recommended route
Traumpfad Waldseepfad Rieden
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Erfrischung am Waldsee RiedenPhoto: Traumpfade im Rhein-Mosel-Eifel-Land
Sleepy valleys, peaceful sections of forest, combined with fantastic views of the volcanic landscape. Highlights are the Rieden Forest Lake and a great 360° panorama from the viewing platform of the Gänsehals Tower.
Highlights at Traumpfad
- Idyllic Rieden Forest Lake
- Rehbach valley
- Climb to the Gänsehals with the transmission tower and a panoramic view over the Eifel and up to the Rhine
- Small Eifel village of Rieden with its mineral spring with acidulous water
- Gänsehals Hut with phenomenal view
Author’s recommendation
Wer auf einer kürzeren Wanderung die Region erkunden möchte, dem empfehlen wir das Traumpfädchen Riedener Seeblick.
Track types
Rest stops
Hotel-Restaurant Eifler SeehütteSafety information
Safety guidance – stay safe whilst hiking on the Traumpfade/Traumpfädchen
Hikers like narrow pathways, unspoilt natural trails (leading over the forest floor, across the grass or alongside streams) and rocky climbs which lead to spectacular views. It goes without saying that particular care should be exercised when taking such routes.
Things to bear in mind when preparing for your hike
- Wear proper clothing that is appropriate to the weather conditions and that will protect you against the cold and the wet or the heat and the sun.
- Schedule suitable breaks during your hike and make sure that you conserve energy.
- Take sufficient liquids with you. Establishments selling refreshments are not available everywhere.
- When hiking on the Traumpfade, please wear appropriate hiking boots which provide a sufficient foothold on slippery, steep, rocky and uneven paths.
- If you do not feel that you are able to negotiate certain parts of the route, then you should avoid such sections or else turn back. Natural pathways may become muddy and treacherous, especially in unfavourable weather.
- In autumn in particular, please remember that leaves lying on the ground may be concealing bumps, routes, stones or holes in the path.
- You will need to expect route impairments of this kind if you are intending to undertake a hike.
- Before setting out, visit https://www.traumpfade.info/traumpfade/wege-status/ in order to find out whether the route you intend to hike is closed or whether diversions are in place. Construction works, timber felling or other disruptions may also be planned.
- Recommended hiking season: April to October
Tips and hints
Tourist-Info Laacher See, Tel.: +49 (0)2636/19433, info@vulkanregion-laacher-see.de, www.vulkanregion-laacher-see.de
Projektbüro Traumpfade, Tel.: +49 (0)261/108419, info@traumpfade.info, www.traumpfade.info
Traumpfade-App:
Traumpfade-App iOS: App iTunes download
Traumpfade-App Android: App Google play download
Start
Destination
Turn-by-turn directions
The tour starts along the idyllic bank of the Rieden Forest Lake before going along the Rehbach brook to Rieden. Past a mineral spring with acidulous water, through Rieden and into the forest along a natural footpath. A pleasant forest path leads hardly noticeably uphill, sometimes beneath flapping branches, sometimes beneath a rustling roof of leaves, into a majestic forest cathedral of beech trees. One section over wide pastureland reveals a view of the transmission tower of the Gänsehals.
The trail continues as a serpentine path winding very much uphill through dense coniferous forest. Going a short way along the edge of the field and along a magical forest path in a grove of pine trees the trail arrives at the transmission tower that is always open and rewards the climb to the top with a fantastic 360° panorama view of the volcanic Eifel and the Newied basin. The descent goes first through mixed forest, then across open fields to the Gänsehals Hut with its phenomenal view.
At the nearby hiker car park the path climbs up to the “Maifeld View” and then straight ahead into the forest. Here the last highlight of the tour is waiting: the trail goes through the middle of a field of rocks, stones and imposing blocks of rock in a deciduous forest. Then it continues in lively change between forest and open meadows, always with new views towards Nette valley and Kirchwald, and then it finally descends to the Rieden Forest Lake.
Public transport
Destination stop: Rieden, Waldsee
Line 399 FreizeitBus: Mayen - Rieden - Maria Laach - Nickenich - Andernach - Namedy (01.04. to 01.11.)
Line 820 Mayen Ost Bf. - Rieden - Kempenich
By road
A61 Exit Wehr, towards Adenau/Kempenich - B412 on the right towards Wehr/Rieden - at L114 to the left, through Rieden to Waldsee (car park signposted) - 56745 Rieden, Am Waldsee
Parking
56745 Rieden, Am Waldsee
56745 Rieden, car park Kirmesplatz (Kirchstraße)
56745 Bell, hiker car park Gänsehals
Coordinates
Book recommendation by the author
- Traumpfade & Traumpfädchen Band 2: Die 19 besten Premium-Rundwanderungen in der Vordereifel, Ulrike Poller & Wolfgang Todt ISBN: 978-3-934342-61-3
- 27 Premium-Rundwege Traumpfade, Jubiläumsausgabe 10 Jahre Traumpfade, Ulrike Poller & Wolfgang Todt, ISBN: 978-3-942779-43-2
Equipment
Sturdy shoes are recommended for the tour!
You can find trail closures at: https://www.traumpfade.info/traumpfade/wege-status
Statistics
- 18 Waypoints
- 18 Waypoints
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