Ways to the Brocken - Teufelsstieg
Short facts
- start: Elend valley (so-called valley guard)
- destination: Bad Harzburg
- difficult
- 23,85 km
- 7 hours
- 760 m
- 1142 m
- 289 m
- 100 / 100
- 100 / 100
best season
Just under a 25-kilometer hike from Elend via the Brocken to Bad Harzburg.
The Teufelsstieg is the most difficult ascent to the Brocken. The hike begins in the Elend valley and goes up along the Bode on a well-developed forest path to Schierke. A detour to the Schnarcherklippen is worthwhile here. Then downhill again past the Mäuseklippe to Schierke to the Excellence Path along the cold Bode, over the next bridge to the right through the Schluft meadows. After crossing the road, the ascent through the Eckerloch to the Brocken begins. The path leads along the Schwarzes Schluftwasser over the tracks of the Brocken railway to the Eckerloch hut. The Eckerloch climb ends on the Brocken road. The Teufelsstieg continues on the circular path upwards past the Brockengarten, Teufelskanzel, and Hexenaltar. The descent to Bad Harzburg takes place on the Heinrich-Heine-Weg, a former customs path on the so-called protection strip (now the route of the Harz border path on the Green Belt). After 3.5 km, the ranger station at Scharfenstein is reached; it then continues over forest paths to the Eckertalsperre. Further into the Eckertal and up the Braunschweiger Weg to the Molkenhaus. From there past the Ettersklippe to the destination of the hike - Bad Harzburg.
General information
Directions
Elend valley - Schnarcherklippen - Excellence Path - Brocken - Little Brocken - Ranger Station Scharfenstein - Eckertalsperre - Molkenhaus - Ettersklippe - Skyrope High Ropes Park - Fairy Tale Forest - Valley station of Burgberg cable car Bad Harzburg
Equipment
Sturdy footwear and weather-appropriate clothing.
Parking
Elend: parking lot in the town center and at the station (paid), outdoor swimming pool
Bad Harzburg: parking facilities are located at the valley station of the Burgberg cable car (paid) and at the large parking lot on the B4 near Hotel Seela (paid)
Public transit
Direct connections from Bad Harzburg station:
Hannover (via Goslar, Hildesheim)
Braunschweig (via Vienenburg, Wolfenbüttel)
Göttingen (via Goslar, Seesen, Kreiensen, Northeim)
Halle (Saale) (via Vienenburg, Ilsenburg, Wernigerode, Halberstadt)
Holzminden (via Goslar, Seesen, Kreiensen)
From the Brocken:
By the Harz narrow-gauge railways to Wernigerode, Drei Annen Hohne, or Schierke
Maps
The High Harz - Around the Brocken (standard) hiking and cycling map scale 1:30,000, UTM grid for GPS, contour lines in 20m intervals, Harz Club hiking trails format 110 x 200 mm, 990 x 600 mm (open) standard edition (map paper) ISBN 978-3-928977-91-3 Price: €4.00
Additional Information
Tourist Information Bad Harzburg
Tel. 05322 75330
info@bad-harzburg.de
Tourist Information Elend
Tel. 039455 375
elend@oberharzinfo.de
www.oberharzinfo.de
https://www.harzinfo.de/erlebnisse/wandern/die-wege-zum-brocken
Pavings
- Asphalt Coating (3%)
- Crushed Rock (37%)
- Path (32%)
- Hiking Trail (22%)
- Street (7%)