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Alb-Donau District Ice Age Trail – Ice Age Hunter Trail

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Alb-Donau District Ice Age Trail – Ice Age Hunter Trail

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Alb-Donau District Ice Age Trail – Ice Age Hunter Trail

03:27

11.6km

320m

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Would you like to turn back time and roam through the woods like an Ice Age hunter? Then you are in the right place in Blaubeuren. Here you walk in the footsteps of the Ice Age hunters, follow their prey and foray routes and, with a lot of imagination, you may even discover a saber-toothed tiger or a mammoth. Both Neanderthals and modern humans lived in the caves in the Ach Valley. Around the caves were their hunting grounds.

Your tour starts from the outskirts of Blaubeuren. You hike up the steep slope of the hamlet of Halde and get a first glimpse of Stone Age living conditions at the spectacle cave. Through the rock labyrinth you reach the medieval ruins of Günzelburg. It goes downhill, past the snail rock, to Weiler and on the other side of the valley.

A narrow path leads up to the Bruckfels rock massif, where the "Geißenklösterle" cave is located, a place frequently visited by Ice Age people. The cave is part of the UNESCO World Heritage "Caves and Ice Age Art of the Swabian Jura". Via the Köhnenbuch, a beech steppe heath forest, you come to the Schillerstein and then hike back to Blaubeuren. A visit to the Prehistoric Museum awaits you here.

by Alb-Donau-Kreis

Last updated: May 31, 2024

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.27 km

Brillen Cave

Highlight • Cave

The cave's two indentations form a kind of pair of glasses, hence the name. It is an important archaeological site. Therefore - and for safety reasons - the interior of the cave cannot be entered. It is always an impressive sight.

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2.34 km

Günzelburg Ruins

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The remains of Günzelburg Castle are located on a wooded ridge not far from the Lone Valley. Today, only a few fragments of the walls remain of the former castle, which was presumably built in the early Middle Ages. Its location suggests a former defensive function. The site is accessible via a footpath and offers beautiful views of the surrounding area. Information panels on site provide insights into the history of the complex and previous archaeological investigations.

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4.89 km

Geißenklösterle

Highlight • Cave

The Geißenklösterle is a rock on a steep slope. Shepherds who came with their goats gave it its name. Today there is only a small ledge, the ceiling of the former cave has turned to rubble and slid down the slope. The first people who found shelter here had no animals with them. Wolf babies are said to have been the first creatures to be domesticated. But thousands of years before humans began to keep animals and cultivate land, someone had a completely different idea at this point: He scraped holes in a hollow swan bone and blew a high-pitched, bright sound on them - it is one of the first instruments ever were found.

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7.70 km

View of Blaubeuren

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From the forest path you can catch a beautiful view of Blaubeuren.

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8.32 km

Schillerstein Monument and Viewpoint

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The Schillerstein is a beautiful vantage point over the Blautal. There is also the transmitter Blaubeuren, a transmitter of the Südwestrundfunk.

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10.5 km

The Prehistoric Museum

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The Prehistoric Museum in Blaubeuren gives a good insight into the life of Ice Age people. In addition, many of the first works of art by modern man can be seen here: including the original Venus from Hohle Fels and the flutes from Geißenklösterle: urmu.de/de/Home.

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11.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.21 km

2.95 km

2.62 km

711 m

609 m

359 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.45 km

3.28 km

2.23 km

542 m

521 m

414 m

102 m

Elevation

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Highest point (690 m)

Lowest point (510 m)

Weather

Wednesday 15 July

28°C

14°C

35 %

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Comments

August 9, 2024,Eiszeitpfad: Eiszeitjägerpfad – Wandern auf der Schwäbischen Alb

Great hike for hot days, as most of the time is under trees

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January 28, 2024,Blaubeuren Eiszeitjägerpfad

The Ice Age Hunters' Trail in Blaubeuren leads along the many rock formations of the rock labyrinth and to caves of the Ice Age people (UNESCO World Heritage Site). From the train station we go up to the Spectacle Cave and the rock labyrinth. Continue to the Günzelburg ruins with a great view of the Achtal. From there down into …

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February 10, 2025,🦣 Alb-Donau-Kreis Eiszeitpfad - Eiszeitjägerpfad 🦣

Ice Age Trails 16/20 ✔️

I haven't walked an Ice Age Trail for a long time. So today I tackled the Ice Age Hunters Trail, a rather shorter but incredibly worth seeing tour. The 9.5km alternate highlights and beautiful paths, but you do have to really puff up the mountain twice.

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July 16, 2023,Eiszeitpfad "Eiszeitjägerpfad"

Just like its northern twin, the "Felsenstieg", the "Eiszeitjägerpfad" offers extremely enjoyable hiking. But rather not at ground level, because almost 400 meters in altitude over less than ten kilometers have to be mastered. Except around the train station and in front of/in Weiler, you are always on paths, and even more often on velvety paths.

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March 18, 2023,Eiszeitjägerpfad - Qualitätswanderweg

Since I had 2 hours until an appointment, I took the opportunity to "hunt" my 2/20 ice age paths.

tourismus.alb-donau-kreis.de/thema/eiszeitpfade-20-neue-wanderwege

Great area, surprising views and rock formations, but also tough climbs...

All in all a really nice round.

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May 14, 2025,🚉🥾Eiszeitpfad - Eiszeitjägerpfad Blaubeuren

On the day of the hike, a particularly beautiful tour around Blaubeuren.
Magnificent views and trails lined the route.

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March 1, 2022,Eiszeitjägerpfad Blaubeuren

I was out with a very dear colleague today. It was a beautiful afternoon on a great tour....
You should just enjoy it more often.

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October 18, 2022,🥾 Blaubeuren: Küssende Sau 😘🐷 und Eiszeit🥶pfad ☀️

After I was at the hand surgery in Ulm this morning - a syringe 💉 from Dr. summer 😀 in my thumb ✋, I stopped in Blaubeuren for hiking.
Today only little Bärli was there - if I had known that things could be done so quickly in Ulm, Teddy 🐕 could have come too.

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July 19, 2021

Would you like to turn back time and roam through the woods like an Ice Age hunter? Then you are in the right place in Blaubeuren. Here you walk in the footsteps of the Ice Age hunters, follow their prey and foray routes and, with a lot of imagination, you may even discover a saber-toothed tiger or a

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Alb-Donau District Ice Age Trail – Ice Age Hunter Trail

Brillen Cave

Günzelburg Ruins

Geißenklösterle

View of Blaubeuren

Schillerstein Monument and Viewpoint

The Prehistoric Museum

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