Neuscharfeneck Castle Ruins – Five Castles Viewpoint loop from Roschbach

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Neuscharfeneck Castle Ruins – Five Castles Viewpoint loop from Roschbach

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Neuscharfeneck Castle Ruins – Five Castles Viewpoint loop from Roschbach

02:10

23.7km

550m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 8.13 km for 577 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

3.41 km

Haardtrand - Annaberg

Nature Reserve

4.44 km

Gleisweiler village

Highlight • Settlement

Wine tasting 🤗👍

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8.40 km

Snake Trail Descent

Highlight • MTB Park

Nice flow trail, very worthwhile

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8.96 km

Ringelsberghütte (PWV Frankweiler)

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The Ringelsberghütte is located at an altitude of 448 meters. Beautiful terrace and really rustic Palatinate Forest hut. Top!

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11.6 km

Orensfels Trail to Landauer Hut

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Trail descent without any major challenges. Busy on weekends. Watch out for hikers.

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13.3 km

Landau hut at the Zimmerbrunnen (PWV)

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Where the Landauer Hütte stands today, carpenters worked for the construction of Neuscharfeneck Castle in the 13th century. This is less than a kilometer away in a northwesterly direction. Later, …

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13.9 km

Neuscharfeneck Castle Ruins

Highlight • Castle

Great castle ruin, where children can also go on a discovery tour. At the entrance a small donation box for the preservation of this beautiful ruin. Please note: The Neuscharfeneck castle ruin has been closed since 02.10.2019 due to dilapidation.

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15.3 km

Five Castles Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

From the 5-castle view you can see the castles of Neu Scharfeneck, Ramburg, Trifels, Anebos and Scharfenberg.

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16.4 km

Waldhaus Drei Buchen (Ramberg Forest House)

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Delicious food at reasonable prices.
There are enough seats outside.

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23.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.7 km

2.39 km

1.85 km

695 m

Surfaces

8.22 km

6.33 km

5.23 km

1.87 km

1.83 km

161 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

16°C

10°C

61 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

August 3, 2022,Waldbrandgefahr!!! - MTB-Tour Orensfels - Neuscharfeneck

A beautiful, but sweaty tour through the forest with many highlights. Landauer Hütte and 3 Buchen were even open and offered welcome thirst quenchers :-)
Finally a horror. On the way I heard the sirens of the fire department. At the end of the tour I saw that there was a fire in the forest below Hambach Castle. So attention …

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October 5, 2021,Trails und mehr: Orensfels - Neuscharfeneck - Meistersel #brandofthebrave

Today I wanted to know again ... Mountain biking in the car. The Orensfels is a MUST there. Then I drove over the Landauer Hütte to Neuscharfeneck Castle. Unfortunately still closed until further notice - due to possible falling stones. Mhhh. Via the PP Drei Buchen I went home, but I let myself be carried away on a detour to …

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April 12, 2022,Ruine Neuscharfeneck – Orensfels Runde von Frankweiler

Always nice, forest shower, view from the rock, Dermbachtal especially now for the blossoming of the fruit trees and of course the trails. Especially on this tour of the Derbachtrail and Trail to Nelohütte.

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