short hike is this one from the Gräfenstieg.
Super nice to walk, with great waypoints. I didn't know that there was a ski jump in Bad Urach. 😳
Beautiful viewpoints, a few meters in altitude and many forest hiking trails.
Highly recommended if you only have 2 …

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November 21, 2021,Hochbergsteig – Grafensteige auf der Schwäbischen Alb

Today the "Hochbergsteig" near Bad Urach - one of the 5 Grafensteige - was on the program. Unfortunately, the plateau of the Swabian Alb was not high enough to escape the fog. After I was denied the otherwise beautiful view on this round, I turned my attention to the many rocks with their deep sloping gorges in between while taking …

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May 19, 2022,Hochbergsteig Bad Urach -Wassersteinhöhle- Kunstmühlefels und Michelskäppele

We started in the best sunshine ☀️, but a thunderstorm came up so that unfortunately we could only linger briefly at some of the wonderful views.
At first the traffic on the nearby slopes was disturbing, later the silence, the chirping of birds, the smell of fresh hay and the chirping of crickets were just beautiful.
In the end we …

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May 29, 2023,Hochbergsteig - Grafensteige auf der Schwäbischen Alb

There was also an afternoon/evening tour today: the Hochbergsteig. This hike was very entertaining with many small highlights, we found the view of Bad Urach from the Michelskäpple particularly beautiful. And on the Kunstmühlefels there was an excellent picnic with delicacies from the butcher Failenschmid.

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August 4, 2024,Premiumweg Hochbergsteig Bad Urach

We actually wanted to walk the famous Wasserfallsteig today, once Germany's most beautiful hiking trail. We found out at the hiking car park that this was not a good idea on Sunday. Caravans of people set off from there. We didn't feel like that and changed our plans. The premium hiking trail we chose was short and sweet and lived …

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July 13, 2025,Hochbergsteig – Premiumwanderwege Grafensteige

I was out hiking with a friend again today. The climb was tough, as some of the paths were very narrow. The amazing view makes up for it all 😅. With some entertainment, it feels like a fun experience anyway. The tour is mostly through the forest, and the temperature was pleasant there 😃.

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April 2, 2023,Hochbergsteig, Bad Urach

Start and end of the hike at the sports field and cemetery in Bad Urach. Very beautiful and little-used hike over the Wasserstein cave up to the Alb plateau and along the Albtrauf with a great view at the Kunstmühlefels back again.

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February 16, 2023

On this eight-kilometer-long circular hike you can look forward to fantastic views, narrow paths along the edge of the Alb and comfortable wooden loungers to relax in. The starting point of the Hochbergsteig, which is one of the five Grafensteig premium hiking trails, is at the Zittelstatt sports field

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December 27, 2023

It was a very nice hike with varied views.
And it was well signposted

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Hochbergsteig – Premiumwanderwege Grafensteige

Hermann-Greiner Ski Jump (Historic Ski Jump)

Wasserstein Cave

View from the Kunstmühlefels over Bad Urach and the Ermstal Valley

View of Bad Urach, Hohenurach Castle, and the Ermstal from Hochbergfelsen

View from the Michelskäppele overlooking Bad Urach

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