10.4km
Total Distance
513m
Elevation Gain

Trail description

The second stage of the Malerweg, 10.4 km with about 510 m of climbing from Stadt Wehlen over the Bastei rocks, down to Rathen and through the Amselgrund to Hohnstein. It is the best-known day on the Painters' Way, with the Bastei Bridge, the resort of Rathen and the sandstone gorge of the Amselgrund.

Route Map

Along the trail

  1. 1
    Drinking water · 0.2km
  2. 2
    Viewpoint · 0.2km
  3. 3
    Dieter-Schink-Aussicht · 0.5km
    Viewpoint
  4. 4
    Schwarzberg · 1.2km
    Viewpoint
  5. 5
    Spring · 2.5km
    springs can run dry
  6. 6
    Wehlsteinaussicht · 3.5km
    Viewpoint
  7. 7
    Viewpoint · 3.6km
  8. 8
    Ferdinandaussicht · 3.7km
    Viewpoint
Bus stop
Karl-Marx-Platz · 125m from the start
Parking
135m from the start
Path grade (SAC)
T1
Surface
paved 37%, natural ground 32%, gravel 29%
Marked route
Malerweg, Lausitzer Schlange 2: Rathen – Valtenberg, Basteirundweg

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Difficulty

2/5 · Easy