Steep step path - large round

Hiking trail to the scarps of the Schwarzenbergischer Schwemmkanals (Schwarzenberg log flume).

0 km Market place Haslach. From the market square to the Old Tower continue to the main road - cross it, straight ahead on Bergstraße, after approx. 200 m turn left towards Jaukenberg.

1.6 km view to Haslach and to Lichtenau Castle and Rohrbach-Berg. Continue on the road to Jaukenberg through the Bärenholz past the Nußbaumerhof and along the meadow path to the ...

3.9 km ... Zarghof farm. Past the farm, take the asphalt road downhill towards Unterurasch. After the bridge, continue right along the Zwettlbach stream to the bee hut. Shortly after the Bienenhütte, turn left up the slope. After a short hike you come to a road, continue to the right here, slightly hilly through the forest. Just before you leave the forest, cross the ditch on the right and walk up the opposite slope. At a right angle, continue left along the meadow path and then turn right and walk towards the forest. From there, go steeply downhill to the ...

6.6 km ... Boundary stone, which was set during the mapping and demarcation of the border under Josef II, and on to the steep steps of the Schwarzenberg alluvial canal. With a thunderous roar, the logs tumbled down the riverbed here at the time of the snowmelt. It was one of the most dangerous places for the loggers, because when the logs got wedged here, the following logs were often hurled metres into the air.

7.7 km At the rest area, cross the Morau to St. Oswald.

9.2 km In St. Oswald downhill on the road to Almesberg, continue on the meadow path to Schwackerreith and then on the road ...

11.5 km ... to the Furtmühle mill. This is where old trade routes crossed. One led from Aigen along the Gr. Mühl to here, the more important one was a salt route, the connection between Rohrbach and South Bohemia.
A tollbooth was set up at the Furtmühle. Cross the Große Mühl and turn left along the river into a meadow path. At the edge of the forest, a very beautiful path then begins, along the Große Mühl to the ...

15.6 km ...  Kranzling leisure centre and on to ...

16.5 km back to Haslach an der Mühl.

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