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North Rhine-Westphalia

Hochsauerlandkreis

Schmallenberg

Buchenwalds (beech forests) around Schanze

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Hochsauerlandkreis

Schmallenberg

Buchenwalds (beech forests) around Schanze

Moderate

4.6

(164)

584

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Buchenwalds (beech forests) around Schanze

03:20

11.6km

270m

Hiking

On this tour, you will explore the quiet beech forests around Schanze, mostly following well-trodden paths.
You start in the high-altitude village of Schanze and follow the Rothaarsteig towards Altarstein. It continues to the sculpture “Kein leichtes Spiel” (No Easy Game) on the WaldSkulpturenWeg Wittgenstein – Sauerland. The paths alternate…

by Schmallenberger Sauerland

Last updated: February 20, 2026

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Naturpark Sauerland-Rothaargebirge

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554 m

View of Schanze

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Schanze, Schanze, Schanze – a must-see whenever you're in Schmallenberg. Located on the Rothaarsteig trail, on the ridge that forms a broad, hilly plateau here. A place reached by a …

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3.14 km

Small stream in Naturpark Sauerland-Rothaargebirge

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Just sit on the shore and listen to the splashing and think of nothing... 💧

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9.73 km

Kein Leichtes Spiel Sculpture

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6 - "no easy game"

The almost four-meter-high and almost 64-tonne steel sculpture "No easy play" by Ansgar Nierhoff stands on the Rothaarkamm as a surprising sign in the middle …

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11.6 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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9.99 km

647 m

547 m

301 m

132 m

Surfaces

6.60 km

1.85 km

1.68 km

1.44 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (740 m)

Lowest point (490 m)

Weather

Tuesday 7 July

18°C

14°C

38 %

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Comments

August 7, 2021,Rothaarsteig - Runde von Schanze

Very nice hiking tour on the Rothaarsteig, with a suspension bridge. You don't even want to believe it with free-running bison. At first you get a shock.

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January 11, 2025,Schneewanderung bei Schanze

The week was exhausting and my head was clear.
From the hiking car park I went along the sculpture path, I turned right onto the Rothaarsteig and passed the Kühhude hiking car park and went over the Saukopf and downhill along the audio path at the Kühhude bridge.
I turned right onto the Rothaarsteig and went uphill. One path was …

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January 15, 2022,Waldskulpturen und Hängebrücke im Schnee 🥾❄️☀️

And another mother-daughter hiking tour through the snow 🤩
This time a nice round through the forest to the Schmallenberg forest sculpture path over the Kühhude suspension bridge. At the end there was a small detour along the Cyrill path.
(Unfortunately, the photos were once again not inserted in the correct order by Komoot🤷🏻‍♀️)

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March 20, 2022,🌲🐵Hoch Hinaus: Rothaarsteig, Hängebrücke, Urwald- und Kyrillpfad

Today we went to the Sauerland again! The night before we had rented a room in the Röhrig guesthouse in a suburb of Schmallenberg, so that we could leave freshly strengthened and leave early in the small town of "Schanze". On the Rothaarsteig it was pretty windy at first, along the "Grubensiepen" it got a little more comfortable and the …

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September 14, 2025,Waldbaden zwischen Schanze und Latrop 14.09.2025

What's special about this hike is the forest itself. There are areas with pure spruce stands, wild natural forest cells, mixed forest, and pure beech stands. We really enjoyed that.

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October 31, 2021,Waldskulptur – Hängebrücke Runde von Schmallenberg

It was great 🥰 16 participants on our Halloween 🎃 hike, the tour went over the Kyrillpfad and the sculpture trail in the Sauerland near Schmallenberg.
The Kyrill path demanded a lot from the teams right from the start, it was narrow, muddy and slippery and there were some obstacles to overcome, I think we can be extremely proud of …

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February 4, 2026

On this tour, you will explore the quiet beech forests around Schanze, mostly following well-trodden paths.
You start in the high-altitude village of Schanze and follow the Rothaarsteig towards Altarstein. It continues to the sculpture “Kein leichtes Spiel” (No Easy Game) on the WaldSkulpturenWeg Wittgenstein

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Buchenwalds (beech forests) around Schanze

View of Schanze

Small stream in Naturpark Sauerland-Rothaargebirge

Kein Leichtes Spiel Sculpture

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