Winter hiking trail and cross-country ski trail in Hilchenbach-Lützel

2.32 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: medium
Condition: easy
Great panorama
Winter tour
  • 0:30 h
  • 2.32 km
  • 2 m
  • 69 m
  • 595 m
  • 635 m
  • 40 m
  • Start: Giller parking lot
  • Destination: Giller parking lot
Pleasant walking path around the Gillerturm with the possibility to connect to the blue and red cross-country ski trails

The approximately 1.3 km circular route around the Gillerturm is groomed for cross-country skiing as well as smoothed for winter hikers, depending on weather conditions. Follow the green markings.

Waypoints

Start
Giller parking lot
CC-BY-SA | Achim Meurer, REACT-EU / Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein
Gillerturm
Vantage point/Observation tower
CC-BY | Klaus-Peter Kappest, Stadt Hilchenbach
Ginsburg
Archaeological site

Good to know

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

From the Giller parking lot, first follow the road parallel to the toboggan run downhill. There, cross the toboggan run and turn left onto the marked winter hiking trail or the cross-country ski trail. In a curve, you reach the street "In den Eichen," which you follow uphill to the left, then turn onto Gillerbergstraße to reach the parking lot. Cross-country skiers also have the option to reach the blue and red trails by crossing the street to the right at the foot of the toboggan run and using the marked driving path.

Tour information

  • Loop Road

Equipment

Cross-country skiing and/or winter-appropriate clothing

Directions & Parking facilities

By car via the B62 to Hilchenbach-Lützel. There, turn into Gillerbergstraße and drive up to the mountain peak.
Free parking is available on the left and right of the mountain peak.
Take the Regionalbahn RB 93 to Hilchenbach-Lützel station.

Additional information

Hikers please DO NOT enter the groomed ski trails!

Author

Susanne Träger

Organization

Stadt Hilchenbach

Safety guidelines

Caution when crossing in the area of the toboggan run!

Nearby

Contact

Winter hiking trail and cross-country ski trail in Hilchenbach-Lützel
Gillerbergstraße
57271 Hilchenbach