Dream loop "Edelsteinschleiferweg"

From the car park, the trail leads across the grounds of the historic Weiherschleife. After leaving the Weiherschleife area behind us, we cross the road (B422). The first steep cilmb of the hike is coming up. From the “Flakstellung” viewpoint, there are views over the Weiherschleife, the rock faces of a quarry rising steeply behind it and to the tower of the Wildenburg in the Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park standing on a mountain spur a few kilometres away.

We hike above Idar-Oberstein on forest paths close to the city, which provide access to the trail from a variety of points. After crossing the Saarstaße, we head towards Algenrodt. There we cross another road at the roundabout with the ravens and then approach the viewpoint Schachenkopf with another view over the city. A short time later we pass the shooting house of the shooting club, reach the Hasenklopp viewpoint and hike up in the forest to the “Dietzenplatte” picnic area.

We first continue walking through the forest area, later cross the road at “Am Rilchenberg” and are on the way to the Enzweiler viewpoint. Above the district we treat ourselves to a rest with exceptional views of the Nahe Valley. Dream loop “Around the Kama” runs at the bottom of the valley. The "Krechelsfels" rock rising steeply from the Nahe within the 49 hectare “Kammerwoog-Krechelsfels” nature reserve cannot be missed. Only a few minutes later we arrive at the viewpoint “Morgensonne”. We then hike through another forest area on a narrow, shady path. From the “Felsentor” viewpoint, the view extends to Rötsweiler. From the Felsentor, the trail leads along forest passages towards Algenrodt, where we touch the outskirts of the village and quickly find ourselves on the way to the visitor gallery of the Steinkaulenberg gemstone mines. On the way, we pass by lots of former mine entrances. The hiking trail runs over the spoil heaps of former gemstone mines.

In the more than 400-metre-long visitor tunnel of the Steinkaulenberg, a fairytale world awaits the visitor, where rock crystals, amethyst, jasper, agate and smoky quartz, which are still in the parent rock, glitter and sparkle in their millions. After we have left the visitor car park of the gemstone mines behind us, a steep, narrow forest path winds down into the Idarbach Valley. There we cross the B422 and arrive at the historic Weiherschleife.