15/05/2024: Route modified to avoid private property.
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Park at the start of the Bischofslaeger road in Freudeneck, from where Freudeneck Castle is visible.
(S/E) Follow the path to the castle (marked with blue crosses and red rings).
At the end of a clearing, turn right immediately and climb the steps on your left towards the castle ruins.
(1) From here, continue to follow the Blue Cross signs. Stay above the Mossig River and make a wide loop to the left. Cross a small bridge with a sewage treatment plant on your left.
(2) Turn immediately left onto a westbound path.
(3) Take a wooden footbridge over a stream. Turn south and continue to Wangenbourg Castle.
(4) Descend the other side, following the red horse and red ring markings, until you reach the Pont du Brocard bridge.
(5) After the bridge, turn left and take the Red Ring/Yellow Disc trail that climbs up to Kittel Felsen (Kittel Rock)
(6) Continue east then south-east, following the yellow disc signpost. Pass the Carrefour de la Rondelle
(7) Continue straight ahead on the main path. At a hairpin bend on the left, ignore the track that descends to the left and continue east until the next crossroads.
(8) Turn left to follow Chemin des Trois Tombes (blue cross). At a fork (elevation 423), take the left path, Chevalet Bleu. Go around Castelberg to the east and then to the north.
(9) At a junction, turn right at an acute angle and cross a track.
(10) Descend (carefully) to the Grotte Mencke.
(11) Continue towards the valley.
(12) Back in the valley, follow the road to the left (west) which takes you to the D224. Cross it carefully and take the red diamond-marked path opposite, which climbs for about 50 metres and then turns left (west). You will reach a small lane.
(13) Continue along this lane, which goes around the D224, and rejoin it a little further on. Turn right and follow the D224, then take the first left to return to the starting point (S/E).
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