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See von Bütgenbach
Photo: Dominik Ketz, CC BY-SA, East Belgium Tourist Agency
The narrow Warche valley lies embedded in the delightful landscape near the familiar High Fens.
Open
moderate
Distance 18.8 km
Duration4:55 h
Ascent152 m
Descent38 m
Highest point672 m
Lowest point543 m
The attractive village of Bütgenbach, mentioned for the first time as early as the 9th century, and the reservoir with its leisure centre, whose direct neighbour it is, form a charming union. At the lake, we walk past meadows of rare daffodils before following the graceful Warche through its valley. Via the meadows of Belgium’s most elevated region, from which there are some splendid views, Büllingen soon appears. On the way to Honsfeld there are more large fields, with the final section involving a walk through a magical forest to the Belgian-German border.
Author’s recommendation
The Ardennes Culture Boulevard is a museum world of its own and certainly worth a visit.
Bütgenbach Dam. GPS start coordinates 50.379884,6.342298 (560 m)
Coordinates:
DD
50.427114, 6.212945
DMS
50°25'37.6"N 6°12'46.6"E
UTM
32U 302049 5589833
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Destination
Buchholz / Losheimergraben. GPS coordinates 50.376037,6.316669 and 50.436133,6.212146
Turn-by-turn directions
BÜTGENBACH - You can start today's stage under the railway viaduct again - where we left it yesterday - and immediately follow the white-red hiking signs again. This path first leads further down into the valley to the Warche, but soon turns right off the road. A narrow path then climbs steeply up to the dam of the Bütgenbach Dam.
