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Route: Elbe Sandstone Mountains Malerweg (Germany)

Location
Germany
Distance
111.4 km
Description

The Elbe Sandstone Mountains Malerweg trail is one of the most picturesque hiking trails in Germany. Where once painters, musicians and literary greats sought inspiration for their timeless works, 112 kilometres of diverse walking in eight daily stages now lead through the region's fascinating rocky landscape.

GPS Track
malerweg - faszination nicht nur fuer romantiker.gpx229.67 KB

FKTs

Comments

Robert Broos
Wed, 10/09/2024 - 04:33am

Not to be nit picky, but this route currently does not have an unsopported FKT right? as Falk Hubner's effort includes taking the ferry, making it self supported instead. In the same manner that taking the ferry along the official route is what made my effort on the Grebbeliniepad self supported instead of unsupported.

The only way to get an unsupported FKT on the board would be to detour from either side of the ferry crossing via the bridge at Bad Schandau, or do you guys have a different opinion?

I guess swimming across the river near Schmilka would be unsupported too? 

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Michael van Eckert
Wed, 10/28/2026 - 03:20am

The official track is actually a bit longer than the gpx-file on this site (116k compared to 111k) and includes a tiny little, but nasty loop near the end. Robert picked the one with the loop (plus the extra-mileage for taking the bridge at Bad Schandau). Which one should I pick for my unsupported attempt? Planning to swim though. https://www.saechsische-schweiz.de/malerweg