Tower Climbs (Turmsteige)

Hochkopfhaus Auerhahn

We start the Turmsteige trails at the top station of the Hasenhorn chairlift. From there we hike to the Hasenhorn observation tower and the mountain pasture known as “Gisibodenalm”. From the Gisiboden mountain restaurant the trail leads us across a grazing pasture towards the Brenntkopf peak, and we continue hiking towards the area known as “Präger Böden”. Here we briefly follow a little road through the upper Prägtal valley before the signpost for the Turmsteige leads us to the left across the Prägbach stream bridge. When mother cows and calves are grazing on the pasture, we follow the signposts marked “Turmsteige Umleitung” (detour) towards the cross “Bernauer Kreuz”, and then hike down on the right into the upper Prägtal valley. There we will reach the regular trail guidance again from the detour and start the steep ascent towards Hofeck. From here it is another three kilometres to the hamlet Wacht between Bernau and Präg. We hike uphill to the summit of the Blößling (red route): 336 metres in altitude now have to be overcome on a distance of 2.4 km. A forest trail leads up in many switchbacks up to the Blößling summit. The Turmsteige trails now continue to follow the Black Forest Westweg trail down to the panoramic Blößling saddle and by hiking across the Präger Eck we get to the vantage points at “Hoher Zinken”, “Ledertschobenstein” and “Hochkopf”, where we have the opportunity to climb up the observation tower. On the Hochkopf Panorama Trail we proceed towards the mountain saddle Weißenbachsattel and Hochkopfhaus. From there we can take the bus back to Todtnau.