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Baybachklamm Caves – View of Schmausemühle loop from Heyweiler

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Baybachklamm Caves – View of Schmausemühle loop from Heyweiler

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Baybachklamm Caves – View of Schmausemühle loop from Heyweiler

02:08

6.86km

220m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: February 19, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 4.16 km for 21 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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550 m

Schinkaul Bench with Forest View

Highlight • Viewpoint

Very nice bench to lie on. We were here at the beginning of our tour and focused on the descent.

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556 m

Narrow forest trail by the Buchbach (Hunsrueck)

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Immediately after starting from the hiking car park, there is an interesting descent on a narrow path. At times when there are a lot of hikers out and about, I recommend sticking to the recommended direction. It is best to wear high shoes to protect yourself from twisting your ankle.

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3.50 km

Klöckners Kaul slate mine tunnel and rest area

Highlight • Cave

A beautiful and totally lovingly designed rest area.

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4.26 km

Charcoal Burning Site in Baybachtal

Highlight • Historical Site

Charcoal burning is an ancient craft that is now – almost – extinct, but in the past it was a decisive factor in the industrialization of entire regions: the blast furnaces of the iron and steel industry, for example, depended on charcoal to reach the operating temperature required for ore smelting. As a result, however, whole areas were once completely deforested by charcoal burning and it is only thanks to later reforestation that forests have emerged again and nature can be seen.

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4.93 km

Baybachtal Bat Cave (Former Slate Mine)

Highlight • Cave

Like most of the numerous former mining tunnels in the Hunsrück, it is barred for safety reasons and to protect the bat population.

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5.13 km

Baybachtal Bat Cave (Slate Tunnel)

Highlight • Cave

In the past, several roof slate pits were operated in the Baybachtal, below the Schmausemühle you can still find spoil heaps and tunnel entrances that were driven a few hundred meters into the mountain. Up to 40 workers were employed there in 1921. The mighty slate slabs can still be seen in the earth outcrops.

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5.15 km

Baybachklamm Caves

Highlight • Cave

Lead ore and slate were extracted in some of the tunnels. In the caves and old tunnels, the residents took shelter during the bombing of the Second World War. Peter Zeutzheim, who had escaped from Gestapo custody and who, with the support of the population, managed to stay hidden in the surrounding forests until the end of the war, also hid here for a time.

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5.90 km

Viewpoint

6.36 km

View of Schmausemühle

Highlight • Viewpoint

The red little house of the Schmausenmühle can be clearly seen from the pavilion.

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6.86 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.74 km

2.60 km

1.07 km

401 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.91 km

2.20 km

1.04 km

328 m

230 m

148 m

Elevation

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Highest point (350 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

Weather

Sunday 10 May

12°C

3°C

91 %

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Baybachklamm Caves – View of Schmausemühle loop from Heyweiler

Schinkaul Bench with Forest View

Narrow forest trail by the Buchbach (Hunsrueck)

Klöckners Kaul slate mine tunnel and rest area

Charcoal Burning Site in Baybachtal

Baybachtal Bat Cave (Former Slate Mine)

Baybachtal Bat Cave (Slate Tunnel)

Baybachklamm Caves

View of Schmausemühle

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